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- Domes and Frescoesi"Across the wind-blown hill flanks", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Woke Lady Macbethi"O, come ye spirits and unsex me here", single work poetry (p. 21)
- Song for Activist Poetsi"Hustlers gonna hustle.", single work poetry (p. 21)
- Hilarious Contraptioni"The picture shows a man leaping from a second-floor window. It doesn’t seem too high", single work poetry (p. 24)
- Dying Insecti"The bug is Irish-dancing. This view is strange:", single work poetry (p. 32)
- She Knowsi"She is the lighter sleeper. Woken by the cat padding on the pillow, wanting food at 5:45, then", single work poetry (p. 33)
- Snowfalli"The snow crochets patterns on her grey hair", single work poetry (p. 33)
- At Leggett’s Ballroomi"Glissade, paso doble, alemana, cucaracha,", single work poetry (p. 50-51)
- The Hemline of Lost Memoriesi"I know what you’re thinking, but there’s no need to be scared. This is my spot, these old", single work poetry (p. 55)
- The Templei"The temple lies in ruins now", single work poetry (p. 67)
- When Southerly Gales Blowi"When southerly gales blow,", single work poetry (p. 67)
- Renison Bell Loners, West Coast, Tasmaniai"Mine manager’s son, I would meet", single work poetry (p. 71)
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Back into the Past at the Other Bronte,
single work
essay
(p. 72-79)
'In reminiscences and family matters handed down, few are written and fewer published, and they are distorted by ignorance and surmise. The reprints of Miles Franklin's 'Childhood in Brindabella' cannot convey the experience of the three months that it took in the 1840s for a family to move from near the Raby of Thomas Mitchell south of the Campbelltown road junction with the Hume Highway to that place in the deep bush. Now it is a few hours’ drive. The day-to-day reality of the old treks is beyond our experience or understanding.' (Publication abstract)
- About Red Herringsi"Idly angling in time", single work poetry (p. 83)
- Robin Marsden's Legacy to Quadrant, single work obituary (p. 84-85)
- Generous Days : Barraba, New South Walesi"Cane sewing baskets are inherited,", single work poetry (p. 86)
- Cockatoo Funerali"After his funeral in Bunbury", single work poetry (p. 86)
- Short Poemi"Verbophobia: fear of words.", single work poetry (p. 94)
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'Nitram' : Portraying a Killer,
single work
review
— Review of Nitram 2021 single work film/TV ; (p. 98-102) -
Writing Political Satire in Australia,
single work
essay
(p. 103-107)
'One of my favourite stories concerns two Liberal Party politicians, both of whom were later knighted. One of them was arguably Australia's most hopeless and devious prime minister, William ("Billy") McMahon. He was in office from March 1971 until December 1972, when the coalition lost office to Labor under Gough Whitlam - who had famously described McMahon as "Tiberius with a telephone". The second was James ("Jim") Killen, who liked more than an odd beer on a hot day and had served as Minister for the Navy under John Gorton. When McMahon became PM, he dropped Killen from the ministry.' (Introduction)
