Analysis Of Oodgeroo Noonuccal

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Oodgeroo Noonuccal: not your typical Aboriginal…
By Emily Hill, November 2017

Oodgeroo Noonuccal; high school dropout; domestic servant; divorced; deceased; this is not all she is known for.
Oodgeroo Noonuccal, formally known as Kathleen Jean Mary Rusker born on November 3rd 1920, is an Aboriginal of the Noonuccal Tribe. Oodgeroo devastatingly passed away from cancer on September 9th 1993, aged 72.
Oodgeroo is from North Stradbroke Island and is one of seven. She is an Australian poet, political activist, artist, and educator. Not only is she well known to be the first Aboriginal Australian to publish a book of verse, but she is a legacy, a legacy that is highly deserving of this prestigious poetry award.
Oodgeroo had a rough life as a child; …show more content…

Another well-known poem is ‘A song of hope’.
“To our father’s fathers, the paid, the sorrow; to our children’s children, the glad tomorrow”
‘A song of hope’ was written by Oodgeroo at the period of time when Indigenous Australians were being discriminated against. Her poem speaks of a brighter and fairer future for the coming generations of Indigenous Australians; she wanted them to have hope.
These two poems show how much meaning and thought Oodgeroo put in her poems. They weren’t based on anything in her life, but yet something she holds dear to her heart; the respect her culture deserves. All of her poems speak from her heart, they mention Aboriginal rights and also her protests on what Aboriginals really deserve. Her poems alone make her deserving of this award as they speak not only the hurt, the truth, but also the rights of all Aboriginals; they hold

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