User talk:Emma LD
Welcome
[edit]Hello Emma LD, thanks for leaving message on my userpage, and, herewith, welcome to Wikipedia!
I will have a look at your Oodgeroo contributions shortly, though I'm sure they're useful!
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Regarding your question, as to why I've contributed to and maintain the Oodgeroo article, in brief answer, I have a keen interest in the Aboriginal history of Queensland (including key Aboriginal individuals); I have a friend who almost completed his PhD writing up an Aboriginal ethnographic history of Stradbroke Island (Oodgeroo's country), and considered himself a close acquaintance of Oodgeroo's son, Dennis; and, finally, I have friends who work within the Oodgeroo Noonuccal Unit - within the Queensland University of Technology!!
I look forward to seeing what you make of the current article! Bruceanthro (talk) 11:39, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
- As you note, yes, your edits to the Oodgeroo article are both useful and good! You ask what happened to that Phd! Well the PhD student was Peter Whalley, who now lectures at Queensland University of Technology's Oodgeroo Unit (contact details here), should you wish to make contact with him. Cheers Bruceanthro (talk) 13:58, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
Peter Whalley
[edit]Emma! Very glad you made contact with Peter (who is himself a bit of a closet poet). If you haven't already, please mention me and the way we made contact .. just for the thought of the expression on his face!!