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* Contents derived from the 2010 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Parting Glances, single work short story (p. 6-15)
- What Herons Knowi"Ascending from mud-flat to cypress", single work poetry (p. 16)
- Corvus Coronoidesi"Though, somewhere, a reach of territory,", single work poetry (p. 17)
- To Hold onto a Mapi"To be out of place and to know that other place", single work poetry (p. 18-19)
- Flying into Perthi"the shadow of the plane", single work poetry (p. 20)
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Annual Poetry Review 2009-2010,
single work
review
— Review of Ghostly Subjects 2009 selected work poetry ; Moments of Perfect Poise 2008 selected work poetry ; Parts of Us 2010 selected work poetry ; Marriage for Beginners : And Other Poems 2009 selected work poetry ; Taller When Prone 2010 selected work poetry ; Grass Notes 2009 selected work poetry ; Storm and Honey 2009 selected work poetry ; White Lines (Vertical) 2010 selected work poetry ; Folk Tunes 2009 selected work poetry ; Piano Hill 2009 selected work poetry ; Birds in Mind 2008 single work poetry ; Apples with Human Skin 2009 selected work poetry ; The Pallbearer's Garden 2008 selected work poetry ; A Tight Circle 2008 selected work poetry ; Letters 2009 selected work poetry ; Beautiful Waste : Poems by David McComb 2009 selected work poetry ; (p. 21-38) - Detail : Bird's Nest, Yu Ouyang (translator) single work poetry (p. 39)
- The Bee Whispereri"The beekeeper", single work poetry (p. 40-41)
- Putting Words in the Buddha's Mouth : An Analysis of Judith Beveridge's 'Between the Palace and the Bodhi Tree', single work criticism (p. 41-65)
- January 29, 2009i"While I wash dishes to", single work poetry (p. 42)
- Patricia Hackett : A Life (1908-1963), single work biography (p. 68-73)
- Duski"We set out at dusk, down to the dock,", single work poetry (p. 74-75)
- An Interview with Antonio Casella 'On Leased Land' : The Sensualist by Antonio Casella, Giovanni Messina (interviewer), single work interview (p. 76-90)
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The Navigations of Rose de Freycinet,
sequence
poetry
(p. 91-100)
A sequence of poems detailing the adventures of Rose de Freycinet (1794-1832), who stowed away on the French Navy ship, Uranie, captained by her husband. Louis-Claude de Freycinet, had been commissioned by the French Government to command a round-the-world scientific expedition. The National Library of Australia records that Uranie sailed from France in 1817 and visited Australia (surveying the Western Australian coast from Geographe Bay to Shark Bay), New Guinea, the Mariana Islands and Hawaii, before being wrecked off the Falkland Islands on 13 February 1820.
Note: Epigraph: (In 1817, Rose de Freycinet, dressed as a man, stowed away on the ship Uranie to sail with her husband, Louis, on a scientific expedition to the South Pacific.) - The Windswept Cliff of Genderi"I swayed for a while at its edge,", single work poetry (p. 91-92)
- Nautical Itchi"Louis' itch would be familiar to many a nautical wife.", single work poetry (p. 92-93)
- A Polarised Look at Romancei"Terrestial magnetism. Pronounced quickly,", single work poetry (p. 93-94)
- Statisticsi"Uranie is 112 feet long, 28 wide and 14 deep", single work poetry (p. 95)
- Headachei"Oh the melodies of pain", single work poetry (p. 96)
- Inheritancei"The old King has died in the Sandwich Islands.", single work poetry (p. 96-97)
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