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    Corroboree To The Sun
    Corroboree To The Sun
    Corroboree To The Sun
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    Corroboree To The Sun

    By Ian Mudie

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    New independent digital publisher Strong & Bold Publishing based in Adelaide has published this new collection of Ian Mudie poems presented especially for digital viewing. Entitled “Corroboree to the Sun” it is a digital compilation of poems written by the acclaimed Australian poet, Ian Mudie, over the period 1934 to 1974. The poems that have been selected are representative of the main themes running through Ian Mudie’s poetry:
    •respect for and knowledge of the natural environment;
    •respect for and understanding of the aboriginal peoples;
    •pride in the Australian nation; and
    •acknowledgement of the Australian character.

    Ian Mudie (1911-1976) was a man well ahead of his time who produced a body of work that deserves to be kept alive.
    The new e-book includes an introduction by South Australian writer and poet Dave Mack and a personal account by Jim Smith entitled “Ian Mudie – The Man Himself”. Dave Mack observes in his introduction that:
    “The poet is watcher, gatekeeper of Truth, Whistle-blower, Elder, and true to his cause, Contrarian. Ian Mudie is all of this. His poetry (as represented in this fine collection) speaks from the heart with conviction and vigour. Employing vivid, elemental images of nature he pulls no punches and makes no concessions to those in his sights. .........Fiercely nationalistic with a strong sense of justice and equity, Mudie is driven by the conviction that white man has much to learn from our Indigenous cousins and bemoans the destructive influence of British Imperialism, in particular, its detrimental impact on the Australian environment and its original custodians. .................... Mudie was very active in the Australian literary scene, became editor in chief at Rigby Ltd. and organised the Adelaide Festival’s world renowned Writers’ Week from its inception in 1960 to 1972. A man of many talents, Mudie left a rich vein of images, notions and emotions derived from razor sharp perception and insight. He helps to remind us of the things that really matter in our lives and forces us to reflect on the State of Things as they stand today. And this is his greatest legacy. He reminds us that life, like the environment that sustains it, is fragile and tenuous as well as unique. And it is up to us, the guardians of the present and future to learn from the past and respect those customs and practices that sustain life and respect the land on which it depends. Mudie reminds us that we walk on a knife edge in a world that has lost its balance; and if we are not careful we could find ourselves at the tipping point in an instant.” (Dave Mack’s complete review is available to read on our website).
    Strong & Bold Publishing specialises in the e-publication of Australian poetry, South Australian history and new South Australian writers.
    You can purchase an e-copy of this collection of Ian Mudie poems from www.strongandbold.com.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherStrong & Bold Publishing
    Release dateDec 15, 2014
    ISBN9780992397920
    Corroboree To The Sun
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    Ian Mudie

    Ian Mudie (1911-1976) Ian Mayelston Mudie was born in Hawthorn, South Australia on 1 March 1911. He was educated at Scotch College, Adelaide (1920-26) and shortly after finishing his schooling, packed his swag, left his parents’ home and set off to Victoria on foot. His experiences on the road, including hitch-hiking, odd-jobbing for his keep, a bit of bludging when absolutely necessary, and swapping yarns with country people probably laid the foundations for some of his later iconic poems such as “They’ll Tell You About Me” but almost certainly initiated his love for the Australian ‘Bush’ and the Australian character. The pencilled letters he wrote home to his anxious parents, that describe some of these adventures, are part of the Mudie Collection held in the State Library of South Australia. He married Renee Doble in Adelaide in 1934 and they had two sons. By March 1940 his famous poem “Corroboree to the Sun” was first published which prompted writer Xavier Herbert to proclaim Mudie as ‘the only Australian poet’ in his letter to Mudie dated 5 March 1940. Through his links with P.R.Stephenson and W.J.Miles at the Publicist Publishing Company he became aware of the Australia First Movement. The aims and aspirations of this Movement clearly struck a chord with Mudie and so he became a member, but unfortunately the Movement had been seduced by anti-British sentiments so that by 1942 during the Second World War the terms ‘sedition’ and ‘treason’ were being used against the Movement. At this time Mudie ‘joined up’ and served in the Australian Army for the duration of the war. However his association with the Movement was surely an object of scrutiny to which he responded with a number of nationalistic poems among them “If This Be Treason”. His concern for the Australian aborigines is another theme running through Mudie’s poetry and this also expressed itself when in 1941 he joined with others to form the Jindyworobak Poets. After the War he received a fellowship from the Commonwealth Literary Fund to research and write about the paddle-steamers of the Murray and Darling rivers. He also edited the anthology “Poets at War” in 1944 and collaborated with Colin Thiele to edit “Australian Poets Speak” in 1961. Mudie was chief editor at publishing house Rigby’s (1960-65) and organised the Writers’ Week at the Adelaide Festival of Arts from 1960 to 1972. Ian Mudie died in London on 23 October 1976. He was cremated and his ashes were returned to Australia and scattered on the Murray River. Brian Lewis December 2014

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