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Notes
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'This volume contains 'Melbourne and Memory', the successful entry in Centenary Poem Competition, promoted by Mr. and Mrs. James Dyer.' Cover. Miller asserts the poem was first printed in the Melbourne Herald, 11 August 1934.
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Author's note: 'In these verses, which have appeared from time to time in various periodicals, I have followed a natural tendency to draw imaginative significance from everyday things....They are in no way revolutionary, and folk who consider them to be so, show a lack of knowledge of the development of modern verse, which is written straight from the living model, and not derived from books, about the outsides and insides of which, incidentally, I may claim a share of knowledge. But Australians have always been backward in ideas about verse'
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Miller comments: 'A few copies of Odes I, II, III and IV were separately printed by the author in 1933 and distributed without imprint."
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Lothian
, 1934 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Preface [Melbourne Odes], single work prose (p. 5-8)
- Proemi"I made a town of wizard wiles,", single work poetry (p. 11)
- Melbourne and Memory: The Towers of Eveningi"The juggernauting trams and the prolonged", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Melbourne and Memory, sequence poetry (p. 13-17)
- Melbourne and Memory: Memoryi"Thoughts flutter like butterfly wings", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Melbourne and Memory: Past and Presenti"Change is a sweet and lovely sprite who brushes with a velvet pall", single work poetry (p. 14-15)
- Melbourne and Memory: The Gardensi"The wealth of the city hardens", single work poetry (p. 16-17)
- St Paul's, 1931i"Seven stormy Fridays; clothes all draggling", single work poetry (p. 18)
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The Agricultural Show, Flemington, Victoria
A Melbourne Ode (The Agricultural Show, Flemington, Victoria)i"The lumbering tractor rolls its panting round,",
single work
poetry
(p. 19-24)
Note: With title: The Agricultural Show, Flemington, Victoria
- Botanical Gardensi"Disdain not my returning", single work poetry (p. 25)
- Upon a Row of Old Boots and Shoes in a Pawnbroker's Windowi"Ah! no!", single work poetry (p. 26-31)
- Song and Dance for an Old Gentlemani"Ah, that was a mischievous glance", single work poetry (p. 32-33)
- On a Grey-Haired Old Lady Knitting at an Orchestral Concert in the Melbourne Town Hall. Prices, Two and One Plus Taxi"Cast on 120 stiches,", single work poetry (p. 34-38)
- A Drinking Lullabyi"Here I am walking in the forest's dripping shadows;", single work poetry (p. 39)
- [Untitled]i"Winds are bleak, stars are bright,", extract poetry (p. 40-48)
- Of Memories of Many Springsi"It isn't only nineteen thirty-three;", single work poetry (p. 49)
- To the North Windi"There will be no more rest", single work poetry (p. 50-51)
- The Mad Propheti"Bullock waggons with sweating teams", single work poetry (p. 52)
- The Towers of Melbournei"The butcher brings a ladder out", single work poetry (p. 53-54)
- A Wayback in Towni"Do you not murmer together of me, you temples and towers,", single work poetry (p. 55)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Frank Wilmot : The First Australian Modernist
1982
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 41 no. 4 1982; (p. 469-478) -
Furnley Maurice
1942
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin Papers , June vol. 1 no. 9 1942; (p. 13-16) -
Australian Literature Society [Meeting Report]
1936
single work
column
— Appears in: All About Books , 10 June vol. 8 no. 6 1936; (p. 95) Report of the meeting 18 May, 1936. Includes details of the Society's Short Story Competition and the addresses 'Strangers Regard Us' and 'Some Recent Australian Verse'. -
Untitled
1935
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 23 February 1935; (p. 18)
— Review of Melbourne Odes 1934 selected work poetry prose -
Some Australian Books
1935
single work
criticism
— Appears in: All About Books , 3 December vol. 7 no. 12 1935; (p. 220-221) An annotated list of Australian works from 1934/5, "a prolific [year] for publishing in Australia".
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Furnley Maurice Hymns the Modern City
1935
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Mercury , July no. 1 1935; (p. 89-92)
— Review of Melbourne Odes 1934 selected work poetry prose -
A Reader's Notebook
1934
single work
review
— Appears in: All About Books , 12 October vol. 6 no. 10 1934; (p. 194-195)
— Review of Happy Dispatches 1934 selected work diary ; Green-Grey Homestead 1933 single work short story ; Melbourne Odes 1934 selected work poetry prose ; Comboman : A Tale of Central Australia 1934 single work novel ; River Crossing 1934 single work novel ; Pemmican Pete and Other Verses for Children of All Ages 1934 selected work poetry ; Hail Victoria! 1934 single work prose -
A Reader's Notebook
1935
single work
review
— Appears in: All About Books , 11 February vol. 7 no. 2 1935; (p. 21-23)
— Review of Hard Light 1932 single work poetry ; Melbourne Odes 1934 selected work poetry prose ; Love Redeemed 1934 selected work poetry ; Seven Poor Men of Sydney 1934 single work novel ; An Eden of the Good 1934 single work novel -
Untitled
1935
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 23 February 1935; (p. 18)
— Review of Melbourne Odes 1934 selected work poetry prose -
Centenary Exhibition of Australian Books
1935
single work
prose
— Appears in: All About Books , 15 January vol. 7 no. 1 1935; (p. 8) Palmer praises Marion Agnew's selection of works for the exhibition. -
Some Australian Books
1935
single work
criticism
— Appears in: All About Books , 3 December vol. 7 no. 12 1935; (p. 220-221) An annotated list of Australian works from 1934/5, "a prolific [year] for publishing in Australia". -
Australian Literature Society [Meeting Report]
1936
single work
column
— Appears in: All About Books , 10 June vol. 8 no. 6 1936; (p. 95) Report of the meeting 18 May, 1936. Includes details of the Society's Short Story Competition and the addresses 'Strangers Regard Us' and 'Some Recent Australian Verse'. -
Frank Wilmot : The First Australian Modernist
1982
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 41 no. 4 1982; (p. 469-478) -
Furnley Maurice
1942
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin Papers , June vol. 1 no. 9 1942; (p. 13-16)
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