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* Contents derived from the
South Melbourne,
South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area,
Melbourne - Inner South,
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Oxford University Press
, 1995 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- The Oxford Book of Australian Women's Verse : Introduction, single work criticism (p. xv-xxii)
- Recollectionsi"Yes, South Australia! three years have elapsed", single work poetry biography (p. 1-2)
- The Aboriginal Mother (from Myall's Creek) The Aboriginal Motheri"Oh! hush thee - hush my baby,", single work poetry (p. 2-4)
- The Song of Australiai"There is a land where summer skies", Carl Linger (composer), single work lyric/song (p. 4-5)
- Wild Flowers of Australiai"Oh say not that no perfume dwells;", single work poetry (p. 5-6)
- The Prisoners' Hospital, Van Diemen's Landi"O PRISON-HOUSE of sighing!", single work poetry (p. 6-8)
- Our Darling's Loveri"Death fell in love with our darling fair,", single work poetry (p. 8)
- The Physical Consciencei"The moral conscience - court of last appeal -", single work poetry (p. 9)
- A Wife's Protesti"LIKE a white snowdrop in the spring", single work poetry (p. 9-12)
- Londoni"The gorgeous stream of England's wealth goes by,", single work poetry (p. 12-13)
- Ordainedi"THROUGH jewelled windows in the walls", single work poetry (p. 13-15)
- From the Clyde to Braidwoodi"A winter morn. The blue Clyde river winds", single work poetry (p. 16-19)
- The Two Beaches : Manlyi"Thundering rolls the storming ocean, foaming on the golden sand,", single work poetry (p. 19-20)
- Where the Pelican Builds Her Nest Where the Pelican Buildsi"The horses were ready, the rails were down,", single work poetry (p. 21)
- In the Land of Dreamsi"A bridle-path in the tangled mallee,", single work poetry (p. 22)
- 'King Jimmy' (Colonial Idyll of the King)i"Upon his bare breast's sable plain,", single work poetry (p. 22-24)
- Coming Homei"Going round the back street,", single work poetry (p. 24-25)
- A Pound a Milei"The tar-boy looked perplexed to see", single work poetry (p. 25-28)
- By the Blue Lake of Mount Gambieri"Guarded by rugged banks and drooping trees", single work poetry (p. 28-30)
- Aboriginal Themesi"We dwell not among the women as the white men do.", single work poetry (p. 31-32)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The Environmental Ethics of Australian Nature Poems
2007
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australia : Making Space Meaningful 2007; (p. 81-101) ‘The basic contention inspiring this paper is: poets care about Australia’s physical environment and human survival in Australia. Australian literature contains a substantial body of knowledge that could be deployed to constitute the imaginative core of an environmental ethic. Thus a great many Australian literary texts could be studied with the purpose of helping to usher in the desirable concept of an environmentally literate community. The essay is divided into two sections. Section one will provide a brief survey of environmental ethics. This survey is followed by the exposition of six deontic or prescriptive outlines, to be supplemented by some eudaemonic considerations. The latter envisage the notion of the ‘good life,’ in harmony with nature. In section two, important insights furnished by environmental ethics will be used as an orientation towards identifying the environmental concerns shown in a variety of Australian nature poems. Among the authors considered are Bruce Dawe, Dorothy Hewett, John Kinsella, Mark O’Connor, John Shaw Neilson, Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker), and last but not least Judith Wright. As will be seen, there are many convergences and correspondences between the basic claims made by environmental ethics, and the environmental insights and experiences that have been accumulated in a noteworthy corpus of Australian nature poems. What is enshrined in these poems is the ‘collective prudence,’ not only of a cultural elite, but also of the modern Everyman.’ (Author’s abstract p.81) -
Untitled
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: World Literature Today , Winter vol. 72 no. 1 1998; (p. 202)
— Review of The Oxford Book of Australian Women's Verse 1995 anthology poetry biography -
Those Wild Colonial Girls
1998
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Tirra Lirra , Spring vol. 9 no. 1 1998; (p. 24-31) -
Rare Charm: Reflections on Recent Australian Poetry
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , January-February vol. 41 no. 1-2 1997; (p. 91-95)
— Review of Erratum / Frame(d) 1995 selected work poetry ; The Oxford Book of Australian Women's Verse 1995 anthology poetry biography ; If, Then : Poems and Songs 1996 selected work poetry ; Birds, Beasts, Flowers : Australian Children's Poetry 1996 selected work poetry -
