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Issue Details: First known date: 1990... 1990 The Larrikin Streak: Australian Writers Look at the Legend
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Contents

* Contents derived from the South Melbourne, South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,:Sun Books , 1990 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
`Round Up the Usual Suspects!', Clem Gorman , single work criticism humour (p. ix-xiii)
'Breaker' Morant - Posh Larrikin, Kenneth Ross , single work criticism humour (p. 4-9)
Larry Dulhunty - Gypsy Showman, James Oram , single work criticism humour (p. 9-27)
Dawn Fraser - Sporting Chancer, Clem Gorman , single work criticism (p. 27-31)
Larrikins - the Context, Manning Clark , single work criticism (p. 37-39)
Anna Brennan - Tragic Larrikin, Peter Kirkpatrick , single work criticism (p. 39-52)
The Bodgies - Acne with Padded Shoulders, Clem Gorman , single work criticism (p. 52-56)
Down But Not Out in the Melbourne Push, Gerald Murnane , single work short story (p. 56-66)
The Sydney Push, Clem Gorman , single work criticism (p. 66-71)
Joe Lynch - Bravura Larrikin, Peter Kirkpatrick , single work criticism (p. 72-78)
Who's Calling the Kettle Black?, Michael Sharkey , single work criticism (p. 78-90)
Donald and Raymond, Barry Dickins , single work criticism (p. 98-105)
A Ray of Light on Saturday Night, Patsy Adam-Smith , single work criticism (p. 105-108)
Mary Hardy - First Lady of Laughs, Dawn Mendham , single work criticism humour (p. 114-121)
Coming to Terms with Our Larikins, Phillip Adams , single work criticism humour (p. 121-124)
Underground Launching, Terry Blake , single work short story humour (p. 125-142)
Mo and Kennedy - Larrikin Comedians, Max Harris , single work criticism (p. 142-147)
Monty Lark - Cartoonists' Cartoonist, Max Cullen , single work criticism humour (p. 148-150)
Geraldine Pascall - Tall Poppy, Clem Gorman , single work criticism (p. 150-155)
Bazza and Belushi - Lair and Larrikin, Ross Fitzgerald , single work criticism (p. 155-165)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

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Works about this Work

Sorting Out the Lairs and the Larrikins D. R. Burns , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 2 February 1991; (p. 8)

— Review of The Larrikin Streak: Australian Writers Look at the Legend 1990 anthology prose criticism short story
The Myth that Justifies the Tribe Gail Morgan , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January (1990-1991) no. 127 1990; (p. 3-4)

— Review of The Larrikin Streak: Australian Writers Look at the Legend 1990 anthology prose criticism short story
Larrikins are Out of their Lairs Mary Rose Liverani , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 1-2 December 1990; (p. rev 5)

— Review of The Larrikin Streak: Australian Writers Look at the Legend 1990 anthology prose criticism short story
A Look at our Lovable Rebels David Harris , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 24 November 1990; (p. 15)

— Review of The Larrikin Streak: Australian Writers Look at the Legend 1990 anthology prose criticism short story
Tracking a Vanishing Australian Type Peter Pierce , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 29 December 1990; (p. 19)

— Review of Retreat Australia Fair and Other Great Australian Legends Frank Hardy , 1990 selected work short story ; The Larrikin Streak: Australian Writers Look at the Legend 1990 anthology prose criticism short story

'Clem Gorman's compilation The Larrikin Streak, in which Australian writers dissect, comment upon and exemplify larrikinism, contests that view. Along the way it has grown into a more complex, enlightening and intellectually engaging book than the initial notion promised. ...'

Tracking a Vanishing Australian Type Peter Pierce , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 29 December 1990; (p. 19)

— Review of Retreat Australia Fair and Other Great Australian Legends Frank Hardy , 1990 selected work short story ; The Larrikin Streak: Australian Writers Look at the Legend 1990 anthology prose criticism short story

'Clem Gorman's compilation The Larrikin Streak, in which Australian writers dissect, comment upon and exemplify larrikinism, contests that view. Along the way it has grown into a more complex, enlightening and intellectually engaging book than the initial notion promised. ...'

A Look at our Lovable Rebels David Harris , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 24 November 1990; (p. 15)

— Review of The Larrikin Streak: Australian Writers Look at the Legend 1990 anthology prose criticism short story
Larrikins are Out of their Lairs Mary Rose Liverani , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 1-2 December 1990; (p. rev 5)

— Review of The Larrikin Streak: Australian Writers Look at the Legend 1990 anthology prose criticism short story
The Myth that Justifies the Tribe Gail Morgan , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January (1990-1991) no. 127 1990; (p. 3-4)

— Review of The Larrikin Streak: Australian Writers Look at the Legend 1990 anthology prose criticism short story
Sorting Out the Lairs and the Larrikins D. R. Burns , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 2 February 1991; (p. 8)

— Review of The Larrikin Streak: Australian Writers Look at the Legend 1990 anthology prose criticism short story
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