Extension activity

 

Listen to Paul Kelly and Archie Roach’s collaboration on the song, ‘John Pat’, which uses the words of indigenous poet Jack Davis. (This is no longer freely available online, but the sound track can be purchased here for a small fee.)

 

  • What is the effect of hearing the two different voices?


Read the background of John Pat's case and words to Davis's poem here.

 

Reflect: if you were to choose visual images to accompany this song, what would they be and why? Record your ideas in your log.

 

(A bizarre home-made video about ducks on YouTube pirated the soundtrack of this song. It's not advised to use this, but it could be an interesting example for teachers to show students what not to do with Indigenous copyright material.)

 

On to Activity 3