Oombulgurri is a powerful poem by Aboriginal poet Ali Cobby Eckermann , part of her 2015 collection Inside My Mother
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. It reflects on the forced closure and subsequent abandonment of the Oombulgurri community in Western Australia. Matrix Education Oombulgurri is a powerful poem by Aboriginal poet
The poem functions on two distinct levels within Australian literature: Sitting by the river wide
Oombulgurri, Oombulgurri, Sitting by the river wide, Where the waters flow so gently, And the shadows hide.