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Notes
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Dedication: For Tyrone Guthrie
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Author's note: ... The poems about it [the Birdsville Track] were written after I had visited the area in connection with the script of the Shell film The Back of Beyond, on which I was working with John Heyer and Roland E. Robinson..... D. A. S.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson
, 1955 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Wombati"Ha there! old pig, old bear, old bristly and gingery", single work poetry (p. 1)
- Mosquito Orchidi"Such infinitesimal things,", single work poetry (p. 2)
- Mignonette Orchidi"Beetle, beetle and beetle,", single work poetry (p. 3)
- Crow's Nesti"Never since the stringybarks stiffened to telegraph poles", single work poetry satire (p. 4)
- Firetail Finchesi"Flit flit flit they cry in their bright voices", single work poetry (p. 5)
- Christmas Bellsi"See them, the wild children", single work poetry (p. 6)
- Foxesi"I saw a fine fox, I saw a fine fox,", single work poetry (p. 7)
- Frogsi"Down in the bush beside the creek", single work poetry (p. 8)
- Flowering Bloodwoodsi"There is a wave you cannot see", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Crab and Cicadai"Some flying-fish then? Some green fantastic lobster?", single work poetry (p. 10)
- Brindabellai"Once on a silver and green day, rich to remember,", single work poetry (p. 11)
- Bird's-Eyei"Some careless happiness in things", single work poetry (p. 12)
- The Brown Snakei"I walked to the green gum-tree", single work poetry (p. 13)
- The Riversi"Somewhere in the middle of the ocean every lost river", single work poetry (p. 14-15)
- The Last of Snowi"It is the last of the snow", single work poetry (p. 16)
- Spider-Gumsi"Where winter's snow and crashing rains", single work poetry (p. 17-18)
- White Cockatooi"Now they have left the moon out over the paddock", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Murrumbidgeei"Water with a dark-green dorsal-fin", single work poetry (p. 20)
- The Night of the Mothsi"The giant moths like sparrows! So many drowned", single work poetry (p. 21)
- The Leaf-Hopperi"Even now while I speak", single work poetry (p. 22)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Douglas Stewart: Poet, Playwright and Critic
1963
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Tasmanian Education , 15 November vol. 15 no. 1963; (p. 243-248) -
Motif in the Work of Douglas Stewart
1963
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Elements of Poetry 1963; (p. 25-50) Considerations : New Essays on Kenneth Slessor, Judith Wright and Douglas Stewart 1977; (p. 143-168) -
Poetry of the Inland
1956
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 17 no. 2 1956; (p. 102-103)
— Review of The Birdsville Track and Other Poems 1955 selected work poetry -
[Review] The Birdsville Track [and] The Child with a Cockatoo
1956
single work
review
— Appears in: Advocate: A Weekly Catholic Journal , 16 February 1956; (p. 9)
— Review of The Birdsville Track and Other Poems 1955 selected work poetry ; Child with a Cockatoo, and Other Poems 1955 selected work poetry -
Coolness and Heat
1955
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 6 1955-1956; (p. 31)
— Review of The Birdsville Track and Other Poems 1955 selected work poetry
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[Review] By Reef and Palm [and] The Birdsville Track
1955
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 17 August vol. 76 no. 3940 1955; (p. 2)
— Review of By Reef and Palm 1894 selected work short story ; The Birdsville Track and Other Poems 1955 selected work poetry -
[Review] Icarius [et al]
1955
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 14 no. 4 1955; (p. 573-575)
— Review of Icarius 1941 single work drama poetry ; Red and Green 1954 selected work poetry ; The Moving Image : Poems 1946 selected work poetry ; Child with a Cockatoo, and Other Poems 1955 selected work poetry ; The Birdsville Track and Other Poems 1955 selected work poetry ; Lyric Images 1954 selected work poetry ; A Place to Get Lost In : Poems 1955 selected work poetry -
Coolness and Heat
1955
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 6 1955-1956; (p. 31)
— Review of The Birdsville Track and Other Poems 1955 selected work poetry -
[Review] The Birdsville Track [and] The Child with a Cockatoo
1956
single work
review
— Appears in: Advocate: A Weekly Catholic Journal , 16 February 1956; (p. 9)
— Review of The Birdsville Track and Other Poems 1955 selected work poetry ; Child with a Cockatoo, and Other Poems 1955 selected work poetry -
Poetry of the Inland
1956
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 17 no. 2 1956; (p. 102-103)
— Review of The Birdsville Track and Other Poems 1955 selected work poetry -
Douglas Stewart: Poet, Playwright and Critic
1963
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Tasmanian Education , 15 November vol. 15 no. 1963; (p. 243-248) -
Motif in the Work of Douglas Stewart
1963
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Elements of Poetry 1963; (p. 25-50) Considerations : New Essays on Kenneth Slessor, Judith Wright and Douglas Stewart 1977; (p. 143-168)
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