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Epigraph: The place, my lord, is much like Gideon's fleece The second time he laid it on the ground; For by the will of God it has remained Bone-dry itself, with water all around.
Yet, as a wheel that's driven in the ruts, It has a wet rim where the people clot Like mud; and though they praise the inner spaces, When asked to go themselves, they'd rather not.
The men are brave, contentious, ignorant; The women very much as one expects. For their religion, I must be excused, Having no stomach to observe their sects.
You must be wary in your conversation; For, seeing them thumb-high, you might suppose They recognised their stature, but beware! Their notion of themselves is grandiose.
Gulliver's report on Lilliput from James McAuley's The True Discovery of Australia
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Author's Preface: This is not a travel book. There is nothing in it about the Dead Heart or the Outback, and little enough about the Bush, which Australians still love to praise as "the real Australia" though so few of them live there....It is a book about the sub-urban civilisation of the coastal fringe by a British migrant who lived there for five years and nearly settled there for ever. It is written in the belief that it is high time that Britain should take more seriously this young and vigorous nation to which she gave indifferent birth 170 years ago; and that Australians, who, like other people, dislike criticism intensely, are now mature enough to take it.
Contents
- Kangaroo, single work criticism (p. 25-44)
- Class and Society, single work essay (p. 96-112)
- Poetry: The Counter-Revolution, single work criticism (p. 138-163)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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Witty Cynics Take on Nation
2008
single work
column
— Appears in: Sunday Canberra Times , 7 December 2008; (p. 29) -
The Jolly Swagman
2007
single work
column
— Appears in: Ozwords , October vol. 16 no. 1 2007; (p. 6) -
Untitled
1960
single work
review
— Appears in: Makar , August no. 4 1960; (p. 26-28)
— Review of Australian Accent 1958 selected work criticism essay -
Australia : Myth Versus Reality
1959
single work
— Appears in: Prospect , vol. 2 no. 2 1959; (p. 13,16-22) -
The Life of the Legend
1959
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 16 1959-1960; (p. 25-30)
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Untitled
1960
single work
review
— Appears in: Makar , August no. 4 1960; (p. 26-28)
— Review of Australian Accent 1958 selected work criticism essay -
Witty Cynics Take on Nation
2008
single work
column
— Appears in: Sunday Canberra Times , 7 December 2008; (p. 29) -
The Life of the Legend
1959
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 16 1959-1960; (p. 25-30) -
Australia : Myth Versus Reality
1959
single work
— Appears in: Prospect , vol. 2 no. 2 1959; (p. 13,16-22) -
The Jolly Swagman
2007
single work
column
— Appears in: Ozwords , October vol. 16 no. 1 2007; (p. 6)