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Issue Details: First known date: 1974... 1974 Australian Voices : A Collection of Poetry and Pictures
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,:Penguin , 1974 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Galloping Parrotsi"The sun is slowly sinking in the west,", Anon. (fl. 1974) , single work poetry (p. 7)
Zebui"The Zebu lives in Northern Aussie", J. D. G. Medley , single work poetry (p. 8)
Larrikin Languagei"'Tis the everyday Australian", W. T. Goodge , single work poetry (p. 10-11)
The Onomatopoeia Riveri"Glade ... shade ... pool ... cool ...", Max Dunn , single work poetry (p. 13)
Ye Torturesi"The prisoner will be", Spike Milligan , single work poetry (p. 14)
Grotesquei"My", Lesbia Harford , single work poetry (p. 17)
Dinghiesi"Dinghies, those disreputable carts of the sea,", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 18)
Romantici"I should like to go out into the snow", Rosemary Dobson , single work poetry (p. 18)
Give Me Timei"The first impressions blazed harsh and clear", Bryn Griffiths , single work poetry (p. 20)
Once This Was the Landi"Once this was the land of Dream Time,", Max Dunn , extract poetry (p. 23)
South Pacifici"With the first settlers the home seasons came", Basil Dowling , single work poetry (p. 24)
The Incomplete Migrant : Lines to a Temporary Australian About to Return to His Native Shorei"No, you would never make a good Australian:", Nancy Cato , single work poetry (p. 25)
The Lament of the Bulldozersi"The bulldozers have bolted", Geoffrey Dutton , single work poetry (p. 26-27)
Picnici"The sudden sun, and the white spring rain", Ray Mathew , single work poetry (p. 28)
Giantsi"For blue and diluted is this nation's eye,", Karl Shapiro , single work poetry (p. 28)
Lucky Countryi"Australia the lucky country", Len Fox , single work poetry (p. 28)
Small School at Kunghuri"It was the children each morning", Peter Skrzynecki , single work poetry (p. 30-31)
Migrant Bachelori"A page of the letter falls to the floor", Peter Skrzynecki , single work poetry (p. 31)
Poem in Time of Winteri"My head is unhappy,", Ray Mathew , single work poetry (p. 33)
Colonial Educationi"Oh, what a discussion there's been,", Charles Thatcher , single work poetry (p. 34-35)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

The Environmental Ethics of Australian Nature Poems Norbert H. Platz , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australia : Making Space Meaningful 2007; (p. 81-101)
‘The basic contention inspiring this paper is: poets care about Australia’s physical environment and human survival in Australia. Australian literature contains a substantial body of knowledge that could be deployed to constitute the imaginative core of an environmental ethic. Thus a great many Australian literary texts could be studied with the purpose of helping to usher in the desirable concept of an environmentally literate community. The essay is divided into two sections. Section one will provide a brief survey of environmental ethics. This survey is followed by the exposition of six deontic or prescriptive outlines, to be supplemented by some eudaemonic considerations. The latter envisage the notion of the ‘good life,’ in harmony with nature. In section two, important insights furnished by environmental ethics will be used as an orientation towards identifying the environmental concerns shown in a variety of Australian nature poems. Among the authors considered are Bruce Dawe, Dorothy Hewett, John Kinsella, Mark O’Connor, John Shaw Neilson, Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker), and last but not least Judith Wright. As will be seen, there are many convergences and correspondences between the basic claims made by environmental ethics, and the environmental insights and experiences that have been accumulated in a noteworthy corpus of Australian nature poems. What is enshrined in these poems is the ‘collective prudence,’ not only of a cultural elite, but also of the modern Everyman.’ (Author’s abstract p.81)
The Search for Continuity and Identity : A Review of Twelve Volumes of Recent Australian Poetry S. E. Lee , 1975 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , September vol. 35 no. 3 1975; (p. 294-312)

— Review of Graham Simmons : Poems Graham Simmons , 1974 selected work poetry ; Times and Seasons : An Introduction to Bruce Dawe Basil Shaw , 1974 single work criticism ; Australian Voices : A Collection of Poetry and Pictures 1974 anthology poetry ; Word from Lilliput : Poems Peter Steele , 1973 selected work poetry ; A Bone Flute : Poems Philip Martin , 1974 selected work poetry ; Australia's Ukrainian Poets R. H. Morrison (translator), 1973 anthology poetry ; The Secret Day R. L. Frye , 1973 selected work poetry ; 3 Poets 1974 Grahame Pitt , Mal Andersen , Laurie Neill , 1974 selected work poetry ; Lauds and Plaints : Poems (1968-1972) Bruce Beaver , 1974 selected work poetry ; Seasons of Love : Poems Marjorie Pizer , 1975 selected work poetry ; Neighbours in a Thicket : Poems David Malouf , 1974 selected work poetry ; In an Australian Country Graveyard and Other Poems Hal Porter , 1974 selected work poetry
The Search for Continuity and Identity : A Review of Twelve Volumes of Recent Australian Poetry S. E. Lee , 1975 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , September vol. 35 no. 3 1975; (p. 294-312)

— Review of Graham Simmons : Poems Graham Simmons , 1974 selected work poetry ; Times and Seasons : An Introduction to Bruce Dawe Basil Shaw , 1974 single work criticism ; Australian Voices : A Collection of Poetry and Pictures 1974 anthology poetry ; Word from Lilliput : Poems Peter Steele , 1973 selected work poetry ; A Bone Flute : Poems Philip Martin , 1974 selected work poetry ; Australia's Ukrainian Poets R. H. Morrison (translator), 1973 anthology poetry ; The Secret Day R. L. Frye , 1973 selected work poetry ; 3 Poets 1974 Grahame Pitt , Mal Andersen , Laurie Neill , 1974 selected work poetry ; Lauds and Plaints : Poems (1968-1972) Bruce Beaver , 1974 selected work poetry ; Seasons of Love : Poems Marjorie Pizer , 1975 selected work poetry ; Neighbours in a Thicket : Poems David Malouf , 1974 selected work poetry ; In an Australian Country Graveyard and Other Poems Hal Porter , 1974 selected work poetry
The Environmental Ethics of Australian Nature Poems Norbert H. Platz , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australia : Making Space Meaningful 2007; (p. 81-101)
‘The basic contention inspiring this paper is: poets care about Australia’s physical environment and human survival in Australia. Australian literature contains a substantial body of knowledge that could be deployed to constitute the imaginative core of an environmental ethic. Thus a great many Australian literary texts could be studied with the purpose of helping to usher in the desirable concept of an environmentally literate community. The essay is divided into two sections. Section one will provide a brief survey of environmental ethics. This survey is followed by the exposition of six deontic or prescriptive outlines, to be supplemented by some eudaemonic considerations. The latter envisage the notion of the ‘good life,’ in harmony with nature. In section two, important insights furnished by environmental ethics will be used as an orientation towards identifying the environmental concerns shown in a variety of Australian nature poems. Among the authors considered are Bruce Dawe, Dorothy Hewett, John Kinsella, Mark O’Connor, John Shaw Neilson, Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker), and last but not least Judith Wright. As will be seen, there are many convergences and correspondences between the basic claims made by environmental ethics, and the environmental insights and experiences that have been accumulated in a noteworthy corpus of Australian nature poems. What is enshrined in these poems is the ‘collective prudence,’ not only of a cultural elite, but also of the modern Everyman.’ (Author’s abstract p.81)
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