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Antipodes, representing poets born between 1790 and 1983, provides a wonderful introduction to the changing views of Australia and its history over the past two hundred years as well as to the excellent poetry that is part of our heritage. -- Emeritus Professor Elizabeth Webby (from the Foreword)
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Putney,
Ryde - Gladesville - Hunters Hill area,
Northwest Sydney,
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Phoenix Education
, 2011 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- From : Australasiai"For lo! At length arrived with fav'ring breeze", extract poetry (p. 11-13)
- From : Colonial Nomenclaturei"'Twas said of Greece two thousand years ago,", extract poetry (p. 14)
- The Cry of "Land!"i""Land, land!" the joyful cry at last,", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Old Botany Bayi"I'm old", single work poetry (p. 16)
- The Myall in Prisoni"Lone, lone and lone I stand,", single work poetry (p. 17)
- The Waradgeri Tribe The Waragery Tribe The Wadgery Tribe The Waradgery Tribei"Harried we were, and spent,", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Captain Cooki"Tungeei, that was her native name.", single work poetry (p. 18)
-
Five Visions of Captain Cook,
Kenneth Slessor
,
sequence
poetry
(p. 19-20)
Note: Part I only
- Burke and Willsi"So all men come at last to their Explorer's Tree,", single work poetry (p. 21-22)
- And the Blacks are Gonei"But this sea will not die, this sea that brims", single work poetry (p. 23)
- Sea-Chroniclesi"Where old-time ships came, canvas seagull-white,", single work poetry (p. 24)
- From : The Great South Landi"'They made impudent inspection of our Coast,", extract poetry (p. 24-25)
- Terra Australisi"Captain Quiros and Mr William Lane,", single work poetry (p. 26-28)
- From : The Birdsville Track : Marreei"Oh the corrugated-iron town", extract poetry (p. 29)
- Nigger's Leap : New Englandi"The eastward spurs tip backward from the sun.", single work poetry (p. 30)
- Country Towni"This is no longer the landscape that they knew,", single work poetry (p. 31)
- Terra Australisi"Voyage within you, on the fabled ocean,", single work poetry (p. 32)
- From : Captain Quiros : The Last Visioni"Through the hot nights I watched beside his bed.", extract poetry (p. 32-35)
- The First-Borni"Where are my first-born, said the brown land, sighing", single work poetry (p. 36)
- Aboriginal Australia (to the Others)i"You once smiled a friendly smile,", single work poetry (p. 37)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
-
Reading and Reviewing : Poetry
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 46 no. 3 2011; (p. 111)
— Review of Antipodes : Poetic Responses 2011 anthology poetry extract -
Gathering of Personal Voices Focuses Black and White Thoughts
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28-29 May 2011; (p. 30-31)
— Review of Antipodes : Poetic Responses 2011 anthology poetry extract
-
Gathering of Personal Voices Focuses Black and White Thoughts
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28-29 May 2011; (p. 30-31)
— Review of Antipodes : Poetic Responses 2011 anthology poetry extract -
Reading and Reviewing : Poetry
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 46 no. 3 2011; (p. 111)
— Review of Antipodes : Poetic Responses 2011 anthology poetry extract
Last amended 7 Mar 2017 13:35:29
Common subjects:
- Aboriginal-White relations
- Aboriginal dispossession
- European discovery of Australia
- Aboriginal Australians
- Bush
- Australian landscape
- Landscape & identity
- Aboriginal-White conflict
- Aboriginal contact history
- Exploration & explorers of Australia (Land)
- Early settlement of Australia
- Aboriginal massacres, murders, poisonings
- Loss
- Death
- Aboriginal relationship with the land
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