10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FUZZY-WUZZY ANGEL»
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fuzzy-wuzzy angel in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
fuzzy-wuzzy angel and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Defending Whose Country?: Indigenous Soldiers in the Pacific War
The women they just wore grass skirts.155 Romero's comment links to the most
ubiquitous archetype from the war, which still endures in Australian cultural
memory—the idea of the “Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel.” The term emerged from a poem
by ...
2
Imagining the Other: The Representation of the Papua New ...
The Trope of the Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel One such inscription is found in the term “
fuzzy wuzzy angel,” popularized by European Second World War journalists as a
description of Papua New Guineans who assisted the Allied soldiers in the war ...
"Fuzzy Wuzzy angel," one fighting Australian called him, in verses whose limping
lines and rhymes doubtless caused many an English professor to shudder. But
down under the poem caught on, for it was in the mood of a multitude of mothers
...
4
Australian Women in Papua New Guinea: Colonial Passages ...
179 150 Nelson, 'From Kanaka to Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel', p. 176 151 Dixie Rigby,
TRC 967/1-2, Oral History, National Library, Canberra 152 AA (ACT), Department
of External Affairs: CRS A981, Correspondence files, item 52, letter to Secretary ...
5
Monumental Queensland: Signposts on a Cultural Landscape
supported by a New Guinean 'fuzzy wuzzy angel' and the other depicts a soldier
and a nurse. Both the RSL and ex-servicewomen objected to the initial proposal
depicting a nurse tending to a soldier. The RSL disapproved of the dominance of
...
Lisanne Gibson, Joanna Besley, 2004
6
Somewhere in Asia: War, Journalism and Australia's ...
... Wuzzy Angels', written by Sapper Bert Beros on 14 October 1942 while he was
undertaking repair work on the Kokoda Track.55 The 'fuzzy wuzzy angel' phrase
caught on 'almost overnight', recalled Osmar White a little cynically some years ...
Prue Torney-Parlicki, 2000
7
Hollywood's South Seas and the Pacific War: Searching for ...
... Robson insisted, were eastward of New Guinea.95 As the idea of the noble
Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel gained currency during 1943, Robson became even more
alarmed. In a second article, entitled “Fuzzy Wuzzy Fetish,” he regretted the ...
Sean Brawley, Chris Dixon, 2012
8
Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands
... truck and also takes in Seremi village, the scene of George Silk's famous
photograph of fuzzy wuzzy angel Raphael Oimbari leading blinded Australian
soldier Dick Whittington. Sleeping & Eating Oro Guesthouse (%329 7127; fax 329
7246; ...
Rowan McKinnon, Jean-Bernard Carillet, Dean Starnes, 2008
9
Kokoda Trail for Dummies
Chances are the person to whom you're speaking is the descendant of an
indigenous veteran or Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel. The poem 'The Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels'
was written by Sapper Herbert Beros during the Kokoda campaign at a place
called ...
10
Perilous Memories: The Asia-Pacific War(s)
The Islander matures into the fuzzy- wuzzy angel, as Australian war poet Bert
Beros rhymed: And in ways he's like a woman bringing in the sick and hurt,
Through we curse and call him "Heathen" if he nicks off with our shirt.21 A well-
known ...
T T. Fujitani, Geoffrey M. White, Lisa Yoneyama, 2001
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FUZZY-WUZZY ANGEL»
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fuzzy-wuzzy angel is used in the context of the following news items.
Canberra Services Club contemplates leaving shellshock corner
A move around the corner would present the problem of what to do with the CSC's memorabilia, the landmark fuzzy-wuzzy angel statue and the ... «The Canberra Times, May 14»
Anzac Day services in Australia
A "Fuzzy-Wuzzy Angel", Theophilus Koropaije, from Popondetta in Papua New Guinea, wore his traditional head-dress for the march. Now 82 ... «TVNZ, Apr 10»
Papua New Guinea marks Remembrance Day
Before a memorial depicting a "fuzzy-wuzzy angel" helping a wounded Australian soldier in World War II, Papua New Guineans have ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 07»
