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'Literature by Indigenous Australians - the voice from the heart - is the true core of the Australian canon, writes Geordie Williamson The ur-text of the Australian canon appeared just over two centuries ago, in 1819, when First Fruits of Australian Poetry by Barron Field, a Supreme Court judge of New South Wales with literary pretensions, was published in Sydney.' (Introduction)
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- First Fruits of Australian Poetry 1819 selected work poetry
- The Burning Library : Our Great Novelists Lost and Found 2012 selected work criticism
- Plains of Promise 1997 single work novel
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