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'This long essay is an engagingly personal, playful and thoughtful examination of the arrival in 1832 in Tasmania of a shipload of women, sent to redress the imbalance of genders in that colonial settlement.' (Publication summary)
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Author's note:
In memory of
Lucy Halligan and of my father, William Power.
'If you don't behave yourself they'll send you to Tasmania' -Carillo Mean, Transports of Delight in the Stream of Consciousness
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Carmel Bird : 'Flying About the Place'
Rachel Morley
(interviewer),
2015
single work
interview
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , December 2015; -
Graceful Stories Told with the Precision of Poetry
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 23 November 2015; (p. 31) The Saturday Age , 21-22 November 2015; (p. 25)
— Review of My Hearts Are Your Hearts 2015 selected work short story ; Fair Game : A Tasmanian Memoir 2015 single work essay
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Graceful Stories Told with the Precision of Poetry
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 23 November 2015; (p. 31) The Saturday Age , 21-22 November 2015; (p. 25)
— Review of My Hearts Are Your Hearts 2015 selected work short story ; Fair Game : A Tasmanian Memoir 2015 single work essay -
Carmel Bird : 'Flying About the Place'
Rachel Morley
(interviewer),
2015
single work
interview
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , December 2015;
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