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  • Dedication: To Mary Gilmore

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    y separately published work icon The Bulletin vol. 79 no. 4114 17 December 1958 Z627416 1958 periodical issue 1958 pg. 44
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    y separately published work icon Australian Poetry 1959 Nancy Keesing (editor), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1959 Z27586 1959 anthology poetry Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1959 pg. 27-33
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    y separately published work icon Southmost Twelve Southmost 12 Robert D. FitzGerald , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1962 Z246770 1962 selected work poetry Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1962 pg. 53-57
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    y separately published work icon Australian Idiom : An Anthology of Contemporary Prose and Poetry Harry Payne Heseltine (editor), Melbourne : Cheshire , 1963 Z333209 1963 anthology short story poetry extract criticism Melbourne : Cheshire , 1963
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    y separately published work icon Modern Australian Verse Douglas Stewart (editor), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1964 Z390812 1964 anthology poetry Editor's Introduction: The anthology covers 'from 1930 onwards'... And, lastly, of course, an anthology of this kind should attempt to give as wide a picture as possible, consistent with quality, of Australian poetry in the period. That I have certainly tried to do; but without losing sight of the principle that it should be enjoyable. ... Douglas Stewart (q.v.) (xxi-xxxv). Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1964 pg. 39-43
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    y separately published work icon Australian Writing Today Charles Higham (editor), Harmondsworth : Penguin , 1968 Z285079 1968 anthology poetry short story Harmondsworth : Penguin , 1968 pg. 21-25
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    y separately published work icon The Penguin Book of Australian Verse Harry Payne Heseltine (editor), Ringwood Harmondsworth : Penguin , 1972 Z334403 1972 anthology poetry Selection of works by Australian poets from Charles Harpur (1813-1868) to Charles Buckmaster (b. 1951). Ringwood Harmondsworth : Penguin , 1972 pg. 178-182
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    y separately published work icon Australian Poems in Perspective : A Collection of Poems and Critical Commentaries P. K. Elkin (editor), St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1978 Z365352 1978 anthology poetry criticism biography St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1978 pg. 90-93
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    y separately published work icon The Illustrated Treasury of Australian Verse Beatrice Davis , Melbourne : Nelson , 1984 Z315151 1984 anthology poetry biography Melbourne : Nelson , 1984 pg. 136-139
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    y separately published work icon Cross-Country : A Book of Australian Verse John Barnes (editor), Brian McFarlane (editor), Richmond : Heinemann , 1984 Z900285 1984 anthology poetry (taught in 1 units) Richmond : Heinemann , 1984 pg. 231-234
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    y separately published work icon My Country : Australian Poetry and Short Stories, Two Hundred Years Leonie Kramer (editor), Sydney : Lansdowne , 1985 Z1067493 1985 anthology poetry short story Sydney : Lansdowne , 1985 pg. 171-174
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    y separately published work icon The New Oxford Book of Australian Verse Les Murray (editor), Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1986 Z427532 1986 anthology poetry Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1986 pg. 147-150
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    y separately published work icon Robert D. FitzGerald Robert D. FitzGerald , Julian Croft (editor), St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1987 Z363213 1987 selected work criticism biography poetry short story prose humour St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1987 pg. 141-144
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    y separately published work icon Cross-Country : A Book of Australian Verse John Barnes (editor), Brian McFarlane (editor), Richmond : Heinemann , 1984 Z900285 1984 anthology poetry (taught in 1 units) Richmond : Heinemann Education Australia , 1988 pg. 240-243
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    y separately published work icon The Macmillan Anthology of Australian Literature Ken L. Goodwin (editor), Alan Lawson (editor), South Melbourne : Macmillan , 1990 Z535337 1990 anthology criticism correspondence extract poetry drama biography short story prose humour satire travel

    'Poems, stories, letters and extracts from novels, plays and journals present a great variety of responses to Australia and to the art of writing. Items have been arranged into 12 groupings that reflect different ways of seeing the material of Australian writing. Each section has its own introduction. Problems are explained, theories and contexts for a wider understanding are offered. The book includes biographical guides to all authors and a full chronological table of events in the literary history of Australia.'   (Publication summary)

