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Issue Details: First known date: 2023... no. 249 Summer 2023 of Overland est. 1954 Overland
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''Overlanding', as in droving cattle across country at distance, waxed as a literary trope precisely as it waned as a means of labour. Like its dialectical opposite the Squatter, the Overlander is etymologically multiple, meaning both the drover who is employed and respectable. and the sundowner, who is itinerant and suspect. In the Australian social imaginary, one is elevated to a culture hero and a symbol of belonging, the other indexes the repressed cognisance of the settler as a predatory interloper. One of the innovations of Leah Purcell's adaptations of Lawson's 'The Drover's Wife' demonstrates the coextension of these types. The writing in our latest issue is animated by the problems and revelations of interiority. Elias Greig's illuminating discussion of nativist paranoia in Heather Rose's novel Bruny demonstrates the persistence of perennial settler fantasies of replacement. Through a more intimate lens. EI Clarence's personal essay 'Dovetails' traces the ongoing psychological disconnections wrought by Australian forced adoption policies. The recurrence and recursion of the nominal past is also the subject of Natalia Figueroa Barroso's graceful hybrid essay on linguistic loss and transformation. 'A guide to the colonisation of my mother tongues.' (Publication summary) 
 

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Tasmania First : Ecofascism and the Settler Invasion Fantasy, Elias Greig , single work essay

'Part way through Bruny, Heather Rose's first foray into the thriller genre, Dr Astrid Coleman (UN fixer and covert CIA agent. 'six feet tall and trained to defend myself', twin sister to the Tasmanian premier, half-sister to the Tasmanian opposition leader, scion of a political dynasty and proud 'sixth-generation Tasmanian) turns to her love interest. Dan Macmillan (retired-paratrooper-turned-tradie-turned-works-manager with a Celtic sleeve tattoo, 'Paul Newman blue' eyes and 'a Chris Pine been-down-Texas-robbing-a-bank look' but 'strong' like Chris Hemsworth) as he skins up a joint to ask 'Why are we letting paradise get invaded?' The two have just conspired with Astrid's brother, Liberal premier John 'JC' Coleman, to conceal the death of a Chinese worker on a vast suspension bridge being built to connect Bruny Island and its mixture of wealthy holiday shack owners, gastronomes, bespoke hoteliers and artisanal farmers to the Tasmanian mainland—a project bankrolled by the Chinese Communist Party's Belt and Road initiative, waved through at the highest levels of state and federal government. The dead worker is one of hundreds flown in from China, their extra labour necessitated by a terrorist attack that takes out half the bridge just before construction is complete —an attack later revealed as a false flag operation carried out by the Australian secret services.' (Introduction)

(p. 3-16)
Dovetails, E.J. Clarence , single work essay
'My mother and father missed it all. Bunnykins to bomber jackets, dummies to cigarettes. I was raised somewhere else. Given another mum. A brand new dad. Handed around until I stuck like a stickle brick to my brand-new brother, who was also riding the magic carousel of secret adoption circa 1970.' (Introduction)
 (p. 26-38)
A Guide to the Colonisation of My Mother Tongues, Natalia Figueroa Barroso , single work essay

Guaroj

/wahr oh-h/gwa-lox/

Noun Literal translation / Closed hand

a. Ten in Charrna. 
b. Place both hands up, you come in peace, emptyhanded. Say, "AT (pronounced shoot —'0ne', and as you do, lower your left pinkie. go on. Now work your way through each finger from left to right: remember not to linger: sam, detf, betum, betum yn, bertim sam, betum deti, betum artasam, baquin, until you reach guaroj. Now close your hands tight. Position them ready to fight. Feel the fury of your knuckles. Feel the pain of our struggles. For what you hold is worth tenfold. How many Charrna words left? Around sixty-eight? In your palms lie ten. Not many Whites convicted for its theft ... feel the weight? There's value in a closed hand.' (Introduction)

 (p. 39-50)
Golden Hour, Claire Aman , single work short story (p. 51-56)
Viriditas / Little Big Scrub Poemi"A roof must be pitched at some semblance of an Angle in order to catch the sun Photosynthesis", Abbra Kotlarczyk , single work poetry (p. 57-58)
What to Wear to a Day of 'Civilized Warfare'i"the judges in their sweeping gowns with their white jabots tucked under their necks", Angela Costi , single work poetry (p. 60)
Permanent Vacationi"Someone built a vacation house exactly like their home", Denise Jarrott , single work poetry (p. 61)
Arid Lake of Men (All Anthropologies)i"If I were a boy today,", Jason Gray , single work poetry (p. 62)
Lateri"Later, just on dusk,", Leni Shilton , single work poetry (p. 63)
Wild Geesei"Today my laptop registers like an organ", Jini Maxwell , single work poetry
Author's note: With apologies to Mary Oliver
 (p. 64-65)
License to Drivei"The good news about the end of days is", Liam Ferney , single work poetry (p. 66)
Heartbreak for Kookaburrasi"There was one metaphor that God decided to keep. A teahouse,", Michael Farrell , single work poetry (p. 67)
Applesi"when i die i'll be surrounded by apples", Monique Lyle , single work poetry (p. 68)
To Richard Ouyang, Yu Ouyang , single work poetry (p. 69)
Outward Boundi"When I said", William Fox , single work poetry (p. 70)
Uncle Dom, Rob Johnson , single work short story (p. 71-75)
Black Spring, Hossein Asgari , single work short story (p. 76-82)
Ticket, Avi Leibovitch , single work short story (p. 83-88)
Aftermath, Tim Loveday , single work short story (p. 89-93)
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