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Bruce Petty Bruce Petty i(A57980 works by) (a.k.a. Bruce Leslie Petty)
Born: Established: 23 Nov 1929 Doncaster, Doncaster - Templestowe area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 6 Apr 2023
Gender: Male
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1 The City Algorithm i "this image is a computer-generated projection of a standard 2040 global", Bruce Petty , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Griffith Review , no. 52 2016; (p. 177-178)
1 y separately published work icon The Business Adventures of Wombat and Possum Jan Smark Nilsson , Bruce Petty , Trinity Beach : Terebra Publishing , 2015 9473687 2015 single work children's fiction children's

'In order to make lots of money, Wombat and Possum start various business schemes, including a barber's shop, and a great running race. They also set up a detective agency and ran a restaurant with hilarious consequences.' (Publication summary)
1 y separately published work icon Limerick to Sydney Ray Taylor , Kenthurst : Kangaroo Press , 1998 Z1496404 1998 anthology poetry humour
1 7 y separately published work icon Left, Right and Centre : A Tale of Greed, Sex and Power Tim Ferguson , Ringwood : Penguin , 1997 Z417783 1997 single work novel satire
1 Try Listening to the Softer Voices Bruce Petty , 1994 single work essay
— Appears in: Being Whitefella 1994; (p. 31-37)
1 5 y separately published work icon A Royal Commission into the Australian Economy John Clarke , Ross Stevenson , North Sydney : Allen and Unwin/Haynes , 1991 Z285953 1991 single work drama satire humour
1 y separately published work icon Mr Paley : Dog about Town Katherine Fielding Barnsley , London : Hutchinson , 1957 Z837018 1957 single work children's fiction children's
1 y separately published work icon Look Who's Talking Fred Lord , Melbourne : Colorgravure , 1953 Z1225820 1953 single work children's fiction children's humour Natural history sketches written humourously and intended to amuse children and others. (ACB)
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