    South Melbourne : Macmillan , 1990
    pg. 142-145
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    y separately published work icon The Faber Book of Modern Australian Verse Vincent Buckley (editor), London : Faber , 1991 Z563845 1991 anthology poetry war literature satire humour London : Faber , 1991 pg. 22-26 Oxford University Press. p.13-16
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    y separately published work icon The Illustrated Treasury of Australian Verse Beatrice Davis , Melbourne : Nelson , 1984 Z315151 1984 anthology poetry biography Sydney : State Library of New South Wales Press , 1996 pg. 136-139
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    y separately published work icon The Oxford Book of Modern Australian Verse Peter Porter (editor), South Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1996 Z397894 1996 anthology poetry extract South Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1996 pg. 13-16
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    y separately published work icon The New Oxford Book of Australian Verse Les Murray (editor), Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1986 Z427532 1986 anthology poetry South Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1996 pg. 147-150
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    y separately published work icon Family Ties : Australian Poems of the Family Jennifer Strauss (editor), South Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1998 Z115299 1998 anthology poetry South Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1998 pg. 51-54
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    y separately published work icon Australian Verse : An Oxford Anthology John Leonard (editor), Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1998 Z461207 1998 anthology poetry (taught in 1 units) A thorough survey of poetry by Australians in English, beginning with a selection of contemporary work by younger poets, and going backward in time to the early colonial period. In addition to poems in the literary tradition, it indudes performance poetry, convict songs and old bush ballads. An extensive selection has been provided from the work of five major twentieth-century poets: Les Murray, Gwen Harwood, Judith Wright, A.D. Hope and Kenneth Slessor. Several features are provided to assist the reader: the date of first publication of each poem is provided; footnotes explain unfamiliar words and allusions; and brief biographical notes assist in locating each poet in his or her place in time. Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1998 pg. 254-257
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    y separately published work icon The Turning Wave : Poems and Songs of Irish Australia Colleen Burke (editor), Vincent Woods (editor), Armidale : Kardoorair Press , 2001 Z929605 2001 anthology poetry Armidale : Kardoorair Press , 2001 pg. 229-231
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    y separately published work icon The Penguin Anthology of Australian Poetry John Kinsella (editor), Camberwell : Penguin , 2009 Z1553543 2009 anthology poetry (taught in 16 units)

    'This is a comprehensive survey of Australian poetic achievement, ranging from early colonial and indigenous verse to contemporary work, from the major poets to those who deserve to be better recognised.' (Provided by the publisher).

    Camberwell : Penguin , 2009
    pg. 153-157
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    y separately published work icon Sixty Classic Australian Poems Geoff Page , Sydney : University of New South Wales Press , 2009 Z1570296 2009 single work criticism (taught in 3 units) 'This is a superb introduction to poetry from the nineteenth century to the present. With insight and insider knowledge, poet Geoff Page emphasises the contribution made by the notable generation of Australian poets who emerged during and just after World War II. It includes several contemporary poems which are likely to become classics in the near future. Each poem is followed by a short, lively essay discussing its merits and suggesting why it might be considered a classic.' (Publisher's blurb) Sydney : University of New South Wales Press , 2009 pg. 62-66
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    y separately published work icon Harbour City Poems : Sydney in Verse, 1788-2008 Martin Langford (editor), Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2009 Z1590539 2009 anthology poetry (taught in 1 units) 'From colonial origins to vibrant metropolis, Sydney has been portrayed with great liveliness and precision by its poets. This anthology's range extends from the foot of the Blue Mountains through the suburban heartlands to the harbour and the beach, incorporating numerous - and often conflicting - interpretations and images of the city. This is the first collection of Sydney-specific poems for twenty years. It includes such classics as Slessor's "Five Bells" and favourites like "Clancy of the Overflow" as well as a generous selection of very contemporary work and older verse tracing back to the town's verse.' (Publisher's blurb) Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2009 pg. 56-60
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    y separately published work icon Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature Nicholas Jose (editor), Kerryn Goldsworthy (editor), Anita Heiss (editor), David McCooey (editor), Peter Minter (editor), Nicole Moore (editor), Elizabeth Webby (editor), Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2009 Z1590615 2009 anthology correspondence diary drama essay extract poetry prose short story (taught in 23 units)

