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Issue Details: First known date: 1988... 1988 Two Centuries of Australian Poetry
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Oxford University Press , 1988 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Conquesti"Phillip was a kindly, rational man:", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 2-3)
Child with a Cockatooi"Paid by my lord, one portrait, Lady Anne,", Rosemary Dobson , single work poetry (p. 4-5)
Untitledi"Cook was a captain of the Admiralty", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 5-6)
The Kangaroo Kangarooi"Kangaroo! Kangaroo!", Barron Field , single work poetry (p. 6-7)
Lament for the Drowned Countryi"You hear them kids over there laugh this old woman?", Mary Durack , single work poetry (p. 14-17)
The Evening Star (from Song Cycle of the Moon-Bone)i"Up and up soars the Evening Star, hanging there in the sky", Wonguri-Mandjigai People , Ronald M. Berndt (translator) extract poetry Indigenous story (p. 17-18)
We Are Goingi"They came in to the little town", Oodgeroo Noonuccal , single work poetry (p. 18-19)
Consultationi"Me, mate?", Kevin Gilbert , single work poetry (p. 19)
Shellsi"Empty people", Selwyn Hughes , single work poetry (p. 20)
Wanna be Whitei"My man took off yesterday", Charmaine Papertalk-Green , single work poetry (p. 20)
The Last of His Tribei"He crouches, and buries his face on his knees,", Henry Kendall , single work poetry (p. 26)
At Lake Cooloolah At Cooloola At Cooloolahi"The blue crane fishing in Cooloolah's twilight", Judith Wright , single work poetry (p. 27)
Brown, Black and Whitei"Observing that Kanakas pined", J. S. Manifold , single work poetry (p. 28)
At an Exhibition of Historical Paintings, Hobarti"The sadness in the human visage stares", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 28-29)
From: The Buladelah-Taree Holiday Song Cyclei"It is the season of the Long narrow city; it has crossed", Les Murray , extract poetry (p. 30)
Jim Jones Jim Jones at Botany Bayi"O listen for a moment, lads, and hear me tell my tale,", single work poetry (p. 35)
The Old Prisoni"The rows of cells are unroofed,", Judith Wright , single work poetry (p. 36)
Bullocky Billi"As I came down Talbingo Hill", single work poetry humour (p. 37)
Harry Pearcei"I sat beside the red stock route", David Campbell , single work poetry (p. 38)
The Shearer's Wifei"Before the glare o' dawn I rise", Louis Esson , single work poetry (p. 39)
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