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Poems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2016

Phillip Bell
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    Black Heart
      My heart is black as Cherbourg although my skin is fair, my Goorie blood predominant though European shared.
      My heart is black as Cherbourg where both my parents raised, State wards for their protection, deculturised, enslaved.
      Grandmothers were traditional, born of sacred land; Dalungbara, Jugera the heritage I claim. Grandfathers anonymous, one English one a Dane, black women, sex, come children, disowned to disguise shame.
      My heart is black as Cherbourg, until the day I die, where my ashes will be scattered this place my mother lies.

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Research Article
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Queensland Review , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , May 1999 , pp. 13 - 17
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1 Goories: Aboriginal people from southeastern Queensland and northern New South Wales.Google Scholar

2 Gari: Fraser Island.Google Scholar