Jimmie Blacksmith

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Jimmie Blacksmith is a fictional mixed-race Aboriginal Australian man whose violent rebellion against colonial oppression is central to Thomas Keneally’s novel "The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith."

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instanceOf fictional character
literary character
appearsIn The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith NERFINISHED
associatedWorkType novel
basedOn Jimmy Governor NERFINISHED
centralThemeRelation colonial oppression
injustice
racial violence
countryOfOrigin Australia
creator Thomas Keneally NERFINISHED
ethnicity Aboriginal Australian
European Australian
fictionalUniverse The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith NERFINISHED
firstAppearanceDate 1972
gender male
inspiredBy Jimmy Governor NERFINISHED
languageOfWork English
literaryFunction critique of Australian colonial society
exploration of systemic racism
medium literature
narrativeArc from assimilation attempts to violent resistance
narrativeRole anti-hero
protagonist
notableAction violent rebellion against white settlers
occupationInStory farm labourer
fencer
race mixed-race
settingLocation rural New South Wales
settingPeriod turn of the 20th century

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