    'Some of the best, most significant writing produced in Australia over more than two centuries is gathered in this landmark anthology. Covering all genres - from fiction, poetry and drama to diaries, letters, essays and speeches - the anthology maps the development of one of the great literatures in English in all its energy and variety.

    'The writing reflects the diverse experiences of Australians in their encounter with their extraordinary environment and with themselves. This is literature of struggle, conflict and creative survival. It is literature of lives lived at the extremes, of frontiers between cultures, of new dimensions of experience, where imagination expands.

    'This rich, informative and entertaining collection charts the formation of an Australian voice that draws inventively on Indigenous words, migrant speech and slang, with a cheeky, subversive humour always to the fore. For the first time, Aboriginal writings are interleaved with other English-language writings throughout - from Bennelong's 1796 letter to the contemporary flowering of Indigenous fiction and poetry - setting up an exchange that reveals Australian history in stark new ways.

    'From vivid settler accounts to haunting gothic tales, from raw protest to feisty urban satire and playful literary experiment, from passionate love poetry to moving memoir, the Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature reflects the creative eloquence of a society.

    'Chosen by a team of expert editors, who have provided illuminating essays about their selections, and with more than 500 works from over 300 authors, it is an authoritative survey and a rich world of reading to be enjoyed.' (Publisher's blurb)

    Allen and Unwin have a YouTube channel with a number of useful videos on the Anthology.

    Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2009
    pg. 501-505
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    y separately published work icon The Puncher & Wattmann Anthology of Australian Poetry John Leonard (editor), Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2009 Z1674214 2009 anthology poetry (taught in 16 units) Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2009 pg. 304-307
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    y separately published work icon Australian Poetry Since 1788 Geoffrey Lehmann (editor), Robert Gray (editor), Sydney : University of New South Wales Press , 2011 Z1803846 2011 anthology poetry (taught in 1 units) 'A good poem is one that the world can’t forget or is delighted to rediscover. This landmark anthology of Australian poetry, edited by two of Australia’s foremost poets, Geoffrey Lehmann and Robert Gray, contains such poems. It is the first of its kind for Australia and promises to become a classic. Included here are Australia’s major poets, and lesser-known but equally affecting ones, and all manifestations of Australian poetry since 1788, from concrete poems to prose poems, from the cerebral to the naïve, from the humorous to the confessional, and from formal to free verse. Translations of some striking Aboriginal song poems are one of the high points. Containing over 1000 poems from 170 Australian poets, as well as short critical biographies, this careful reevaluation of Australian poetry makes this a superb book that can be read and enjoyed over a lifetime.' (From the publisher's website.) Sydney : University of New South Wales Press , 2011 pg. 291-294

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Swinging Theodolite : Robert David FitzGerald Rafe Champion , 2012 single work biography
— Appears in: Quadrant , April vol. 56 no. 4 2012; (p. 82-85)
'The Sydney surveyor and poet R.D. FitzGerald (1902-87) played a role in leading Australian writers out of the era of the balladeers to seek a more poised and mature attitude towards Australian identity and our place in the world community of letters. he enjoyed a long career from the roaring twenties to the swinging sixties, and during the 1930s he shared with Kenneth Slessor the mantle of 'the leading poet in Australia.' (From author's introduction, p. 82)
Robert D. Fitzgerald (1902-1987) : 'The Wind at Your Door' Geoff Page , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Sixty Classic Australian Poems 2009; (p. 66-70)
Robert D. FitzGerald - Winds Across the Face of the Waters Julian Croft , 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Federal and National Impulse in Australian Literature 1890-1958 1989; (p. 39-56)
Quests Anthony J. Hassall , 1988 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , vol. 13 no. 4 1988; (p. 390-408)
Medical Allusions in Australian Poetry Bryan Gandevia , 1984 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Dimensions of Emotion : A Joint Seminar of the Department of English, Faculty of Military Studies, Duntroon and the School of Psychiatry, the University of New South Wales 1984; (p. 122-133)
[Review] The Music of Division [et al] James McAuley , 1960 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , Autumn vol. 4 no. 2 1960; (p. 90-92)

