Year of the Aboriginal
Inspired by popular words and phrases from “Redfern Address” Paul Keating (1992)the year of the
indigenouswe cannot imagine that
they
have shaped
our nationyear of the
aboriginalthe year we imagine
we non aboriginal
how much
we tookimagine
we non aboriginal
imagine
imagine
i say it because
how well we cannot
imaginewe non aboriginal
we failedfifty thousand years
in history bookswe cannot imagine
we are beginning
are beginningyear of the
aboriginalwe are beginning
we non aboriginal
to recognise how much
we took
We homes where hearts go to rest
Inspired by popular words and phrases from “The Forgotten People” Robert Menzies (1942)you who do not believe in class
you who do not believe class is to be
as if at the end we speak of frugality
as if the middle eat and drink
are equalgive the workers the scale
the answer we are human
and homes this class this margin
in a false waryou eat and drink and be drink
and be and come out to discourage those
who believe the truth
that power and material
excludei do not believe that homes
material homes human homes spiritual
eat drink and be merry at the end
as if we have the time
as if it weren’t the end
as if it were
It’s time
Inspired by popular words and phrases from “It’s Time” Gough Whitlam (1972)my fellows we will—
do you believe we will?
I put these questions to you, are you
prepared? crisis after crisis, week after
week, will we—will you
accept another two hundred
and forty years of this? will we—will you
again entrust the nation’s economy
to men? we have a new chance
for our nation, we can recreate
a nation.australia cannot stand still
at such a time, australia
cannot stand time. we are determined
that country shall be restored to its rightful place
as participant, partner, owner. we will
put the land back into the business of running
australia. we will establish a new australia.
my fellows, we will—it’s time,
we will.
- 115: SPACE
with A Sometimes
114: NO THEME 13
with J Toledo & C Tse
113: INVISIBLE WALLS
with A Walker & D Disney
112: TREAT
with T Dearborn
111: BABY
with S Deo & L Ferney
110: POP!
with Z Frost & B Jessen
109: NO THEME 12
with C Maling & N Rhook
108: DEDICATION
with L Patterson & L Garcia-Dolnik
107: LIMINAL
with B Li
106: OPEN
with C Lowe & J Langdon
105: NO THEME 11
with E Grills & E Stewart
104: KIN
with E Shiosaki
103: AMBLE
with E Gomez and S Gory
102: GAME
with R Green and J Maxwell
101: NO THEME 10
with J Kinsella and J Leanne
100: BROWNFACE
with W S Dunn
99: SINGAPORE
with J Ip and A Pang
97 & 98: PROPAGANDA
with M Breeze and S Groth
96: NO THEME IX
with M Gill and J Thayil
95: EARTH
with M Takolander
94: BAYT
with Z Hashem Beck
93: PEACH
with L Van, G Mouratidis, L Toong
92: NO THEME VIII
with C Gaskin
91: MONSTER
with N Curnow
90: AFRICAN DIASPORA
with S Umar
89: DOMESTIC
with N Harkin
88: TRANSQUEER
with S Barnes and Q Eades
87: DIFFICULT
with O Schwartz & H Isemonger
86: NO THEME VII
with L Gorton
85: PHILIPPINES
with Mookie L and S Lua
84: SUBURBIA
with L Brown and N O'Reilly
83: MATHEMATICS
with F Hile
82: LAND
with J Stuart and J Gibian
81: NEW CARIBBEAN
with V Lucien
80: NO THEME VI
with J Beveridge
57.1: EKPHRASTIC
with C Atherton and P Hetherington
57: CONFESSION
with K Glastonbury
56: EXPLODE
with D Disney
55.1: DALIT / INDIGENOUS
with M Chakraborty and K MacCarter
55: FUTURE MACHINES
with Bella Li
54: NO THEME V
with F Wright and O Sakr
53.0: THE END
with P Brown
52.0: TOIL
with C Jenkins
51.1: UMAMI
with L Davies and Lifted Brow
51.0: TRANSTASMAN
with B Cassidy
50.0: NO THEME IV
with J Tranter
49.1: A BRITISH / IRISH
with M Hall and S Seita
49.0: OBSOLETE
with T Ryan
48.1: CANADA
with K MacCarter and S Rhodes
48.0: CONSTRAINT
with C Wakeling
47.0: COLLABORATION
with L Armand and H Lambert
46.1: MELBOURNE
with M Farrell
46.0: NO THEME III
with F Plunkett
45.0: SILENCE
with J Owen
44.0: GONDWANALAND
with D Motion
43.1: PUMPKIN
with K MacCarter
43.0: MASQUE
with A Vickery
42.0: NO THEME II
with G Ryan
41.1: RATBAGGERY
with D Hose
41.0: TRANSPACIFIC
with J Rowe and M Nardone
40.1: INDONESIA
with K MacCarter
40.0: INTERLOCUTOR
with L Hart
39.1: GIBBERBIRD
with S Gory
39.0: JACKPOT!
with S Wagan Watson
38.0: SYDNEY
with A Lorange
37.1: NEBRASKA
with S Whalen
37.0: NO THEME!
with A Wearne
36.0: ELECTRONICA
with J Jones