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Issue Details: First known date: 1979... 1979 Wide Domain : Western Australian Themes and Images
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Notes

  • This anthology is divided into the following sections: I. Beginnings (pp.9-18), II. Outback (pp.19-42), III. Settlers and convicts (pp.43-72), IV. Gold, Nickel, Iron (pp.73-94), V. war (pp.95-120), VI. Bush, Farms, Country Towns (pp.121-148), VII. The Sea (pp.149-162), VIII. Perth (pp.163-188), IX. Migrants (pp.189-208), X. Growing Up (pp.209-226), XI Changing Times (pp.227-256).
  • Contents indexed selectively.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1979 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Ode to West Australiai"Land of Forrests, fleas and flies,", The Boulder Bard , single work poetry (p. 5)
Note: Listed as "anon." in this anthology.
A Beginning, Kirwan Ward , extract (p. 9)
A New Holland Anchorage, William Dampier , extract diary (p. 9-10)
Whirlwind - Talui"As a whirlwind I grabbed the edge of the plain, = parlgarragu wanangurana kandii takanna", Williams , C. G. von (Carl Georg von) Brandenstein (translator) single work poetry (p. 11)
Bara, the Sun Maidens, Joe Nangan , single work prose dreaming story (p. 11-12)
Blood on Coral Sand, Hugh Edwards , extract (p. 12-16)
The Land's Meaningi"The love of man is a weed of the waste places.", Randolph Stow , single work poetry (p. 19)
The Death of Gibson, Ernest Giles , extract prose travel (p. 20-23)
A Liar of the Old West, W. R. Ritchie , single work short story (p. 24)
Promised Land, Mary Durack , extract biography (p. 25-26)
Aristocratic Hallmarks, Xavier Herbert , extract novel (p. 26)
Kimberley Droversi"I am drained out. All day I have driven", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 27)
The Drover's Cooki"The drover's cook weighed fifteen stone,", Tom Quilty , single work poetry (p. 29)
The Canning Stock Route, Eleanor Smith , single work short story biography autobiography (p. 29-32)
Pubs, Alan John Marshall , Russell Drysdale , extract non-fiction travel (p. 33-34)
Dingo Pups, Donald Stuart , single work short story (p. 34-37)
A Black Eye, Jock Marshall , Russell Drysdale , extract humour (p. 37-38)
Sandalwoodi"From whom does it seal its soft scent away", Caroline Caddy , single work poetry (p. 38)
Trampishi"It has come like the smell of the trees and the rain,", Thomas Henry Wilson , single work poetry (p. 39-40)
'So This Is New Holland', Rix Weaver , extract novel (p. 43)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Untitled Shane McCauley , 1980 single work review
— Appears in: Artlook , January vol. 6 no. 1 1980; (p. 47)

— Review of Wide Domain : Western Australian Themes and Images 1979 anthology correspondence poetry drama short story
Man's Luck in W.A. Bill Irwin , 1980 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 24 1980; (p. 5)

— Review of Wide Domain : Western Australian Themes and Images 1979 anthology correspondence poetry drama short story
Writing in Western Australia : A Local Habitation : Literature of Western Australia's Sesquicentenary Harry Payne Heseltine , 1980 single work review
— Appears in: Westerly , June vol. 25 no. 2 1980; (p. 99-103)

— Review of The Literature of Western Australia 1979 anthology criticism ; Summerland : A Western Australian Sesquicentenary Anthology of Poetry and Prose 1979 anthology poetry prose ; Wide Domain : Western Australian Themes and Images 1979 anthology correspondence poetry drama short story
Untitled Shane McCauley , 1980 single work review
— Appears in: Artlook , January vol. 6 no. 1 1980; (p. 47)

— Review of Wide Domain : Western Australian Themes and Images 1979 anthology correspondence poetry drama short story
Writing in Western Australia : A Local Habitation : Literature of Western Australia's Sesquicentenary Harry Payne Heseltine , 1980 single work review
— Appears in: Westerly , June vol. 25 no. 2 1980; (p. 99-103)

— Review of The Literature of Western Australia 1979 anthology criticism ; Summerland : A Western Australian Sesquicentenary Anthology of Poetry and Prose 1979 anthology poetry prose ; Wide Domain : Western Australian Themes and Images 1979 anthology correspondence poetry drama short story
Man's Luck in W.A. Bill Irwin , 1980 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 24 1980; (p. 5)

— Review of Wide Domain : Western Australian Themes and Images 1979 anthology correspondence poetry drama short story
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