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This was the first novel by a writer of Aboriginal blood to be published in Australia and in 1965 marked a unique literary event.
Wild Cat Falling is the story of an Australia Aboriginal youth who grows up on the ragged outskirts of a country town. He falls into petty crime, goes to gaol and comes out to do battle once more with the society that put him there.
Mudrooroo is active in Aboriginal cultural affairs and is a prolific writer.
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Mudrooroo was born in WA, Australia in 1938 and has since traveled extensively. He is active in Aboriginal cultural affairs and was co-founder of the Aboriginal Writers, Oral Literature and Dramatists' Association. He is a prolific writer of poetry, prose and criticism. His first novel Wild Cat Falling was published in 1965.
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