Rod Moran

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Rod Moran (born 1952) is an Australian poet and journalist.

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Moran lives in Western Australia. He has written poetry, and books, as well as being a regular contributor to The West Australian newspaper on military history.

He has also won awards for his poetry. [1]

He has written books challenging significant historical issues about the Forrest River massacre, in particular the role and reliability of Ernest Gribble. [2]

He has also engaged in an extended debate with historians about the issues. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

He is also experienced in extensive oral history work from a project in Rockingham, Western Australia. [8] [9] [10]

Bibliography

Poetry

Selected non-fiction

Notes

  1. 2005 WA Premiers Award for poetry
  2. Moran, Rod (1999), Massacre myth : an investigation into allegations concerning the mass murder of Aborigines at Forrest River, 1926, Access Press, ISBN   978-0-86445-124-8
  3. Moran, Rod (September 2002), "Ernest Gribble's dark torment", Quadrant (published 2002), 46 (9): 32–35, retrieved 1 June 2015
  4. Moran, Rod (2002), Sex, maiming and murder : seven case studies into the reliability of Reverend E.R.B. Gribble, Superintendent, Forrest River Mission 1913-1928, as a witness to the truth, Access Press, ISBN   978-0-86445-157-6
  5. Green, Neville (June 2003), "Ahab wailing in the wilderness", Quadrant, Sydney, 47 (6): 30–33, ISSN   0033-5002
  6. Choo, Christine (1999), "[Book review] Massacre myth, by Rod Moran", Aboriginal History, 23: 124–128, retrieved 1 June 2015
  7. Moran, Rod (2010), "Forrest River, the Angel of Mons and some epistemological markers : a rejoinder to Professor Geoffrey Bolton", Studies in Western Australian History (26): 191–202, retrieved 1 June 2015
  8. (1992), Synoptic catalogue for the Rockingham oral history archive, Rockingham District Historical Society, retrieved 1 June 2015
  9. Moran, Rod (1 April 2002), "Oral history and truth: a reply to Gary Morgan.(Forrest River, Australia)", Quadrant, Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc, 46 (4): 35(2), ISSN   0033-5002
  10. Morgan, Gary (1 April 2002), "Postmodern museum or refluent critic? A response to Rod Moran.(Western Australian Museum and Indigenous history)", Quadrant, Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc, 46 (4): 32(3), ISSN   0033-5002
  11. Moran, Rod; Hampton, Melody (1981), High rise sniper, Artlook Books, ISBN   978-0-86445-057-9
  12. Moran, Rod; Moran, Rod. [Poems. Selections] (1988), Against the era : poems, Fremantle Arts Centre Press, ISBN   978-0-949206-28-2
  13. "Poets deserve a wider audience". The Canberra Times . Vol. 71, no. 22, 129. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 18 November 1995. p. 63. Retrieved 22 March 2019 via National Library of Australia.
  14. Moran, Rod (2005), The paradoxes of water : selected and new poems 1970-2005, Salt Publishing, ISBN   978-1-84471-108-6
  15. McLaren, Greg (22 March 2006), "Things left unsaid: some recent poetry from Salt Publishing.(Rattus Rattus: New and Selected Poems)(The Paradoxes of Water: Selected and New Poems 1970-2005)(Book review)", Southerly, English Association, 66 (1): 171(8), ISSN   0038-3732
  16. Leves, Kerry (22 June 2006), "The Paradoxes of Water: Selected and New Poems, 1970-2005.(Brief article)(Book review)", Overland, O.L. Society Ltd (185): 89(1), ISSN   0030-7416

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