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The gum-tree stands by the spring
I peeled its splitting bark
And found the written track
Of a life I could not read.

- Judith Wright

'Judith Wright was inspired to pen these words, intrigued by Nature's enigmatic graffiti on our smooth-barked gum trees. These scribbles have puzzled biologists and bush walkers up and down Australia's south-eastern seaboard for generations.' (Author's introduction)

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    y separately published work icon Meanjin First Impressions, Second Thoughts, Third Degree vol. 71 no. 2 Winter 2012 Z1884212 2012 periodical issue 2012 pg. 30-38
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