Archie Weller

Quick Facts

Full Name	Archie Weller
Occupation	Writer
Date Of Birth	Jul 13, 1957(1957-07-13)
Age	67
Birthplace	Subiaco
Country	Australia
Birth City	Western Australia
Horoscope	Cancer

Archie Weller Biography

Archie Weller is one of the most popular and richest Writer who was born on July 13, 1957 in Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia.

The title story in the collection Going Home deals with the complexities of the Aboriginal identity in Australia. It is set in the 1980s and the protagonist has succeeded at university. He excels at sports, studies art and does paintings that are admired by the white community. But in achieving this acceptance he has turned his back on his home and his family. He feels white, but at the same time he is proud to be black. On his 21st birthday, nostalgia for his roots leads him to return to the camp of his birth, only to discover that his new “white” identity is invisible in the darkness of ignorance and prejudice. In contrast, another story in the collection, “Herbie”, is about a white boy named Davey who witnesses the killing of an Aboriginal boy and though he is cruel to the boy and offers no resistance to the boys who eventually result in his death, the boy sympathises with Herbie’s mother and shows remorse. In this story he portrays a boy who at the time has no empathy towards Herbie, an indigenous boy. It portrays bullying and brutal behaviour in a schoolyard with fatal consequences.

Weller states he wrote his first book, The Day of the Dog, “within a period of six weeks in a spirit of anger after his release from Broome jail for what he regarded as a wrongful conviction”. It won the 1980 The Australian/Vogel Literary Award, in 1982 the inaugural Prose Fiction award in the Western Australia Week Literary Awards, now called the Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards, and was made into a film entitled Blackfellas, which won two AFI Awards in 1993. Weller’s second novel Land of the Golden Clouds was published in 1998.

Archie Weller Net Worth

Archie Weller is one of the richest Writer from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Archie Weller 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Archie Weller (born 13 July 1957) is an Australian award winning writer of novels, short stories and screen plays.

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Facts & Trivia

Argenis Ranked on the list of most popular Writer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Archie Weller celebrates birthday on July 13 of every year.

When was going home written by Archie Weller?

Archie Weller (b. 1957) is an Aboriginal writer of short stories, poems, and plays. “Going Home” was published in 1986 as part of a short story collection with the same title.

When was Herbie by Archie Weller set?

Introduction The short story, Herbie, was written by Archie Weller an indigenous man and was published in 1986. This story was set in 1970s , in Western Australia and explores the powerful themes of racism, social disadvantage and the impact of bullying.

Where was Archie Weller born?

Subiaco, Australia

Where did Archie Weller grow up?

Archie Weller grew up on a farm called Woonenup in the south-west of Western Australia and later attended Guildford Grammar School near Perth as a boarder. His grandfather’s influence and encouragement were important in Weller’s desire to write.

When was stolen car written?

“Stolen Car”
Song by Bruce Springsteen
Released| October 1980
Recorded| January 1980 at The Power Station in New York
Genre| Rock