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Occasions of Birds single work   poetry   "I heard on the radio how birds in Assam"
Issue Details: First known date: 1983... 1983 Occasions of Birds
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    y separately published work icon Overland no. 91 May 1983 Z595421 1983 periodical issue 1983 pg. 44
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    y separately published work icon The Penguin Book of Australian Women Poets Susan Hampton (editor), Kate Llewellyn (editor), Ringwood : Penguin , 1986 Z406355 1986 anthology poetry Ringwood : Penguin , 1986 pg. 52-54
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    y separately published work icon Occasions of Birds and Other Poems Elizabeth Riddell , Canberra : Brindabella Press , 1987 Z369616 1987 selected work poetry satire Canberra : Brindabella Press , 1987 pg. 40-45
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    y separately published work icon From the Midnight Courtyard Elizabeth Riddell , North Ryde : Angus and Robertson , 1989 Z99545 1989 selected work poetry North Ryde : Angus and Robertson , 1989 pg. 25-27
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    y separately published work icon Australian Poetry in the Twentieth Century Robert Gray (editor), Geoffrey Lehmann (editor), Port Melbourne : Heinemann , 1991 Z27032 1991 anthology poetry Port Melbourne : Heinemann , 1991 pg. 110-112
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    y separately published work icon Selected Poems Elizabeth Riddell , Pymble : Angus and Robertson , 1992 Z321972 1992 selected work poetry satire Pymble : Angus and Robertson , 1992 pg. 115-118
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    y separately published work icon Australian Verse : An Oxford Anthology John Leonard (editor), Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1998 Z461207 1998 anthology poetry (taught in 1 units) 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 pg. 238
Subjects:
Settings:
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    India,
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    South Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
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    Mauritius,
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    Indian Ocean - Africa, Africa,
  • Chatham Islands, Pacific Ocean,
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