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Oar Swish single work   poetry   "There was always the swish of oars on a river"
Issue Details: First known date: 2005... 2005 Oar Swish
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Notes

  • Epigraph: Addressing an Ancestor: Matthew James Everingham 1769-1817
    Matthew James Everingham was indicted, for that he being a profligate person, on the 17th of June................Guilty. Transported for seven years.
    -
    Old Bailey Sessions Papers Trial No. 775

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Best Australian Poems 2005 Les Murray (editor), Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2005 Z1204931 2005 anthology poetry Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2005 pg. 27-29
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Guide to Sydney Rivers Les Wicks (editor), Susan Adams (editor), Sydney : Meuse Press , 2015 8897291 2015 anthology poetry

    'Sydney is known most widely for its harbours and beaches, deservedly so.

    'However, it also has a significant number of rivers and their tributaries which are collectively closer to the lives of the majority of Sydneysiders.This ebook captures some of the unique qualities of these ecosystems and the people who live near them.'

    Source: Publisher's blurb.

    Sydney : Meuse Press , 2015
    pg. 22-23
Last amended 10 Feb 2006 10:56:15
Subjects:
  • London,
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    England,
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    United Kingdom (UK),
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    Western Europe, Europe,
  • Parramatta River, Parramatta area, Sydney, New South Wales,
  • Hawkesbury area, Northwest Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,
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