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y separately published work icon Beckom (Pop. 64) selected work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1988... 1988 Beckom (Pop. 64)
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Notes

  • Dedication: To my parents.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Hawthorn, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,:Hudson Publishing , 1988 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Beckom (Pop. 64), Bill Marsh , single work short story (p. 1-5)
The War Hero, Bill Marsh , single work short story (p. 7-8)
The Promise, Bill Marsh , single work short story (p. 9-12)
Barney, Bill Marsh , single work short story (p. 13-15)
The Ghost Who Walks, Bill Marsh , single work short story (p. 16-20)
Arch Rivals, Bill Marsh , single work short story (p. 21-24)
The Pie-Eyed Piper, Bill Marsh , single work short story (p. 25-28)
Arnold Rathbone's Last Day, Bill Marsh , single work short story (p. 29-33)
Cleanliness is Next to..., Bill Marsh , single work short story (p. 34-37)
The Concert, Bill Marsh , single work short story (p. 39-43)
The Messenger from God, Bill Marsh , single work short story (p. 45-47)
The Discovery, Bill Marsh , single work short story (p. 48-51)
A Day at the Races, Bill Marsh , single work short story (p. 52-56)
Buster, Bill Marsh , single work short story (p. 57-60)
The Cultural Excursion, Bill Marsh , single work short story (p. 61-65)
Mrs McCaughney, Bill Marsh , single work short story (p. 66-69)
Rasputin, Bill Marsh , single work short story (p. 70-73)
Gran's Visit, Bill Marsh , single work short story (p. 74-77)
The Ashes, Bill Marsh , single work short story (p. 78-85)
Mum, Bill Marsh , single work short story (p. 86-88)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Swampy : Tall Tales and True From Boyhood and Beyond Bill Marsh , Sydney : ABC Books , 2012 18691919 2012 selected work short story 'Charming, funny autobiographical stories from one of Australia's best-loved authors of Australiana. For me, Beckom was one vast playground. From the plover-infested homestead to its dam crawling with yabbies; along the meandering mysteries of the Mirrool Creek; up to the forgotten pine forest; over to the dusty silos of harvest; this was my backyard. I could leave home at sunrise and return ragged at sunset, my heart overflowing with a day of games and adventures. What more does a kid need? In this collection of stories, Bill 'Swampy' Marsh takes us from his childhood in a small outback town in the 1950s and coming of age at an all-boys bush boarding school, to his journey as an adult, when he revisits and reflects on youth by travelling in his father's footsteps through rural Australia.Loveable and eccentric characters are brought to life with humour and affection as we are led through mateship and manhood, cricket and footy, young love and heartbreak, battlers and larrikins, courage and loyalty.these are tales of everyday life in rural Australia. the simple things. the important things ...' 

     (Publication summary)

    Sydney : ABC Books , 2012

Works about this Work

Incisive Perceptions of Provincial Living Katharine England , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser Magazine , 8 October 1988; (p. 8)

— Review of Beckom (Pop. 64) Bill Marsh , 1988 selected work short story ; Down the Breakie W. R. Olson , 1989 single work novel
Incisive Perceptions of Provincial Living Katharine England , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser Magazine , 8 October 1988; (p. 8)

— Review of Beckom (Pop. 64) Bill Marsh , 1988 selected work short story ; Down the Breakie W. R. Olson , 1989 single work novel
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