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Issue Details: First known date: 1991... 1991 The Oxford Book of Australian Light Verse
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Contents

* Contents derived from the South Melbourne, South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,:Oxford University Press , 1991 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Sausage Wrap Serenadei"What shall we put in the daily paper?", Anonymous (fl. 1991) , single work poetry (p. 1)
The Song of the RSLi"Australia's sons let us rejoice", Anonymous (fl. 1991) , single work poetry (p. 2)
The Wail of the Waiter : A Tavern Catchi"All day long, at Scott's or Menzies', I await the gorging crowd,", Marcus Clarke , single work poetry (p. 3-4)
A Bad Breaki"The preacher quoted, and the cranks", W. T. Goodge , single work poetry humour (p. 5)
The M'Camley Mixturei"Jack M'Camley,", W. T. Goodge , single work poetry humour (p. 6)
The Lost Leichhardti"Another search for Leichhardt's tomb,", A. B. Paterson , single work poetry satire humour (p. 7-8)
Rise Ye! Rise Ye!i"Rise ye! Rise Ye! noble toilers! claim your rights with fire and steel!", Henry Lawson , single work poetry (p. 9)
Applesi"The banquet was a bonza, a rare recherche feed,", 'Dryblower' , single work poetry satire (p. 10-11)
The Case of Adami"There was a bold preacher named Campbell", John Shaw Neilson , single work poetry (p. 12)
The Penguin Bold (from The Magic Pudding)i"To see the penguin out at sea,", Norman Lindsay , single work poetry (p. 13)
Skirt Machinisti"I am making great big skirts", Lesbia Harford , single work poetry satire (p. 14)
The Kangarooi"The very best Australian Stew", Leon Gellert , single work poetry humour (p. 15)
The Mutton-Birdi"Only a greenhorn (or a glutton)", Leon Gellert , single work poetry humour (p. 16)
The Platypusi"How gentle is the Platypus,", Leon Gellert , single work poetry (p. 17)
Williamanmary, the Cati"Though it strolls on the tiles with a swagger audacious,", John H. Goss , single work poetry (p. 18)
Fiat Justitiai"When good King Alfred strung up forty judges,", John H. Goss , single work poetry (p. 19)
Skis and Skies Skis and Shesi"I sing about Women and Winter,", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 20)
Eating by Yourselfi"Let aristocratic heroes", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 21)
Favouri"I'll not touch wood nor, fingers crossed,", Robert D. FitzGerald , single work poetry (p. 22)
To Julia Walking Awayi"Darwin's daughters have no tails,", A. D. Hope , single work poetry satire (p. 23)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Untitled Bernard Hickey , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Studies , July no. 8 1994; (p. 95-98)

— Review of The Oxford Book of Australian Light Verse 1991 anthology poetry
Sensual and Cerebral Pleasure Dorothy Porter , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Voices , Autumn vol. 2 no. 1 1992; (p. 101-104)

— Review of The Oxford Book of Australian Light Verse 1991 anthology poetry ; The Observatory : Selected Poems of Dimitris Tsaloumas Dimitris Tsaloumas , 1983 selected work poetry
Cheer Up Michael Sharkey , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 140 1992; (p. 56-58) The Poetic Eye : Occasional Writings 1982-2012 2016; (p. 308-311)

— Review of The Oxford Book of Australian Light Verse 1991 anthology poetry
'This book sets me between a rock and a hard place. Any consideration of sob Brissenden invites grateful acknowledgment of his gifts to reader and listeners over many years. This selection of poems for this volume was complete when illness when Illness woumd up his affairs. Regrettably. the selection is still far from complete. A really comprehensive anthology of light verse has been long overdue.  So has an expansive essay on the very nature of the beauty and anything Brissenden had to say about it would have been generous and distinguished by his authority as a writer of light verse.' (Introduction)
 
Vast Gallimaufry of Art and Botch Evan Jones , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 15 February 1992; (p. 8)

— Review of The Penguin Book of Modern Australian Poetry 1991 anthology poetry ; The Oxford Book of Australian Light Verse 1991 anthology poetry
Eschewing the Particulars of Time and Place Peter Pierce , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 29 February 1992; (p. C7)

— Review of A Temporary Grace : Poetry and Prose Peter Nicholson , 1991 selected work poetry novella ; The Oxford Book of Australian Light Verse 1991 anthology poetry ; Formerlight : Selected Poems Alan Gould , 1992 selected work poetry
Star-Touch, Asphodel and Laughter Jan Owen , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , December vol. 36 no. 12 1992; (p. 86-88)

— Review of Neglected Poems Barry Humphries , 1991 selected work poetry ; The Oxford Book of Australian Light Verse 1991 anthology poetry ; Selected Poems David Malouf , 1991 selected work poetry ; Practising Breathing Jean Kent , 1991 selected work poetry
Eschewing the Particulars of Time and Place Peter Pierce , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 29 February 1992; (p. C7)

— Review of A Temporary Grace : Poetry and Prose Peter Nicholson , 1991 selected work poetry novella ; The Oxford Book of Australian Light Verse 1991 anthology poetry ; Formerlight : Selected Poems Alan Gould , 1992 selected work poetry
Vast Gallimaufry of Art and Botch Evan Jones , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 15 February 1992; (p. 8)

— Review of The Penguin Book of Modern Australian Poetry 1991 anthology poetry ; The Oxford Book of Australian Light Verse 1991 anthology poetry
Cheer Up Michael Sharkey , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 140 1992; (p. 56-58) The Poetic Eye : Occasional Writings 1982-2012 2016; (p. 308-311)

— Review of The Oxford Book of Australian Light Verse 1991 anthology poetry
'This book sets me between a rock and a hard place. Any consideration of sob Brissenden invites grateful acknowledgment of his gifts to reader and listeners over many years. This selection of poems for this volume was complete when illness when Illness woumd up his affairs. Regrettably. the selection is still far from complete. A really comprehensive anthology of light verse has been long overdue.  So has an expansive essay on the very nature of the beauty and anything Brissenden had to say about it would have been generous and distinguished by his authority as a writer of light verse.' (Introduction)
 
Sensual and Cerebral Pleasure Dorothy Porter , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Voices , Autumn vol. 2 no. 1 1992; (p. 101-104)

— Review of The Oxford Book of Australian Light Verse 1991 anthology poetry ; The Observatory : Selected Poems of Dimitris Tsaloumas Dimitris Tsaloumas , 1983 selected work poetry
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