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Issue Details: First known date: 1994... 1994 Fivefathers : Five Australian Poets of the Pre-Academic Era
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Manchester,
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Carcanet , 1994 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Nurembergi"So quiet it was in that high, sun-steeped room,", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 18-19)
Starsi""THESE are the floating berries of the night,", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 19-20)
The Ghosti"Bees of old Spanish wine", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 20-21)
Next Turni"NO pause! The buried pipes ring out,", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 21)
The Night-Ridei"Gas flaring on the yellow platform; voices running up and down;", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 22)
The Atlas : 3 : Dutch Seacoasti"NO wind of Life may strike within", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 22-23)
Crow Countryi"Gutted of station, noise alone,", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 23)
Elegy in a Botanic Gardensi"The smell of birds' nests faintly burning", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 24)
Untitledi"Cook was a captain of the Admiralty", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 25-26)
Untitledi"Flowers turned to stone! Not all the botany", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 26-27)
Untitledi"Two chronometers the captain had,", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 27-28)
Untitledi"Sometimes the god would fold his wings", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 28)
Untitledi"After the candles had gone out, and those", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 29-31)
Wild Grapesi"The old orchard, full of smoking air,", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 31-32)
Streamer's Endi"Roses all over the steamer,", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 32-33)
Talbingoi"'Talbingo River' - as one says of bones:", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 33-34)
Watersi"This Water, like a sky that no one uses,", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 34)
Country Townsi"Country towns, with your willows and squares,", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 35)
A Bushrangeri"Jackey Jackey gallops on a horse like a swallow", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 36)
The Nabob (to the Memory of William Hickey, Esq.)i"Coming out of India with ten thousand a year", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 36-37)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

This Piece of Hardwood, Cunningly Shaped : Rix Ingamells Kicks off the Jindyworobaks Nicholas Birns , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Telling Stories : Australian Life and Literature 1935–2012 2013; (p. 23-30)
y separately published work icon Metre : A Magazine of International Poetry no. 2 Spring Simon Caterson (editor), David Wheatley (editor), Dublin : Lilliput Press , 1997 Z422932 1997 periodical issue Includes an interview with Peter Porter, an article on Australian poetry by Geoff Page, an article on Michael Dransfield by Louis Armand, an article on Gwen Harwood by Catriona O'Reilly and a review of Les Murray's Subhuman Redneck Poems.
The Handing On of a Copious View Clive James , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 5 July no. 4866 1996; (p. 8-10)

— Review of Fivefathers : Five Australian Poets of the Pre-Academic Era 1994 anthology poetry ; The Oxford Book of Australian Women's Verse 1995 anthology poetry biography

'Over the hundreds of years it has taken for the colonies of the old European empires to become nations, there have been cases – most notably, of course, the United States – where a creole literature has made an important addition to the literature of the homeland; but there has been no case quite comparable to that of Australian poetry in this century. Trainee midwives on tenterhooks, Australian nationalists eager for every sign of a successful parturition from the homeland have a lot to go on. Though it remains necessary to call them unwise, it…' (Introduction)

Anthology and Collection Resonate Herbert C. Jaffa , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 9 no. 2 1995; (p. 163-165)

— Review of Fivefathers : Five Australian Poets of the Pre-Academic Era 1994 anthology poetry ; New Selected Poems Vivian Smith , 1995 selected work poetry
Recent Masters Vivian Smith , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , September vol. 39 no. 9 1995; (p. 84-86)

— Review of Fivefathers : Five Australian Poets of the Pre-Academic Era 1994 anthology poetry
Poetry Finds a New Voice Les Murray , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Independent Monthly , September vol. 6 no. 3 1994; (p. 78)

— Review of Fivefathers : Five Australian Poets of the Pre-Academic Era 1994 anthology poetry
Recent Masters Vivian Smith , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , September vol. 39 no. 9 1995; (p. 84-86)

— Review of Fivefathers : Five Australian Poets of the Pre-Academic Era 1994 anthology poetry
Anthology and Collection Resonate Herbert C. Jaffa , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 9 no. 2 1995; (p. 163-165)

— Review of Fivefathers : Five Australian Poets of the Pre-Academic Era 1994 anthology poetry ; New Selected Poems Vivian Smith , 1995 selected work poetry
The Handing On of a Copious View Clive James , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 5 July no. 4866 1996; (p. 8-10)

— Review of Fivefathers : Five Australian Poets of the Pre-Academic Era 1994 anthology poetry ; The Oxford Book of Australian Women's Verse 1995 anthology poetry biography

'Over the hundreds of years it has taken for the colonies of the old European empires to become nations, there have been cases – most notably, of course, the United States – where a creole literature has made an important addition to the literature of the homeland; but there has been no case quite comparable to that of Australian poetry in this century. Trainee midwives on tenterhooks, Australian nationalists eager for every sign of a successful parturition from the homeland have a lot to go on. Though it remains necessary to call them unwise, it…' (Introduction)

y separately published work icon Metre : A Magazine of International Poetry no. 2 Spring Simon Caterson (editor), David Wheatley (editor), Dublin : Lilliput Press , 1997 Z422932 1997 periodical issue Includes an interview with Peter Porter, an article on Australian poetry by Geoff Page, an article on Michael Dransfield by Louis Armand, an article on Gwen Harwood by Catriona O'Reilly and a review of Les Murray's Subhuman Redneck Poems.
This Piece of Hardwood, Cunningly Shaped : Rix Ingamells Kicks off the Jindyworobaks Nicholas Birns , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Telling Stories : Australian Life and Literature 1935–2012 2013; (p. 23-30)
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