“The Prime Minister”

Title“The Prime Minister”
Year for Search2022
AuthorsMinniecon, SJ(1918-2006)
Secondary AuthorsIsmail, Rafeif, and van Neerven, Ellen(b. 1990)
Secondary TitleUnlimited Futures: Speculative, Visionary Blak and Black Fiction
Pagination275-300, with “A Note from the Family of Uncle SJ Minniecon” and “A Note from the Editors” on 300
Date Published2022
PublisherFremantle Press in association with Djed Press
Place PublishedNorth Fremantle, WA, Australia
ISBN Number978-1-760990701
KeywordsAboriginal author, Australian author, Male author
Annotation

The is told in periods from the life story of the first Aboriginal Prime Minister of Australia ending with an egalitarian, wealthy Australia with spaceflight.

Info Notes

The story was written in 1945, and this appears to be its first publication. See the comments on the story in the editors’ “Introduction” (15-17).

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Author Note

The Aboriginal (Kabi Kabi Nation) author (1918-2006), who taught himself to read and write, was the first Aboriginal pastor to be appointed under the Assemblies of God.

Full Text

2022 Minniecon, SJ (1918-2006). “The Prime Minister.” Unlimited Futures: Speculative, Visionary Blak and Black Fiction. Ed. Rafeif Ismail and Ellen van Neerven (North Fremantle, WA, Australia: Fremantle Press in association with Djed Press, 2022), 275-300, with “A Note from the Family of Uncle SJ Minniecon” and “A Note from the Editors” on 300. The story was written in 1945, and this appears to be its first publication. See the comments on the story in the editors’ “Introduction” (15-17). PSt

The is told in periods from the life story of the first Aboriginal Prime Minister of Australia ending with an egalitarian, wealthy Australia with spaceflight. The Aboriginal (Kabi Kabi Nation) author, who taught himself to read and write, was the first Aboriginal pastor to be appointed under the Assemblies of God.