his brother were amongst four-hundred Aboriginals that were "offered" work at the Moore River Native Settlement considered as a social measure by the government. While some aboriginals were forced to work, this was not the case for Jack Davis and his brother. After nine months, the two boys left to go back to Yarloop. Davis’ experience on the Moore River Native Settlement later shaped his literary work. Career Davis pursued many labour-intensive jobs before he committed to writing, this included being a stockman, a horse trainer, a drover, a mill worker, a driver in various methods of transportation and a kangaroo hunter. In 1970, at the time of publishing his first collection of poems The First Born, he dedicated himself to literature. He became the Manager of the Aboriginal Advancement Council Centre in Perth from 1969 -1973. He then transitioned into becoming an editor at the Aboriginal Publications Foundation from 1973 to 1979, which published a magazine called Identity that focused on recognising Aboriginal literature. Works Jack Davis began his writing career by publishing a collection of poems called The First Born in 1970. He later published his second collection of poetry called Jagardoo in 1977, which was illustrated by Harold Thomas (who also designed the Aboriginal Australian flag). After this he began to focus on playwriting, publishing a total of five plays and two children's plays: Plays: Kullark, 1979 The Dreamers, 1981 No Sugar, 1985 Barungin, 1989 In Our Town, 1990 Children's plays: Honey Spot, 1987 Moorli and the Leprechaun, 1994 Davis also wrote a monodrama called Wahngin Country, but he never finished it. Academic Bob Hodge, who wrote the peer reviewed journal Jack Davis and the Emergence of Aboriginal Writing in 1994 stated Davis was interested in "White History" and how it omitted the Aboriginal history and their perspective. According to academics, Davis wanted to offer an alternative narrative that included the Aboriginal story. Davis found the most effective format was through transforming the Indigenous tradition of oral storytelling into written plays and performance. Themes in his work encapsulate the history and discrimination of Aboriginal people, including the first contact with white settlers. Academic Adam Shoemaker has described his work as always alluding to the history of Aboriginal people even when his plays are not mentioning the past. Plays Kullark Davis’ play Kullark, translated to "home" is often considered by academics as a documentary, detailing the beginning of