"This piece of hardwood, cunningly shaped, Was curved so evenly while piccaninnies gaped At a warrior who chipped at it with pieces of flint, And formed it by meticulous dint upon dint. Outside his wurly he sat beside a tree And chipped at it patiently for hours—not for me, But to kill the wallaby in the rocky pass, To kill the fat wild-turkey hiding in the grass."
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"Boomerang", in The Jindyworobaks, ed. Brian Elliott (University of Queensland Press, 1979), p. 4
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Rex Ingamells
Reginald Charles "Rex" Ingamells (19 January 1913 – 30 December 1955) was an Australian poet, generally credited with being the leading light of the Jindyworobak Movement.
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