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Issue Details: First known date: 1999... 1999 The Pomelo Tree
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Charnwood, Belconnen area, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory,:Ginninderra Press , 1999 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Sam Ah Dorei"I might have raised up dragons", Margaret Bradstock , single work poetry (p. 40)
Sam's Daughter, Gladys Ah Dore.i"Planting good fortune", Margaret Bradstock , single work poetry (p. 41)
Sam's Grandson, Russell Jack.i"It had to be moved", Margaret Bradstock , single work poetry (p. 42)
San Shan Ani"You travelled by rickshaw", Margaret Bradstock , single work poetry (p. 45-46)
Note: Epigraph: 'Everyone who travels in China...wants to write in a temple in the Western Hills' - Mary Gaunt.
A Broken Journeyi"Anyone can go on the beaten track", Margaret Bradstock , single work poetry (p. 47)
Jack Sue Wong - Australian-born Chinesei"But how can you return", Margaret Bradstock , single work poetry (p. 48-49)
Bendigo, 1950i"Eight years old", Margaret Bradstock , single work poetry (p. 50)
The Chinaman's Grave, Monaro, 1954i"Between the cemetery", Margaret Bradstock , single work poetry (p. 51)
The Last Monk of Puu Jihi"Escaping Red Army troops", Margaret Bradstock , single work poetry (p. 52-53)
Beijing, 1988i"Outside the Xingiao hotel", Margaret Bradstock , single work poetry (p. 54)
Note: Includes epigraph.
Pearl River, Guangzhoui"Rusting hulks & smaller river craft", Margaret Bradstock , single work poetry (p. 56)
First Lotusi"We cross the string-thin causeway", Margaret Bradstock , single work poetry (p. 57-58)
Dragon Gate, Yunnan Provincei"Longmen, Dragon Gate,", Margaret Bradstock , single work poetry (p. 59)
Note: Epigraph: I am the book you intend to write, the intention of which is jade resplendent. But writing is not jade...It is transcience, smallness, and the dying of many deaths. - Brian Castro: After China.
The Yunnan Lionsi"My soapstone Yunnan lions", Margaret Bradstock , single work poetry (p. 60)
'Big Gold Mountain Temple', Emu Point, North Bendigoi"The joss house hunkers down", Margaret Bradstock , single work poetry (p. 61-62)
Note: Author note: From the beach at Sandridge they jogged in single file to Melbourne, belongings resting in baskets, suspended from bamboo poles across shoulders, and thence to the Sandhurst Goldfields. 1854.
'Temple of the Four Counties' : See Yup Temple, Raglan Street, South Melbourne, 1866.i"Stately, like a Toorak mansion", Margaret Bradstock , single work poetry (p. 63)
One Nationi"The Hansonites", Margaret Bradstock , single work poetry (p. 64-65)
Going Homei"If anyone asks", Margaret Bradstock , single work poetry (p. 66-67)
He's With Dutchyi"That spunky young Asian guy", Margaret Bradstock , single work poetry (p. 68)
Yiyan and Xiao-Xiao at the Chinese Gardensi"More Chinese than China, these gardens", Margaret Bradstock , single work poetry (p. 69)
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