Rod Moran (born 1952) is an Australian poet and journalist.
Moran lives in
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
. He has written poetry, and books, as well as being a regular contributor to ''
The West Australian
''The West Australian'' is the only locally edited daily newspaper published in Perth, Western Australia. It is owned by Seven West Media (SWM), as is the state's other major newspaper, ''The Sunday Times''. It is the second-oldest continuousl ...
'' newspaper on military history.
He has also won awards for his poetry.
He has written books challenging significant historical issues about the
Forrest River massacre
The Forrest River massacre, or Oombulgurri massacre of June 1926, was a massacre of Indigenous Australian people by a group of law enforcement personnel and civilians in the wake of the killing of a pastoralist in the Kimberley region of Wester ...
, in particular the role and reliability of
Ernest Gribble
Ernest Richard Bulmer Gribble (23 November 186818 October 1957) was an Australian missionary. Though considered to be temperamentally unsuited to his vocation, he became a strong advocate for better treatment of Australian Aboriginal people, savin ...
.
He has also engaged in an extended debate with historians about the issues.
He is also experienced in extensive oral history work from a project in
Rockingham, Western Australia
Rockingham is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indi ...
.
Bibliography
Poetry
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Non-fiction
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Notes
External links
* http://andrewlansdown.com/fellow-writers/rod-moran/
References
WA Authors and Illustrators
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Living people
Historians from Western Australia
Journalists from Western Australia
Quadrant (magazine) people
Australian poets
1952 births
The West Australian