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Notes
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Includes works collected by Roland Robinson and published in The Nearest the White Man Gets : Aboriginal Narratives and Poems of New South Wales (Hale & Iremonger, 1989)
Contents
* Contents derived from the
North Ryde,
Ryde - Gladesville - Hunters Hill area,
Northwest Sydney,
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson
, 1989 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- The Creeki"When other creeks are dry and filled with leaves,", single work poetry (p. 1)
- Beyond the Grass-Tree Spears Inscriptioni"I made my verses of places where I made my fires;", single work poetry (p. 1)
- And the Blacks are Gonei"But this sea will not die, this sea that brims", single work poetry (p. 1)
- Invocationi"Last night I spoke to you from where I lay", single work poetry (p. 2)
- Departurei"Beautiful even as Death this rain on the sea,", single work poetry (p. 2)
- Ghost-Gumi"I waken to morning in mazes of white limb-boughs,", single work poetry (p. 2)
- Drifting Dug-Outi"Now that the fig lets fall her single stars", single work poetry (p. 3)
- White Egreti"So, as the first of widening ripples has made", single work poetry (p. 3)
- Billabong Mooni"She dims the fair haired stars and, through her veils", single work poetry (p. 3)
- Night Flowering Fig Treei"I do not sleep but, in the hot still night,", single work poetry (p. 4)
- The Bee-Keeperi"He spoke about the evening and then of bees,", single work poetry (p. 4)
- To a Matei"He was a man who, with his hand,", single work poetry (p. 4-5)
- Would I Might Find My Countryi"Would I might find my country as the blacks", single work poetry (p. 5)
- The Water-Lubrai"Nalul came out of the desert,", single work poetry (p. 6-7)
- The Droversi"Over the plains of the whitening grass", single work poetry (p. 7)
- Elouerai"Because I wakened when the throng", single work poetry (p. 8)
- The Curlewi"My doorway frames the stars, the low", single work poetry (p. 8)
- Casuarinai"The last, the long-haired casuarina", single work poetry (p. 9)
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Incredible Dawn
Incredulous Dawni"Out of the deeps of trees a bird was singing",
single work
poetry
(p. 9)
Note: With title:Incredible Dawn
- Swifti"Exhausted, this migrating bird", single work poetry (p. 10)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Three Dimensions
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , April no. 75 1990; (p. 28-29)
— Review of A Human Pattern : Selected Poems 1990 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems [1990] 1990 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1989 selected work poetry -
Concise Sample of Undervalued Verse
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 10 June 1989; (p. B4)
— Review of Selected Poems 1989 selected work poetry
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Three Dimensions
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , April no. 75 1990; (p. 28-29)
— Review of A Human Pattern : Selected Poems 1990 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems [1990] 1990 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1989 selected work poetry -
Concise Sample of Undervalued Verse
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 10 June 1989; (p. B4)
— Review of Selected Poems 1989 selected work poetry
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