Rod Moran Explained

Rod Moran (born 1952) is an Australian poet and journalist.

Moran lives in Western Australia. He has written poetry, and books, as well as being a regular contributor to The West Australian newspaper on military history.

He has also won awards for his poetry.^[1]

He has written books challenging significant historical issues about the Forrest River massacre, in particular the role and reliability of Ernest Gribble.

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.

Bibliography

Poetry

• Book: Moran, Rod . Illustrated by Melody Hampton . High rise sniper . 1981 . Artlook Books.
• Book: Moran, Rod . 1 . Against the era : poems . 1988 . Fremantle Arts Centre Press.
• Book: Moran, Rod . 1 . Listening to the train passing . 1994 . Platypus Press . ^[2]
• Book: Moran, Rod . 1 . The paradoxes of water : selected and new poems 1970-2005 . 2005 . Salt Publishing.

Selected non-fiction

• Book: Moran, Rod . Icon of the North : the legend of Tom Gray . 1995 . Access Press . 978-0-86445-091-3 .

External links

• http://andrewlansdown.com/fellow-writers/rod-moran/

References

• WA Authors and Illustrators

Notes and References

1. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20060722140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/36486/20060723-0000/www.liswa.wa.gov.au/pbagallery05/2.html 2005 WA Premiers Award for poetry
2. News: Poets deserve a wider audience . . 71 . 22,129 . Australian Capital Territory, Australia . 18 November 1995 . 22 March 2019 . 63 . National Library of Australia.