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Includes diary extracts (1970-1974), poems, a short story and reproductions of paintings. The diary extracts included in this book are from Elizabeth Jolley's personal papers; the other material (indexed separately) has been first published elsewhere (see Acknowledgements).
Contents
* Contents derived from the
South Fremantle,
Fremantle area,
South West Perth,
Perth,
Western Australia,:Fremantle Press
, 1993 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Orchard : The Landi"Sun stroked slopes", single work poetry (p. 21)
- Orchard : Neighbour Woman on the Fencing Wirei"So you're bought this place well let me tell you", single work poetry humour (p. 28)
- Orchard : Dead Trees in Your Absencei"You are not here", single work poetry (p. 39)
- Orchard : The Plantingi"Tokay Shiraz Muscat", single work poetry (p. 47)
- Orchard : Pear Tree Dancei"All day the sun wrapped colour", single work poetry (p. 51)
- Forrester Foresteri"All night I felt I would live for ever", single work poetry (p. 54)
- Orchard : Neighbour on the Other Side of the Valleyi"The lonely man has fenced his golden crop", single work poetry (p. 59)
- Good Seasoni"It's like a quartet, the four seasons", single work poetry (p. 63)
- Interruption from the Fencing Wire, Neighbour Woman Sucking her Teethi"- I thought you'd like to know", single work poetry (p. 69)
- Bad Seasoni"My feckless neighbour fired", single work poetry (p. 73)
- Continuation from the Fencing Wirei"- I don't suppose I should tell you this but", single work poetry (p. 78)
- Funerali"The shoutings of my neighbour woman which used to fill the valley", single work poetry (p. 84)
- Great Branches Falli"And what of the dead", single work poetry (p. 87)
- The Neighbour Woman No Date Required, single work short story (p. 89-90)
- A Tender Worshipi"When you came here", single work poetry (p. 91)
- The Orchard, sequence poetry
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
-
Contingency or Remedy? That Little Herb of Self-Heal
1995
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Proceedings : Association for the Study of Australian Literature, Sixteenth Annual Conference, 3-8 July 1994 1995; (p. 28-34) -
Masterpiece, Memoir and Monograph - Elizabeth Jolley 1993
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 8 no. 1 1994; (p. 79)
— Review of Diary of a Weekend Farmer 1993 selected work poetry diary -
A Private Piece of Earth to Hoe
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 24 July 1993; (p. 8)
— Review of Diary of a Weekend Farmer 1993 selected work poetry diary -
Before Fiction and Fame: a Place in the Bush
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 12 June 1993; (p. 45)
— Review of Diary of a Weekend Farmer 1993 selected work poetry diary -
Lore of the Land
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 22 May 1993; (p. wkd 7)
— Review of Diary of a Weekend Farmer 1993 selected work poetry diary
-
Forecasts
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , March vol. 72 no. 1035 1993; (p. 33-34)
— Review of Diary of a Weekend Farmer 1993 selected work poetry diary -
Lore of the Land
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 22 May 1993; (p. wkd 7)
— Review of Diary of a Weekend Farmer 1993 selected work poetry diary -
Before Fiction and Fame: a Place in the Bush
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 12 June 1993; (p. 45)
— Review of Diary of a Weekend Farmer 1993 selected work poetry diary -
A Private Piece of Earth to Hoe
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 24 July 1993; (p. 8)
— Review of Diary of a Weekend Farmer 1993 selected work poetry diary -
Masterpiece, Memoir and Monograph - Elizabeth Jolley 1993
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 8 no. 1 1994; (p. 79)
— Review of Diary of a Weekend Farmer 1993 selected work poetry diary -
Contingency or Remedy? That Little Herb of Self-Heal
1995
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Proceedings : Association for the Study of Australian Literature, Sixteenth Annual Conference, 3-8 July 1994 1995; (p. 28-34)
Last amended 21 Jul 2004 16:05:38
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Settings:
- Western Australia,
- 1970-1974
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