Xavier Herbert

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Xavier Herbert


Born
in Port Hedland, WA, Australia
May 15, 1901

Died
November 10, 1984

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Born Alfred Jackson in 1901 (the year of Australia's federation), Herbert was the illegitimate son of a social climbing mother and an engine driver. After studying pharmacy, Herbert moved to Melbourne where he became a magazine short story writer, drawing on his often fantastic views of boyhood, having grown up in Western Australia on the edge of the untamed outback. Herbert then moved to Darwin where he had several jobs including being "Protector of Aborigines", a colonial role in an age when many Aboriginal Australians could not vote or find work. This role increased his belief in the injustice of white Australians towards black Australians.

Herbert's first book, "Capricornia", was published in 1938. A dense epic set in the Northern Terri
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Average rating: 3.84 · 946 ratings · 102 reviews · 23 distinct worksSimilar authors
Capricornia

3.76 avg rating — 672 ratings — published 1938 — 56 editions
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Poor Fellow My Country

4.10 avg rating — 220 ratings — published 1975 — 17 editions
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Disturbing element

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Seven Emus

3.43 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1959 — 8 editions
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Larger Than Life

4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1976 — 5 editions
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Soldiers' Women

2.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1962 — 13 editions
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Xavier Herbert: Letters

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かわいそうな私の国 (9)

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