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Issue Details: First known date: 1981... 1981 Quarry : A Selection of Contemporary Western Australian Poetry
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Fremantle, Fremantle area, South West Perth, Perth, Western Australia,:Fremantle Press , 1981 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Untitledi"Today we decide to tell the children.", William Grono , single work poetry (p. 35)
Rememberingi"In the slow winter days", Ian Templeman , single work poetry (p. 37)
Ten Ninety Fivei"The main city street stretched west.", Ian Templeman , single work poetry (p. 38-39)
Love is a Skipping Gamei"My love", Ian Templeman , single work poetry (p. 40)
Streameri"What force of reunion", Peter Bibby , single work poetry (p. 42-44)
Newstead, 1963 (After Tom Robert's Painting, `The Golden Fleece, Shearing at Newstead' - 1894)i"A few careful steps through the dry grass", Murray Jennings , single work poetry (p. 46-50)
Summer, Cottesloei"I shake off sleep,", Alan Alexander , single work poetry (p. 52)
Limestone at Margaret Riveri"There is something eternal about limestone", Alan Alexander , single work poetry (p. 53)
Wollastoni"Sometimes down in the South-West", Alan Alexander , single work poetry (p. 54)
Ballad of Glad Womeni"I found them", Alan Alexander , single work poetry (p. 55-57)
Every Three Weeks, Albanyi"This is not our town.", Lee Knowles , single work poetry (p. 59)
The Phoenixi"The world is made for birds - seed, flower and fruit.", Lee Knowles , single work poetry (p. 60)
Twoi"Surrounded by sea", Lee Knowles , single work poetry (p. 61)
Migranti"The great dark tent of this", Jenny De Garis , single work poetry (p. 63-64)
Woman in a Landscapei"She's come where houses are smaller", Jenny De Garis , single work poetry (p. 65-67)
Rottnest Island : Ii"Sparkling sun. The ferry", Nicholas Hasluck , single work poetry (p. 69)
Rottnest Island, Nicholas Hasluck , sequence poetry (p. 69-77)
Note: In Quarry, there are 8 parts, as "Rottnest II" has been omitted.
Rottnest Island : IIIi"What are the boys", Nicholas Hasluck , single work poetry (p. 70)
Note: Originally appears as "Rottnest : III" in On the Edge. In Quarry, "Rottnest : III" appears as "Rottnest : II".
Rottnest Island : IVi"At Longreach, that boy", Nicholas Hasluck , single work poetry (p. 71-72)
Note: Originally appears as "Rottnest : IV" in On the Edge and in subsequent publications. In Quarry, "Rottnest : IV" appears as "Rottnest : III".
Rottnest Island : Vi"Christmas Day, 1696.", Nicholas Hasluck , single work poetry (p. 73)
Note: Originally appears as "Rottnest : V" in On the Edge and in subsequent publications. In Quarry, "Rottnest : V" appears as "Rottnest : IV".
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