Rod Moran

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

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[edit]

Poetry[edit]

  • Moran, Rod (1981). High rise sniper. Illustrated by Melody Hampton. Artlook Books.[11]
  • — (1988). Against the era : poems. Fremantle Arts Centre Press.[12]
  • — (1994). Listening to the train passing. Platypus Press.[13]
  • — (2005). The paradoxes of water : selected and new poems 1970-2005. Salt Publishing.[14][15][16]

Selected non-fiction[edit]

  • Moran, Rod (1995). Icon of the North : the legend of Tom Gray. Access Press. ISBN 978-0-86445-091-3.
  • Moran, Rod; Burt, Francis Theodore Page, Sir, 1918-2004, (writer of foreword.) (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{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • 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
  • Moran, Rod (2016), "A forensic footnote to the forrest river debate", Quadrant, 60 (7/8): 73–74, ISSN 0033-5002

Notes[edit]

  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, 46 (9) (published 2002): 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, 47 (6), Sydney: 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, 46 (4), Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc: 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, 46 (4), Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc: 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, 66 (1), English Association: 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 (185), O.L. Society Ltd: 89(1), ISSN 0030-7416

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