Australia's Women Poets
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: American Book Review , May-June vol. 18 no. 4 1997; (p. 6,11)
— Review of Penelope's Knees 1996 selected work poetry ; The Oxford Book of Australian Women's Verse 1995 anthology poetry biography ; Emily Bronte Re-Collects and Other Poems 1995 selected work poetry ; Accidental Grace 1996 selected work poetry
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Mixed Bags
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , Spring vol. 56 no. 3 1996; (p. 208-212)
— Review of Making Country 1995 selected work poetry ; The Oxford Book of Australian Women's Verse 1995 anthology poetry biography ; Shadow Swimmer 1995 selected work poetry -
Australia's Women Poets
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: American Book Review , May-June vol. 18 no. 4 1997; (p. 6,11)
— Review of Penelope's Knees 1996 selected work poetry ; The Oxford Book of Australian Women's Verse 1995 anthology poetry biography ; Emily Bronte Re-Collects and Other Poems 1995 selected work poetry ; Accidental Grace 1996 selected work poetry -
The Handing On of a Copious View
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 5 July no. 4866 1996; (p. 8-10)
— Review of Fivefathers : Five Australian Poets of the Pre-Academic Era 1994 anthology poetry ; The Oxford Book of Australian Women's Verse 1995 anthology poetry biography'Over the hundreds of years it has taken for the colonies of the old European empires to become nations, there have been cases – most notably, of course, the United States – where a creole literature has made an important addition to the literature of the homeland; but there has been no case quite comparable to that of Australian poetry in this century. Trainee midwives on tenterhooks, Australian nationalists eager for every sign of a successful parturition from the homeland have a lot to go on. Though it remains necessary to call them unwise, it…' (Introduction)
-
Rare Charm: Reflections on Recent Australian Poetry
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , January-February vol. 41 no. 1-2 1997; (p. 91-95)
— Review of Erratum / Frame(d) 1995 selected work poetry ; The Oxford Book of Australian Women's Verse 1995 anthology poetry biography ; If, Then : Poems and Songs 1996 selected work poetry ; Birds, Beasts, Flowers : Australian Children's Poetry 1996 selected work poetry -
Poetry of Grand Affirmation
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January (1995-1996) no. 178 1995; (p. 48-49)
— Review of The Oxford Book of Australian Women's Verse 1995 anthology poetry biography -
The Environmental Ethics of Australian Nature Poems
2007
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australia : Making Space Meaningful 2007; (p. 81-101) ‘The basic contention inspiring this paper is: poets care about Australia’s physical environment and human survival in Australia. Australian literature contains a substantial body of knowledge that could be deployed to constitute the imaginative core of an environmental ethic. Thus a great many Australian literary texts could be studied with the purpose of helping to usher in the desirable concept of an environmentally literate community. The essay is divided into two sections. Section one will provide a brief survey of environmental ethics. This survey is followed by the exposition of six deontic or prescriptive outlines, to be supplemented by some eudaemonic considerations. The latter envisage the notion of the ‘good life,’ in harmony with nature. In section two, important insights furnished by environmental ethics will be used as an orientation towards identifying the environmental concerns shown in a variety of Australian nature poems. Among the authors considered are Bruce Dawe, Dorothy Hewett, John Kinsella, Mark O’Connor, John Shaw Neilson, Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker), and last but not least Judith Wright. As will be seen, there are many convergences and correspondences between the basic claims made by environmental ethics, and the environmental insights and experiences that have been accumulated in a noteworthy corpus of Australian nature poems. What is enshrined in these poems is the ‘collective prudence,’ not only of a cultural elite, but also of the modern Everyman.’ (Author’s abstract p.81) -
Why is Only Poetry Written in English Australian?
1996
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Five Bells , January-February vol. 3 no. 1 1996; (p. 4-6) -
Fountain of Creativity at ADFA
1995
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 11 November 1995; (p. 26) -
Those Wild Colonial Girls
1998
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Tirra Lirra , Spring vol. 9 no. 1 1998; (p. 24-31)
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