Kullark
- Jack Davis -
Kullark is one of the most remarkable plays written by Jack Davis, an Aboriginal Australian playwright known for his deep insight into Indigenous identity and post-colonial issues. The play depicts the struggle, displacement, and resilience of Aboriginal people in Western Australia. As a part of Major 7 paper for the 5th Semester under CBPBU (Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University), this text is of great importance to the students of English literature. Below are some short answer type questions that will help the students get a better understanding of the key ideas, themes, and character analysis in Kullark.
Important Q&A
1/ What is the meaning of the title Kullark?
Answer: Kullark is the aboriginal word which means “Home”.
2/ When the play Kullark published?
Answer: The play first performed in 1979 and first published in 1983-84.
3/ Name two famous Marsupial of Australia.
Answer: Famous two marsupials are Kangaroo and Koala.
4/ What was the profession of the Aboriginal people of Australia?
Answer: The Aboriginal people were primarily hunter gatherer they were usually nomadio kind of people.
5/ What was the weapon of the Aboriginal people?
Answer: Spear was the main weapon of the Aboriginal people.
6/ What is Kullark mainly about?
Answer: The play Kullark is about the Aboriginal Nyoongah community’s suffering and survival from the time of colonization to the present. Through the novel Davis tried to show how their land, culture and identity were taken away by the White people.
7/ What is the setting of the play?
Answer: The setting of the play is in the western Australia, showing both the past colonial period and the present linking historical events to modern Aboriginal life.
8/ What is the structure of the play?
Answer: The play has three acts.
• Act 1: “The Steel and the Stone” it’s about the early contact between the Aboriginal people and white settlers.
• Act 2 and Act 3 move toward the modern period, it shows how colonization still affects Aboriginal people today.
9/ What are the main themes of Kullark?
Answer: The main themes are:
• Loss of land and identity
• Racism and injustice
• Cultural survival and resistance
• Search for belonging (“home”)
10/ What does Kullark reveal about colonisation?
Answer: It reveals that colonisation brought violence, land theft, and cultural destruction, and how these historical wounds still affect Aboriginal people today.
11/ How is Kullark an example of postcolonial literature?
Answer: Kullark gives voice to the colonised Aboriginal community, challenging white Australian history and highlighting their fight for identity, justice, and equality.
12/ What role does language play in Kullark?
Answer: Davis mixes English and Aboriginal words to preserve the Nyoongah culture and remind readers that Aboriginal identity is alive and strong despite colonisation.
13/ How did Jack Davis learn the Nyoongah language?
Answer: Jack Davis learned the Nyoongah language when living in Brookton Aboriginal Reserve.
14/ Who is the first Aboriginal person to publish a book of verse?
Answer: Oodgeroo Noonuccal’s We Are Going (1964).
15/ What is Corroboree?
Answer: Corroboree is a ceremony celebrated by the Aboriginal people of Nyoongah community. This ceremony is mainly celebrated in Night.
16/ Write a bush poet name.
Answer: Patrick White.
17/ Waltzing Matilda written by whom?
Answer: Banjo Peterson.
18/ How the Aboriginal people knew about their history?
Answer: They had Oral tradition and through this they came to know about their history.
19/ Nyoongah community is consist of how many clans?
Answer: Nyoongah community is consist of 14 different clans.
20/ Write two river name mentioned in the play.
Answer: The Moore river and the Swan river.
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