First published 2004 by University of Queensland Press

PO Box 6042, St Lucia, Queensland 4067 Australia

Reprinted 2005, 2010

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© Samuel Wagan Watson

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Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

National Library of Australia

Watson, Samuel Wagan.

Smoke encrypted whispers.

1.Aboriginal Australians – Poetry. I. Title.

A821.4

ISBN 9780702234712 (pbk)

9780702250439 (pdf)

9780702250446 (epub)

9780702250453 (kindle)