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Matthew Richardson Matthew Richardson i(A11268 works by)
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1 John Ferguson 1937-2023: Publisher Showed Stoic Resilience Matthew Richardson , 2023 single work obituary (for John Ferguson )
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14 July 2023; (p. 41)
1 5 y separately published work icon Once a Jolly Swagman : The Ballad of Waltzing Matilda Matthew Richardson , Carlton : Melbourne University Publishing , 2006 Z1307647 2006 single work criticism 'Banjo' Paterson's 'Waltzing Matilda' is the one song that has been bringing people together spontaneously since 1895, and the one song that belongs to all Australians. Generations of experts have argued about the original story that Paterson immortalised, about the origins of the tune, and about what Paterson meant by his almost parodic over-use of Australian colloquialisms. Once a Jolly Swagman takes readers off the score sheet into the story of the song, and tells of its evolution up until the twenty-first century. It tries to answer the riddles within the song, and unpick its inherent contradictions: where's the heroism in a suicidal thief? What was jolly about the jumbuck? Is 'Waltzing Matilda' the key to Australian values? What does it mean that a beloved song about Australia's pioneering past is written by a city lawyer?' (Publisher's blurb)
1 1 y separately published work icon War in Words : The Halstead Armoury of Australian War Writing Matthew Richardson (editor), Broadway : Halstead Press , 2004 Z1107191 2004 anthology autobiography correspondence extract poetry short story war literature 'Australian writers have excelled since colonial times in presenting war in all its aspects, drawing character as it emerges under the pressures of life and death struggle. Arranged historically are poems and fine prose, from Furphy's sardonic story of the Arrow War, to post-Vietnam reflections on the aftermath of conflict, their insights are the key to an outlook on war which has not developed in other cultures' (Publisher's blurb).
1 The Literature Problem Starts Early Matthew Richardson , 2002 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Age , 13 February 2002; (p. 14)
1 1 From Matthew Richardson Matthew Richardson , 1998 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 205 1998; (p. 4)
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