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Jack Davis (1) (1917–2000)

Author of No Sugar

For other authors named Jack Davis, see the disambiguation page.

13+ Works 294 Members 2 Reviews

Works by Jack Davis

No Sugar (1715) 76 copies

Paperbark: A Collection of Black Australian Writings (Uqp Black Australian Writers Series) (1990) — Editor; Contributor — 45 copies

Plays from Black Australia (Play Collections) (1989) 29 copies

A Boy's Life (1993) 27 copies

Kullark (Home) / The Dreamers (Currency Press Plays) (1982) 26 copies

The Dreamers (PLAYS) (1996) 18 copies

Black life : poems (1992) 16 copies

Honey Spot: Play (Teenage) (1988) 15 copies

The first-born and other poems (1970) 12 copies

Barungin (Smell the Wind) (Plays) (1989) 10 copies

John Pat and Other Poems (1988) 9 copies

Jagardoo : poems from Aboriginal Australia (1977) 8 copies

In our town (1992) 3 copies

Associated Works

Macquarie Pen Anthology of Aboriginal Literature (2008) — Contributor — 57 copies

Us fellas: An anthology of Aboriginal writing (1987) — Contributor — 8 copies

Facing Writers : Australia's Leading Writers Talk with Dagmar Strauss (1990) — Contributor — 5 copies

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Davis, Jack
Birthdate: 1917-03-11
Date of death: 2000-03-17
Gender: male
Nationality: Australia
Birthplace: Yarloop, Western Australia, Australia
Places of residence: Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
Occupations: poet
playwright
Awards and honors: Order of the British Empire (Member, 1976)
Order of Australia (1985)

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No Sugar (Currency Plays) by Jack Davis

It was good for political purposes.

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EricaJones | Jun 24, 2017 |

Paperbark: A Collection of Black Australian Writings by Jack Davis

A collection featuring works by famous Aboriginal writers, artists and activists such as Jack Davis, Jimmy Pike, Sally Morgan, Archie Weller and Pat Dodson.

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flexnib | Oct 24, 2005 |

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Awards

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Western Australian Premier's Book Awards

No Sugar (Special – 1987)

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Statistics

Works: 13
Also by: 3
Members: 294
Popularity: #79,674
Rating: 3.8

Reviews: 2
ISBNs: 84
Languages: 4

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