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Issue Details: First known date: 1970... 1970 Selected Verse
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Adelaide, South Australia,:Rigby , 1970 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Mushroomeri"Over the brow of the hill the mushroomer, walking,", Colin Thiele , single work poetry (p. 77)
Country Observed, Colin Thiele , sequence poetry (p. 77-110)
Tree at the Tin-Hut Campi"All night long the tree's agony", Colin Thiele , single work poetry (p. 78)
Up-Country Pubsi"Each four-square limestone monument", Colin Thiele , single work poetry (p. 79-80)
Below Goolwai"Below Goolwa, in a world of reeds and wide water,", Colin Thiele , single work poetry (p. 81-82)
Murray Mouthi"So this is where it ends at last!", Colin Thiele , single work poetry (p. 83)
Sturt Creeki"The creek, on holiday, skittered and shook", Colin Thiele , single work poetry (p. 84)
On a Lithograph of Grandpa's Four-Posteri"At night the farmyard shadows jerked with fright,", Colin Thiele , single work poetry (p. 85)
Note: Retitled "The Old Family Four-Poster" for this edition
Flying the Bighti"Imperturbable and dour", Colin Thiele , single work poetry (p. 86)
Aircraft, Landingi"The landscape, suspended from our loins,", Colin Thiele , single work poetry (p. 87)
Fisherman, Moonlight Bayi"Here, where the land lies drowsing, face-downward,", Colin Thiele , single work poetry (p. 88)
Portrait from Yardeai"Look at this land, lean and leathery,", Colin Thiele , single work poetry (p. 89)
The Seven Hillsi"These, with backs braced in their powerful stoop:", Colin Thiele , single work poetry (p. 90)
Yaccasi"At night the yaccas stride in keen black files", Colin Thiele , single work poetry (p. 91)
Spring Raini"An army of raindrops went marching up the road", Colin Thiele , single work poetry (p. 91)
Note: Retitled "Spring Shower" for this edition.
Swagman Dayi"Day, gone, lights his camp-fire in the west -", Colin Thiele , single work poetry (p. 92)
Spencer Gulf Jettyi"I have seen a strange old reptile,", Colin Thiele , single work poetry (p. 93-94)
Winter Dayi"With Winter's day a cone of steel -", Colin Thiele , single work poetry (p. 95)
Fishingi"Fishing near Port Lincoln", Colin Thiele , single work poetry (p. 96-97)
Middleback Rangei"Crouching with bellies flat on the vast plain -", Colin Thiele , single work poetry (p. 98)
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