Doctor Wooreddy's Prescription for Enduring the End of the World
| Title | Doctor Wooreddy's Prescription for Enduring the End of the World |
| Year for Search | 1983 |
| Authors | Johnson, Colin(b. 1938) |
| Date Published | 1983 |
| Publisher | Hyland House |
| Place Published | Melbourne, VIC, Australia |
| Keywords | Australian author |
| Annotation | Australian treatment of the Aborigines described as a dystopia. Includes the description of a racist commune designed to civilize the Aborigines. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. with the author given as Mudrooroo. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Hyland House, 1987. |
| Holding Institutions | A, CU-I, M, VUW |
| Author Note | The author (b. 1938) was born Colin Johnson and took the Aboriginal name of Mudrooroo Nyoongah but was forced to drop the Nyoongah; he legally changed his name to Mudrooroo in 1988. He has also used the names Colin Johnson Mudrooroo, Colin Johnson Nyoongah, and Mudrooroo Narogin. His claim of Aboriginal identity is disputed by some and supported by others. |
| Full Text | 1983 Johnson, Colin (b. 1938). Doctor Wooreddy’s Prescription for Enduring the End of the World. Melbourne, VIC: Hyland House. Rpt. with the author given as Mudrooroo. Melbourne, VIC: Hyland House, 1987. The author was born Colin Johnson and took the Aboriginal name of Mudrooroo Nyoongah but was forced to drop the Nyoongah. He legally changed his name to Mudrooroo in 1988. He has also used the names Colin Johnson Mudrooroo, Colin Johnson Nyoongah, and Mudrooroo Narogin. His claim of Aboriginal identity is disputed by some and supported by others. A, CU-I, M, VUW Australian treatment of the Aborigines described as a dystopia. Includes the description of a racist intentional community designed to civilize the Aborigines. |
