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* Contents derived from the
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson
, 1963 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Woman to Mani"The eyeless labourer in the night,", single work poetry
- The Traveller and the Angeli"When I came to the strength of my youth", single work poetry
- South of My Daysi"South of my days' circle, part of my blood's country,", single work poetry
- Request to a Yeari"If the year is meditating a suitable gift,", single work poetry
- Nigger's Leap : New Englandi"The eastward spurs tip backward from the sun.", single work poetry
- The Harp and the Kingi"Old king without a throne,", single work poetry
- For New Englandi"Your trees, the homesick and the swarthy native,", single work poetry
- Woman to Childi"You who were darkness warmed my flesh", single work poetry
- Bullockyi"Beside his heavy-shouldered team,", single work poetry
- The Bulli"In the olive darkness of the sally-trees", single work poetry
- The Ancestorsi"That stream ran through the sunny grass so clear-", single work poetry
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also braille.
Works about this Work
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Untitled
single work
review
— Review of Six Voices : Contemporary Australian Poets 1963 anthology poetry -
Untitled
single work
review
— Review of Six Voices : Contemporary Australian Poets 1963 anthology poetry -
The Environmental Ethics of Australian Nature Poems
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) -
Australian Poetry through the Perspective of Anthologies
1968
single work
review
— Appears in: Opinion , vol. 12 no. 3 1968; (p. 40-43)
— Review of Six Voices : Contemporary Australian Poets 1963 anthology poetry ; The Penguin Book of Australian Verse 1958 anthology poetry -
Australian Poetry through the Perspective of Anthologies
1967
single work
review
— Appears in: The Daily Telegraph , 1 August 1967;
— Review of Six Voices : Contemporary Australian Poets 1963 anthology poetry
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1963
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 8 June 1963; (p. 13)
— Review of Six Voices : Contemporary Australian Poets 1963 anthology poetry -
Untitled
1963
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July vol. 2 no. 9 1963; (p. 153)
— Review of Six Voices : Contemporary Australian Poets 1963 anthology poetry -
Untitled
single work
review
— Review of Six Voices : Contemporary Australian Poets 1963 anthology poetry -
Untitled
single work
review
— Review of Six Voices : Contemporary Australian Poets 1963 anthology poetry -
Australian Poetry through the Perspective of Anthologies
1967
single work
review
— Appears in: The Daily Telegraph , 1 August 1967;
— Review of Six Voices : Contemporary Australian Poets 1963 anthology poetry -
The Environmental Ethics of Australian Nature Poems
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) - y Notes on Six Voices Sydney : Shakespeare Head Press , 1965 19263951 1965 single work review criticism
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