Bill Jennings thanks his uncle Hubert for some poems and articles about lions (including at least one piece of Jennings's own) that Hubert had sent him. Bill writes about the Australian bicentennial celebrations and about demonstrations by Australian Aboriginal activists, remarking on historical and present challenges for "the most disadvantaged group in Australia," and encloses two poems by Australian Aboriginal poet and activist Kath Walker (Oodgeroo Noonuccal), "No More Boomerang" and "Then and Now." He includes family news, particularly about his daughter Leonie and congratulates Hubert "on becoming a great-grandfather twice over." Includes envelope bearing note, in Jennings's hand "Poem. Kath. Walker."
The Hubert Jennings papers is an extensive collection of materials created or collected by Jennings in the course of his research on the Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa focused particularly on the time Pessoa lived in Durban, South Africa. Jennings published …
