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Issue Details: First known date: 1966... 1966 Hammers and Seagulls : Poems
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Notes

  • Dedication: To Katharine whose novel Working Bullocks convinced a youth that it was possible and necessary to write of our country and our people.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Australasian Book Society , 1966 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Country, Victor Williams , sequence poetry (p. 11-23)
This Human Droughti"I've seen the green hopes wither in young eyes,", Victor Williams , single work poetry (p. 13)
Note: With title: Human Drought
Harvest Timei"Across my life, this year's a watershed.", Victor Williams , single work poetry (p. 14-21) Section: Country
Invitationi"We can hear the magpies talk", Victor Williams , single work poetry (p. 22)
By the Avoni"Do you remember, by the Avon,", Victor Williams , single work poetry (p. 23)
War, Victor Williams , sequence poetry (p. 25-32)
Darwin Nighti"Here on the rocks at dusk the soldiers watch,", Victor Williams , single work poetry (p. 27)
To the Dauntedi"You would press back our ripening nationhood;", Victor Williams , single work poetry (p. 28)
Not Againi"Red soil to the horizon, stripped and worn,", Victor Williams , single work poetry (p. 29)
Letter from Rabauli"The mob is arguing in the tent,", Victor Williams , single work poetry (p. 30-32)
Peace, Victor Williams , sequence poetry (p. 33-46)
Soldier Becomes Mechanici"Now the machines have changed beneath my hands", Victor Williams , single work poetry (p. 35)
We Want a Homei"Woman: We want a home. How much is said with that!", Victor Williams , single work poetry (p. 36-39)
Prisons of the Poori"We, who are walled by wages inched and pegged,", Victor Williams , single work poetry (p. 40)
The Price of Bloodi"Truman looked from the White House,", Victor Williams , single work poetry (p. 42-43)
She Will Be Freei"As I lay sleeping", Victor Williams , single work poetry (p. 44)
Into Battle with a Songi"'I am going into battle with a song!'", Victor Williams , single work poetry (p. 45)
In this Strange Borderlandi"In that strange borderland 'tween sleep and waking,", Victor Williams , single work poetry (p. 46)
The Worker, Victor Williams , sequence poetry (p. 47-71)
Early Finish Midnight Shifti"Our eyes were burnt with floodlight, rasped with dust;", Victor Williams , single work poetry (p. 49)
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Works about this Work

Untitled 1968 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 23 March 1968; (p. 10)
— Review of Hammers and Seagulls : Poems Victor Williams , 1966 selected work poetry
Public Worlds: Private Places : A Review of Recent Australian Poetry S. E. Lee , 1968 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 28 no. 2 1968; (p. 145-160)
— Review of Elijah's Ravens : Poems Hal Porter , 1968 selected work poetry ; An Eye for a Tooth : Poems Bruce Dawe , 1968 selected work poetry ; The Rock and the Pool Margaret Irvin , 1967 selected work poetry ; Grendel Roland Robinson , 1967 selected work poetry ; Poems Soft and Loud Geoffrey Dutton , 1967 selected work poetry ; Hammers and Seagulls : Poems Victor Williams , 1966 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems 1936-1967 Douglas Stewart , 1967 selected work poetry ; Bungalow and Hurricane : new poems David Rowbotham , 1967 selected work poetry ; The Dolphin Dorothy Auchterlonie , 1967 selected work poetry ; Segments of the Bowl Robert Clark , 1967 selected work poetry ; East of Living J. M. Couper , 1967 selected work poetry ; The Rebel General Chris Wallace-Crabbe , 1967 selected work poetry
Sermons and Soda Water Thomas Shapcott , 1966 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October vol. 5 no. 12 1966; (p. 237)
— Review of Hammers and Seagulls : Poems Victor Williams , 1966 selected work poetry ; The Talking Clothes : Poems William Hart-Smith , 1966 selected work poetry
Untitled Bruce Nesbitt , 1966 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 17 December 1966; (p. 12)
— Review of Hammers and Seagulls : Poems Victor Williams , 1966 selected work poetry
Shipyard Verse Colin Scott , 1954 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer (1954-1955) no. 2 1954; (p. 21)
— Review of Hammers and Seagulls : Poems Victor Williams , 1966 selected work poetry
Public Worlds: Private Places : A Review of Recent Australian Poetry S. E. Lee , 1968 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 28 no. 2 1968; (p. 145-160)
— Review of Elijah's Ravens : Poems Hal Porter , 1968 selected work poetry ; An Eye for a Tooth : Poems Bruce Dawe , 1968 selected work poetry ; The Rock and the Pool Margaret Irvin , 1967 selected work poetry ; Grendel Roland Robinson , 1967 selected work poetry ; Poems Soft and Loud Geoffrey Dutton , 1967 selected work poetry ; Hammers and Seagulls : Poems Victor Williams , 1966 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems 1936-1967 Douglas Stewart , 1967 selected work poetry ; Bungalow and Hurricane : new poems David Rowbotham , 1967 selected work poetry ; The Dolphin Dorothy Auchterlonie , 1967 selected work poetry ; Segments of the Bowl Robert Clark , 1967 selected work poetry ; East of Living J. M. Couper , 1967 selected work poetry ; The Rebel General Chris Wallace-Crabbe , 1967 selected work poetry
Shipyard Verse Colin Scott , 1954 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer (1954-1955) no. 2 1954; (p. 21)
— Review of Hammers and Seagulls : Poems Victor Williams , 1966 selected work poetry
Untitled Bruce Nesbitt , 1966 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 17 December 1966; (p. 12)
— Review of Hammers and Seagulls : Poems Victor Williams , 1966 selected work poetry
Sermons and Soda Water Thomas Shapcott , 1966 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October vol. 5 no. 12 1966; (p. 237)
— Review of Hammers and Seagulls : Poems Victor Williams , 1966 selected work poetry ; The Talking Clothes : Poems William Hart-Smith , 1966 selected work poetry
Untitled 1968 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 23 March 1968; (p. 10)
— Review of Hammers and Seagulls : Poems Victor Williams , 1966 selected work poetry
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