AustLit logo
Issue Details: First known date: 1981... 1981 The Collins Book of Australian Poetry
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Collins , 1981 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Song Cycle of the Moon-Bone Wonguri - Mandjigai Song : Song Cycle of the Moon-Bonei"The people are making a camp of branches in that country at Arnhem Bay:", Wonguri-Mandjigai People , Ronald M. Berndt (translator) poetry Indigenous story (p. 13-19)
Jim Jones Jim Jones at Botany Bayi"O listen for a moment, lads, and hear me tell my tale,", single work poetry (p. 20)
Moreton Bayi"One Sunday morning as I went walking, by Brisbane waters I chanced to stray;", single work poetry (p. 21)
Untitled : from The Devil and the Governori"DEVIL. In New South Wales, as I plainly see,", William Forster , extract drama satire (p. 22-24)
Sonnets on the War : IXi"'Twixt East and West a giant shape she grew,", X. B. , single work poetry (p. 24-25)
Love has Eyesi"Dear friend! Believe me, Love's not always blind,", William Forster , single work poetry (p. 25)
The Poor of Londoni"Lift up, ye poor! your everlasting prayer!", William Forster , single work poetry (p. 25)
The Streets of Forbesi"Come all you Lachlan men, and a sorrowful tale I'll tell", John McGuire , single work poetry (p. 26)
Squatter Song : Bush Justicei"A Dealer, bewitched by gain-promising dreams,", Charles Harpur , single work poetry satire (p. 26-27)
Marvellous Martin - IIi"Who sees him walk the street, can scarce forbear", Charles Harpur , single work poetry satire (p. 27-28)
Note: With title: 'Marvellous Martin' and without epigraph.
From: A Coast View [Untitled] (from A Coast View)i"Dead city walls may pen us in, but still", Charles Harpur , extract poetry (p. 28-29)
[Untitled] (from The Creek of the Four Graves)i"I verse a Settler's tale of olden times-", Charles Harpur , single work poetry (p. 29-30)
A Dedicationi"They are rhymes rudely strung with intent less", Adam Lindsay Gordon , single work poetry (p. 30-31)
Parentsi"My father asks me how I stand it all,", Vincent Buckley , single work poetry (p. 31)
From 'Hippodromania; or : Whiffs from the Pipe'i"Rest, and be thankful! On the verge", Adam Lindsay Gordon , single work poetry extract (p. 31-32)
How We Beat the Favourite : A Lay of the Loamshire Hunt Cupi"'Aye, squire,' said Stevens, 'they back him at evens;", Adam Lindsay Gordon , single work poetry (p. 32-35)
The Sick Stock-Rider The Sick Stockrideri"Hold hard, Ned! lift me down once more, and lay me in the shade,", Adam Lindsay Gordon , single work poetry (p. 35-38)
Ankotarinyai"Ankotarinya in his burrow is decorated with red down.", Aranda Tribe , T. G. H. Strehlow , single work poetry (p. 38-39)
Aranda Songi"The sun is going down. His spearthrower", Aranda Tribe , T. G. H. Strehlow (translator), single work poetry (p. 40)
The Last of His Tribei"He crouches, and buries his face on his knees,", Henry Kendall , single work poetry (p. 40-41)

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)
Maori and Aboriginal Literature in Australian and New Zealand Poetry Anthologies : Some Problems and Perspectives Lawrence Bourke , 1993 single work criticism
— Appears in: New Literatures Review , Summer South no. 25 1993; (p. 23-28)
Afterword: How to Weather the Future Storms? Louise Wakeling , 1987 single work criticism
— Appears in: Literature 1987; (p. 21-23)
The Sum of the Parts Terry Harrington , 1986 single work criticism
— Appears in: Overland , July no. 103 1986; (p. 28-31)
Australian Stock Taking Ruth Morse , 1984 single work review
— Appears in: PN Review , [41] vol. 11 no. 3 1984; (p. 51-52)

— Review of The Collins Book of Australian Poetry 1981 anthology poetry
New Book of Verse: An Interesting, If Flawed, Selection Geoffrey Dutton , 1981 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 17 November vol. 101 no. 5289 1981; (p. 78,83)

— Review of The Collins Book of Australian Poetry 1981 anthology poetry
[Review] The Collins Book of Australian Poetry J. Griffin , 1981 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 7 November 1981; (p. 26)

— Review of The Collins Book of Australian Poetry 1981 anthology poetry
Strong Voices in an Old Land John Harwood , 1981 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 36 1981; (p. 5-6)

— Review of The Collins Book of Australian Poetry 1981 anthology poetry
Rodney's Hall of Fame Vivian Smith , 1981 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , December vol. 25 no. 12 1981; (p. 76-77)

— Review of The Collins Book of Australian Poetry 1981 anthology poetry
Poet Breaks Down Graves Law in New Anthology Kerry O'Shea , 1981 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Financial Review , 16 October 1981; (p. 47)

— Review of The Collins Book of Australian Poetry 1981 anthology 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)
The Sum of the Parts Terry Harrington , 1986 single work criticism
— Appears in: Overland , July no. 103 1986; (p. 28-31)
Maori and Aboriginal Literature in Australian and New Zealand Poetry Anthologies : Some Problems and Perspectives Lawrence Bourke , 1993 single work criticism
— Appears in: New Literatures Review , Summer South no. 25 1993; (p. 23-28)
Australian Poetry : The Achievement of the Last 10 Years Mark O'Connor , 1982 single work criticism prose
— Appears in: Modern Australian Styles : Three Lectures on Verse and Drama 1982; (p. 19-38) Germinal , November no. 3 1986; (p. 31-47)
y separately published work icon Interview : Rodney Hall Jim Davidson (interviewer), Z549674 1981 single work interview
Last amended 2 Sep 2002 16:30:56
X