Herb Wharton

Herbert Morsley Wharton (born 1936) is an Indigenous Australian former stockman and now internationally recognised poet and novelist.
Biography.
A Murri man, his maternal grandmother was Kooma, and both grandfathers Irish.
On 22 November 2012 Wharton received the "Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature"; a $50,000 award that recognises the achievements of eminent writers who have made outstanding and lifelong contributions to Australian literature.
In 2013, Wharton was a recipient of the Queensland Greats Awards.
The Fryer Library houses the Herb Wharton manuscript collection. The collection contains working and completed drafts of writings, poetry (published and unpublished), correspondence, diaries, speeches, taped interviews given by Wharton (both audio and video), and miscellaneous notes.
In the 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours Wharton was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for "significant service to the literary arts, to poetry, and to the Indigenous community".
Works.
Novels
Short stories
Poetry