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Author:agent J. S. Manifold

First known date: 1945 Issue Details: First known date: 1945... 1945 The Tomb of Lt. John Learmonth, AIF

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Epigraph: 'At the end on Crete he took to the hills, and said he'd fight it out with only a revolver. He was a great soldier.' (One of his men in a letter)
First published in the New Republic 1945. (Oxford Companion to Australian Literature)

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y A Book of Australian Verse Judith Wright (editor), Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1956 Z565053 1956 anthology poetry Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1956
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1956
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pg. 193-195
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y The Penguin Book of Australian Verse John Thompson (editor), Kenneth Slessor (editor), R. G. Howarth (editor), Harmondsworth : Penguin , 1958 Z1013022 1958 anthology poetry Harmondsworth : Penguin , 1958
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1958
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pg. 197-199
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y The Penguin Book of Australian Verse Harry Payne Heseltine (editor), Ringwood Harmondsworth : Penguin , 1972 Z334403 1972 anthology poetry Abstract Selection of works by Australian poets from Charles Harpur (1813-1868) to Charles Buckmaster (b. 1951). Ringwood Harmondsworth : Penguin , 1972
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1972
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pg. 275-277
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y Australian Verse from 1805 : A Continuum Geoffrey Dutton (editor), Adelaide : Rigby , 1976 Z399014 1976 anthology Adelaide : Rigby , 1976
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1976
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pg. 162-164
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y Collected Verse J. S. Manifold , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1978 Z15481 1978 selected work poetry St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1978
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1978
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pg. 73-75
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y The Golden Apples of the Sun : Twentieth Century Australian Poetry Chris Wallace-Crabbe (editor), Carlton : Melbourne University Press , 1980 Z62463 1980 anthology poetry Carlton : Melbourne University Press , 1980
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1980
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pg. 82-84
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y The Collins Book of Australian Poetry Rodney Hall , Sydney : Collins , 1981 Z542215 1981 anthology poetry Sydney : Collins , 1981
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1981
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pg. 179-180
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y On My Selection : Poems by John Manifold Chosen by the Author J. S. Manifold , Adelaide : Bibliophile Books , 1983 Z13587 1983 selected work poetry Adelaide : Bibliophile Books , 1983
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1983
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pg. 8-9
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y Clubbing of the Gunfire : 101 Australian War Poems Chris Wallace-Crabbe (editor), Peter Pierce (editor), Melbourne : Melbourne University Press , 1984 Z420039 1984 anthology poetry war literature Melbourne : Melbourne University Press , 1984
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1984
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pg. 119-121
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y 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
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1984
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pg. 256-258
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y 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
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1984
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pg. 245-247
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y The Australian Experience of War : Illustrated Stories and Verse J. T. Laird (editor), Darlinghurst : Mead & Beckett , 1988 Z82040 1988 anthology poetry short story autobiography war literature Darlinghurst : Mead & Beckett , 1988
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1988
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pg. 168-169
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y Peace and war : A Collection of Poems Michael Harrison (editor), Christopher Stuart-Clark (editor), Oxford : Oxford University Press , 1989 Z817730 1989 anthology poetry Oxford : Oxford University Press , 1989
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1989
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pg. 150-151
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y My Country : Australian Poetry and Short Stories, Two Hundred Years Leonie Kramer (editor), Sydney : Lansdowne , 1985 Z219820 1985 anthology poetry short story Sydney : Ure Smith , 1991
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1991
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pg. 51-52
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y The Faber Book of Modern Australian Verse Vincent Buckley (editor), London : Faber , 1991 Z563845 1991 anthology poetry war literature satire humour London : Faber , 1991
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1991
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pg. 65-67
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y Australian Poetry in the Twentieth Century Robert Gray (editor), Geoffrey Lehmann (editor), Port Melbourne : Heinemann , 1991 Z27032 1991 anthology poetry Port Melbourne : Heinemann , 1991
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1991
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pg. 157-158
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y The Voice of War : Poems of the Second World War : The Oasis Collection Victor Selwyn (editor), Ringwood : Penguin , 1995 Z819263 1995 anthology poetry war literature Ringwood : Penguin , 1995
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1995
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pg. 256-258
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y 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
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1996
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pg. 34-35
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y Second World War Poems Hugh Haughton (editor), London : Faber , 2004 Z1179576 2004 anthology poetry war literature London : Faber , 2004
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2004
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pg. 169-171
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y 100 Australian Poems You Need to Know Jamie Grant (editor), Prahran : Hardie Grant Books , 2008 Z1545298 2008 anthology poetry Prahran : Hardie Grant Books , 2008
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2008
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pg. 131-132
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y The Penguin Anthology of Australian Poetry John Kinsella (editor), Camberwell : Penguin , 2009 Z1553543 2009 anthology poetry (taught in 16 units) Abstract
'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
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2009
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pg. 177-179
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y Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature Nicholas Jose (editor), Kerryn Goldsworthy (editor), Anita Heiss /specialistDatasets/BlackWords (editor), David McCooey (editor), Peter Minter /specialistDatasets/BlackWords (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) Abstract
'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
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2009
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pg. 589-591
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y 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
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2009
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pg. 276-277
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y 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) Abstract '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
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2011
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pg. 385-386

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y Tributary Streams: Some Sources of Social and Political Concerns in Modern Australian Poetry Bruce Dawe , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1992 Z57071 1992 single work criticism

John Manifold : A Tribute Bill Scott , 1985 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Overland , July no. 99 1985; (p. 38-40)

y Tributary Streams: Some Sources of Social and Political Concerns in Modern Australian Poetry Bruce Dawe , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1992 Z57071 1992 single work criticism

John Manifold : A Tribute Bill Scott , 1985 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Overland , July no. 99 1985; (p. 38-40)

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Western Europe, Europe,
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