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Colin Thiele provides a commentary and discussion questions for each story included in his anthology Favourite Australian Stories.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Adelaide,
South Australia,:Paul Rigby
, 1964 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Henry Lawson : The Drover's Wife and The Loaded Dog, single work column (p. 7-10)
- Dal Stivens : The Batting Wizard and The Perch, single work column (p. 11-12)
- Alan Marshall : Fishing for Eels, Clarkey's Dead, and Tell Us About the Turkey, Jo, single work column (p. 13-15)
- Hugh Atkinson : The Jumping Jeweller of Lavender Bay, single work column (p. 16-19)
- Edward Dyson : A Golden Shanty and The Funerals of Malachi Mooney, single work column (p. 20-22)
- Vance Palmer : The Foal, single work column (p. 23-27)
- Cecil Mann : The Pelican, single work column (p. 28-29)
- Steele Rudd : The Night We Watched for Wallabies, single work column (p. 30-32)
- Gavin Casey : It Finds Its Level, single work column (p. 33-34)
- Margaret Trist : Twenty Strong, single work column (p. 35-36)
- E. O. Schlunke : The School Bus Driver, single work column (p. 37-39)
- 'Standby' (R. S. Porteous) : Quite a Blow, single work column (p. 40-41)
- Xavier Herbert : Kaijek the Songman, single work column (p. 42-44)
- Henry Handel Richardson : And Women Must Weep, single work column (p. 45-47)
- Frank Dalby Davison : The Good Herdsman, single work column (p. 48-50)
- Hal Porter : Country Town, single work column (p. 51-53)
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