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Mudrooroo Nyoongah

Colin Thomas Johnson, who changed his name to Mudrooroo Nyoongah in 1988, is synonymous with early Aboriginal literature with the release of Wild Cat Falling, his debut novel, in 1965. He has written a variety of fiction and non-fiction since, and is also highly regarded for his work in Aboriginal affairs. He has retired from public life and currently lives in Queensland.

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Title:: Wild Cat Falling
Written by:: Mudrooroo Nyoongah
Read by:: Mudrooroo Nyoongah
Format:: Unabridged CD Audio Book
Number of CDs:: 3
Duration:: 3 hours 2 minutes
Published:: April 01 2013
Available Date:: April 01 2013
Age Category:: Adult
ISBN:: 9781743119570
Genres:: Fiction; Australian Fiction; Indigenous Peoples
Publisher:: ABC Audio

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The story of an Aboriginal youth growing up in the ragged outskirts of a country town.

Wild Cat Falling is the story of an Aboriginal youth, a 'bodgie' of the early sixties who grows up on the ragged outskirts of a country town, falls into petty crime, goes to jail, and comes out to do battle once more with the society who put him there. Its publication in 1965 marked a unique literary event, for this was the novel from the Aboriginal community to be published in Australia. As well, it is a remarkable piece of literature in its own right, expressing the dilemmas and conflicts of the young Aboriginal in modern Australian society with its memorable insight and stylishness.