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Roland Robinson

Born

in County Clare, Ireland

June 12, 1912

Died

February 08, 1992

Genre

Poetry, Short Stories, Biographies & Memoirs

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The son of Irish migrants in Sydney, Robinson started work as a farmhand in his teens, where he developed a love of radical and romantic poets. A conscientious objector during WWII, Robinson began publishing poetry while working his long-term day job as a groundskeeper for a Sydney golf course.

Robinson was fiercely active in the Jindyworobak movement, a group of white poets born during the 1910s who wanted Australian writers to reject British trends and focus instead on their own country, especially inspired by Australian Aboriginals. Although many of the Jindyworobaks were interested in the idea of Aboriginals rather than the reality, Robinson developed a true interest in Indigenous cultures, and published collections of myths and stories ...more

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Average rating: 3.72 · 47 ratings · 8 reviews · 34 distinct works

	Aboriginal Myths and Legends: Age-old Stories of the Australian Tribes by Roland Robinson, Roderick Shaw (Illustrator) 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1966 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dirrangun 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1998 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Minah: My Uncle Abraham Whose Blackfeller's Name Was Minah by Roland Robinson, Percy Mumbulla, Bronwyn Bancroft (Illustrator) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1995	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Man Who Sold His Dreaming 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1965	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Feathered Serpent liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1956	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The nearest the white man gets: Aboriginal narratives and poems of New South Wales it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1989	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vote For Rollie: The Incoherent Ramblings of a Random Dude it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The drift of things: An autobiography, 1914-52 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Altjeringa and other Aboriginal poems really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1970	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black-feller, White-feller liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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