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'"Bunyah has been my refuge and home place all my life. This book concentrates on the smallest habitats of community, the scattered village and the lone house, where space makes the isolated dwelling into an illusory distant city ruled by its family and their laws."
'On Bunyah tells a story of rural Australia in verse and photographs. From blood and fenceposts to broad beans and milk lorries, Les Murray evokes the life and landscape of his part of the country.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Notes
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This book contains poems and photographs exploring Murray's beloved hometown of Bunyah, Australia. (Carcanet Books).
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Sound recording.
- Large print.
Works about this Work
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The Promise
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"Taller When Prone by Les Murray:",
2019
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , June vol. 63 no. 6 2019; (p. 38) -
To Outlive a Home : Poetics of a Crumbling Domestic
2019
single work
essay
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 February no. 89 2019; -
On Les Murray
2017
single work
review
— Appears in: London Review of Books , 27 July vol. 39 no. 15 2017; (p. 18)
— Review of On Bunyah 2015 selected work poetry'Bunyah is a valley about 300 km north of Sydney in which the Australian poet Les Murray grew up, and to which he returned in 1985 as ‘my refuge and my homeplace’. Over-educated readers might imagine from its title that On Bunyah (Carcanet, £14.99) is a set of philosophical meditations which belongs on the shelves next to, say, John Stuart Mill’s On Liberty. But Murray’s preface explains that ‘natives and some incomers habitually say “on” Bunyah rather than “at” or “in”.’ (Introduction)
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Phillip Hall Reviews On Bunyah by Les Murray
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Plumwood Mountain [Online] , February 2016;
— Review of On Bunyah 2015 selected work poetry -
Review Short : Les Murray’s On Bunyah
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 October no. 52.0 2015;
— Review of On Bunyah 2015 selected work poetry
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Evocative Tribute to Poet’s Rural Abode
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10-11 October 2015; (p. 20-21)
— Review of On Bunyah 2015 selected work poetry -
Review Short : Les Murray’s On Bunyah
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 October no. 52.0 2015;
— Review of On Bunyah 2015 selected work poetry -
Phillip Hall Reviews On Bunyah by Les Murray
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Plumwood Mountain [Online] , February 2016;
— Review of On Bunyah 2015 selected work poetry -
On Les Murray
2017
single work
review
— Appears in: London Review of Books , 27 July vol. 39 no. 15 2017; (p. 18)
— Review of On Bunyah 2015 selected work poetry'Bunyah is a valley about 300 km north of Sydney in which the Australian poet Les Murray grew up, and to which he returned in 1985 as ‘my refuge and my homeplace’. Over-educated readers might imagine from its title that On Bunyah (Carcanet, £14.99) is a set of philosophical meditations which belongs on the shelves next to, say, John Stuart Mill’s On Liberty. But Murray’s preface explains that ‘natives and some incomers habitually say “on” Bunyah rather than “at” or “in”.’ (Introduction)
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Les Murray
Jason Steger
(interviewer),
2015
single work
interview
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 10-11 October 2015; (p. 24-25) The Saturday Age , 10-11 October 2015; (p. 24) -
To Outlive a Home : Poetics of a Crumbling Domestic
2019
single work
essay
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 February no. 89 2019; -
The Promise
i
"Taller When Prone by Les Murray:",
2019
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , June vol. 63 no. 6 2019; (p. 38)