— Review of The Music of Division Chris Wallace-Crabbe , 1959 selected work poetry ; The Earthbound and Other Poems Charles Higham , 1959 selected work poetry ; The Wind at Your Door Robert D. FitzGerald , 1958 single work poetry
[Review] The Music of Division [et al] Philip Martin , 1960 single work review
— Appears in: The Melbourne Critical Review , no. 3 1960; (p. 119-127)

— Review of The Music of Division Chris Wallace-Crabbe , 1959 selected work poetry ; Poems of Discovery William Hart-Smith , 1959 selected work poetry ; Antipodes in Shoes Geoffrey Dutton , 1958 selected work poetry ; Inland : Poems David Rowbotham , 1958 selected work poetry ; The Earthbound and Other Poems Charles Higham , 1959 selected work poetry ; The Wind at Your Door Robert D. FitzGerald , 1958 single work poetry ; The Lighthouse and Other Poems Nan McDonald , 1959 selected work poetry
Poetry Chronicle A. A. Phillips , 1959 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin , December vol. 18 no. 4 1959; (p. 456-459)

— Review of The Lighthouse and Other Poems Nan McDonald , 1959 selected work poetry ; The Blue Crane Ian Mudie , 1959 selected work poetry ; The Wind at Your Door Robert D. FitzGerald , 1958 single work poetry ; Australian Poetry 1958 1958 anthology poetry ; Antipodes in Shoes Geoffrey Dutton , 1958 selected work poetry ; Poems of Discovery William Hart-Smith , 1959 selected work poetry ; Verse in Australia vol. [1] no. 1958 periodical issue poetry
Compressed Poetry John Thompson , 1959 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 20 no. 4 1959; (p. 233)

— Review of The Wind at Your Door Robert D. FitzGerald , 1958 single work poetry
Poet Historians G. K. W. Johnston , 1959 single work review
— Appears in: The Observer , 31 October vol. 2 no. 22 1959; (p. 699)

— Review of The Wind at Your Door Robert D. FitzGerald , 1958 single work poetry
Robert D. Fitzgerald (1902-1987) : 'The Wind at Your Door' Geoff Page , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Sixty Classic Australian Poems 2009; (p. 66-70)
Swinging Theodolite : Robert David FitzGerald Rafe Champion , 2012 single work biography
— Appears in: Quadrant , April vol. 56 no. 4 2012; (p. 82-85)
'The Sydney surveyor and poet R.D. FitzGerald (1902-87) played a role in leading Australian writers out of the era of the balladeers to seek a more poised and mature attitude towards Australian identity and our place in the world community of letters. he enjoyed a long career from the roaring twenties to the swinging sixties, and during the 1930s he shared with Kenneth Slessor the mantle of 'the leading poet in Australia.' (From author's introduction, p. 82)
R.D. FitzGerald : The Wind at Your Door Julian Croft , 1978 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Poems in Perspective : A Collection of Poems and Critical Commentaries 1978; (p. 89-99)
Medical Allusions in Australian Poetry Bryan Gandevia , 1984 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Dimensions of Emotion : A Joint Seminar of the Department of English, Faculty of Military Studies, Duntroon and the School of Psychiatry, the University of New South Wales 1984; (p. 122-133)
Narrative Poetry Robert D. FitzGerald , 1966 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 26 no. 1 1966; (p. 11-24) Of Places and Poetry 1976; (p. 154-173) Robert D. FitzGerald 1987; (p. 159-172)
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