Wild Cat Falling
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Wild Cat Falling is a novel published in 1965, in Australia. Its author, Mudrooroo (or Colin Johnson), was the first Aboriginal author in Australia to publish a novel, although David Unaipon had similar success in the 1920s. The novel depicts the life of a former 'bodgie' as he leaves jail and cynically searches for purpose in life, to highlight this Mudrooroo leaves the main character unnamed. The novel uses a series of flashbacks to highlight the main character's struggle in the past. Wild Cat Falling also shows the effects of the Australian Government's former policy of Assimilation and an Aboriginal's struggle for access and equity in the Australian legal system. As a result of this Wild Cat Falling has been said to be a 'political message'.
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