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  • Author:agent Dorothy Hewett http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/hewett-dorothy
Issue Details: First known date: 1968... 1968 Windmill Country
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Overland in Conjunction With Peter Leyden Publishing House , 1968 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Windmill Country : Foreword, David Martin , single work criticism (p. 9)
Dream of Old Lovei"The sunlight hurts me like a diseased hand", Dorothy Hewett , single work poetry (p. 11)
Sarahi"Sarah, walking in the rain", Dorothy Hewett , single work poetry (p. 12)
Country Idylli"A glittering girl went out one day", Dorothy Hewett , single work poetry (p. 13)
There is Loveliness that Burnsi"The earth upon its axis turns,", Dorothy Hewett , single work poetry (p. 14)
In Midland Where the Trains Go Byi"In Midland still the trains go by,", Dorothy Hewett , single work poetry (p. 15)
Once I Rode with Clancy...i"Once I rode with Clancy through the wet hills of Wickepin,", Dorothy Hewett , single work poetry (p. 16-17)
Here, in the Hurricanei"O keep me from the dark, my only love", Dorothy Hewett , single work poetry (p. 18)
Last Summeri"In the little house with the sparrows,", Dorothy Hewett , single work poetry (p. 19)
Sweet Song for Katiei"The white doves are cooing", Dorothy Hewett , single work poetry (p. 20)
Go Down Red Rosesi"O when shall we two meet again", Dorothy Hewett , single work poetry (p. 21-22)
There is Anguish in Knowingi"There is anguish in knowing that I cannot reach", Dorothy Hewett , single work poetry (p. 23)
The Sailor Home from the Seai"O cock of the morning", Dorothy Hewett , single work poetry (p. 24)
Dockyard Night Songi"Ah! my love's life is patterned drab all day,", Dorothy Hewett , single work poetry (p. 25)
So Many Girls are in My Arms Tonighti"So many girls are in my arms tonight,", Dorothy Hewett , single work poetry (p. 26)
Unanswered Love Letteri"It rained in Sydney all next day,", Dorothy Hewett , single work poetry (p. 27-29)
Who Goes Round My House by Night?i"It's late at night poor Jackstraw visits me", Dorothy Hewett , single work poetry (p. 30)
To a Growing Daughteri"You put everything into your pinny,", Dorothy Hewett , single work poetry (p. 31)
March Through Perthi"With fixed bayonets in the wheat windy summer,", Dorothy Hewett , single work poetry (p. 32)
Clancy and Dooley and Don McLeodi"Clancy and Dooley and Don McLeod", Dorothy Hewett , single work poetry
On May Day 1946, in the Pilbarra district, Western Australia, Aboriginal station hands struck for 30 bob a week and the right to organise. Their leaders, the white man Don Mcleod and two Aborigines, Clancy McKenna and Dooley, were arrested and convicted. Pressure through the Labour movement and the United Nations secured their release.
 (p. 33-35)
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