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Issue Details: First known date: 2006... 2006 Kookaburra Shells : Port Curtis Literature
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'This collection of writing from Port Curtis in Queensland by new and acclaimed writers shows how a region's literature can be descriptive of its spirit and unearth its past. It 'lifts the lid' on a history which has been kept all too secret.' - Back cover

Explores a relationship between a collection of works whose writers are connected with the Port Curtis region and that region's history. It examines common influences and the place of memory and memory of place within that body of work. Includes works by, amongst others, Val Vallis, George Watt and Jena Woodhouse.

Notes

  • Dedication: For Mark Svendsen and in tribute to Val Vallis, George Watt and John Blight.
  • Dedication includes Blight's poem for Val Vallis 'Kookaburra Shells'.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Gladstone, Gladstone area, Maryborough - Rockhampton area, Queensland,:Justified Text Press , 2006 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Kookaburra Shellsi"They'll show you kookaburra shells", John Blight , single work poetry (p. [iii])
Tracesi"Pods of little clouds", Jena Woodhouse , single work poetry (p. 149)
Night on the Mountain, `Abydos'i"Air, thinned by the mountain,", Jena Woodhouse , single work poetry (p. 150)
Leaning into Morningi"Avicennia marina sway like women", Jena Woodhouse , single work poetry (p. 150-151)
Facing Island 1963i"In a coastal crescent on the island's lee", Jena Woodhouse , single work poetry (p. 151-152)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Gladstone, Gladstone area, Maryborough - Rockhampton area, Queensland,: Justified Text Press , 2006 .
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      Extent: xix, 344pp.
      Description: illus. (b & w)
      Note/s:
      • Includes index and bibliography.
      ISBN: 0646465678
Last amended 28 Jan 2016 16:21:19
Subjects:
  • Port Curtis, Gladstone, Gladstone area, Maryborough - Rockhampton area, Queensland,
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