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The Birth single work poetry "A wreath of flowers as cold as snow"

Author:agent Rosemary Dobson http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/dobson-rosemary

Issue Details: First known date: 1953... 1953 The Birth

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y The Bulletin vol. 74 no. 3841 23 September 1953 Z601475 1953 periodical issue 1953
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1953
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pg. 35
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y Australian Poetry 1954 Ronald McCuaig (editor), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1954 Z97654 1954 anthology poetry Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1954
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1954
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pg. 18
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y Child with a Cockatoo, and Other Poems Rosemary Dobson , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1955 Z473980 1955 selected work poetry Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1955
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1955
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pg. 49
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y Australian Signpost : An Anthology Edited for the Canberra Fellowship of Australian Writers T. A. G. Hungerford (editor), Melbourne : Cheshire , 1956 Z151543 1956 anthology short story poetry prose biography Melbourne : Cheshire , 1956
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1956
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pg. 36
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y Modern Australian Verse Douglas Stewart (editor), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1964 Z390812 1964 anthology poetry Abstract Editor's Introduction: The anthology covers 'from 1930 onwards'... And, lastly, of course, an anthology of this kind should attempt to give as wide a picture as possible, consistent with quality, of Australian poetry in the period. That I have certainly tried to do; but without losing sight of the principle that it should be enjoyable. ... Douglas Stewart (q.v.) (xxi-xxxv). Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1964
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1964
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pg. 145-146
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y Selected Poems Rosemary Dobson , Cremorne : Angus and Robertson , 1973 Z33041 1973 selected work poetry Cremorne : Angus and Robertson , 1973
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1973
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pg. 72
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y Selected Poems Rosemary Dobson , Cremorne : Angus and Robertson , 1973 Z33041 1973 selected work poetry Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1980
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1980
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pg. 72
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y Journeys : Poems Fay Zwicky (editor), Carlton South : Sisters Publishing , 1982 Z12693 1982 anthology poetry Carlton South : Sisters Publishing , 1982
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1982
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pg. 17
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y The Illustrated Treasury of Australian Verse Beatrice Davis , Melbourne : Nelson , 1984 Z315151 1984 anthology poetry biography Melbourne : Nelson , 1984
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1984
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pg. 204
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y Cross-Country : A Book of Australian Verse John Barnes (editor), Brian McFarlane (editor), Richmond : Heinemann , 1984 Z900285 1984 anthology poetry (taught in 1 units) Richmond : Heinemann , 1984
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1984
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pg. 145-146
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y Cross-Country : A Book of Australian Verse John Barnes (editor), Brian McFarlane (editor), Richmond : Heinemann , 1984 Z900285 1984 anthology poetry (taught in 1 units) Richmond : Heinemann Education Australia , 1988
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1988
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pg. 145-146
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y Collected Poems Rosemary Dobson , North Ryde : Angus and Robertson , 1991 Z152001 1991 selected work poetry drama North Ryde : Angus and Robertson , 1991
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1991
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pg. 88
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y The Illustrated Treasury of Australian Verse Beatrice Davis , Melbourne : Nelson , 1984 Z315151 1984 anthology poetry biography Sydney : State Library of New South Wales Press , 1996
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1996
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pg. 204
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y Australian Verse : An Oxford Anthology John Leonard (editor), Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1998 Z461207 1998 anthology poetry (taught in 1 units) Abstract A thorough survey of poetry by Australians in English, beginning with a selection of contemporary work by younger poets, and going backward in time to the early colonial period. In addition to poems in the literary tradition, it indudes performance poetry, convict songs and old bush ballads. An extensive selection has been provided from the work of five major twentieth-century poets: Les Murray, Gwen Harwood, Judith Wright, A.D. Hope and Kenneth Slessor. Several features are provided to assist the reader: the date of first publication of each poem is provided; footnotes explain unfamiliar words and allusions; and brief biographical notes assist in locating each poet in his or her place in time. Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1998
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1998
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pg. 177
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y Modern Australian Poetry : An Exhibition of Material from the Rare Book Collection, Monash University Library Richard Overell , Clayton : Monash University , 1999 Z342848 1999 single work bibliography Clayton : Monash University , 1999
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1999
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pg. 27
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y Motherlode : Australian Women's Poetry 1986 - 2008 Jennifer Harrison (editor), Kate Waterhouse (editor), Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2009 Z1592305 2009 anthology poetry (taught in 1 units) Abstract 'Motherlode portrays the story of children and mothers from the perspective of women and their social and emotional contexts.' (The editors) Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2009
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2009
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pg. 112

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Rosemary Dobson - the Text and the Textile Marie-Louise Ayres , 1995 single work criticism
— Appears in: Proceedings : Association for the Study of Australian Literature, Sixteenth Annual Conference, 3-8 July 1994 1995; (p. 57-63) Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 17 no. 1 1995; (p. 3-9)

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