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Issue Details: First known date: 1996... 1996 The Oxford Book of Modern Australian Verse
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Contents

* Contents derived from the South Melbourne, South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,:Oxford University Press , 1996 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
An Old Inmatei"Joe Green Joe Green O how are you doing today?", Kenneth Mackenzie , single work poetry (p. 27-28)
The Awakeningi"No glistening cowpat, after all, but the first, worst", Kenneth Mackenzie , single work poetry (p. 28-29)
At the Sheep-Dog Trialsi"What ancestors unite", David Campbell , single work poetry (p. 29-30)
The House Risesi"They have taken their briefs,", David Campbell , single work poetry (p. 30)
Mothers and Daughtersi"The cruel girls we loved", David Campbell , single work poetry (p. 31)
Strzelecki (for Manning Clark)i"And so Strzelecki set out from Hannibal", David Campbell , single work poetry (p. 31)
Red Bridge : Part I : The Wolf of Gubbio : Sassettai"In perfect line astern the heron", David Campbell , single work poetry (p. 31-32)
Portrait of a Daughteri"From P.L.C. and dreaming and The Girls' Own", David Campbell , single work poetry (p. 32)
Mr Hughesi"When my grandmother left the races with Mr Hughes,", David Campbell , single work poetry (p. 32)
Josephinei"Jo was the first to go. She was four feet ten", David Campbell , single work poetry (p. 32-33)
News of the Familyi"Shem loved her mother and horses. She rode at shows.", David Campbell , single work poetry (p. 33)
Men!i"My mother and aunts were shocked but not surprised", David Campbell , single work poetry (p. 33)
Ulindai"There was a duck egg as green as the evening sky.", David Campbell , single work poetry (p. 33-34)
Deaths and Pretty Cousinsi"When Mr Hughes died at seventy-three, Gran", David Campbell , single work poetry (p. 34)
The Tomb of Lt. John Learmonth, AIFi"This is not sorrow, this is work : I build", J. S. Manifold , single work poetry war literature (p. 34-35)
Fife Tunei"One morning in spring", J. S. Manifold , single work poetry (p. 36)
The Trainsi"Tunnelling through the night, the trains pass", Judith Wright , single work poetry war literature (p. 36-37)
Camphor Laureli"Here in the slack of night", Judith Wright , single work poetry (p. 37)
Request to a Yeari"If the year is meditating a suitable gift,", Judith Wright , single work poetry (p. 37-38)
Brush Turkeyi"Right to the edge of his forest", Judith Wright , single work poetry (p. 38-39)
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