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Issue Details: First known date: 2000... 2000 The Forever Lands : Australia's Northern Territory in Words and Images
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Camberwell East, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,:Beyond Images , 2000 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Finke Riveri"The thin pool reflects", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 9)
Lost Riveri"Residual, the Finke is a worm", Mark O'Connor , extract poetry (p. 11)
The Centrei"The thought of absent water swirls", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 15)
Rock Altari"Seven giant buses, and two semi-articulated,", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 18)
The Rocki"The Rock has exits and entrances", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 21)
Dinosaur Dreaming (for Mt Stegosaurus) Dinosaur Dreamtime (a fantasy for Mt Stegosaurus and the Centre) Dinosaur Dreamtime : A Fantasy for Mt Stegosaurus and the Centrei"The Dreamtime was true. These rocks all lived.", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 24-25)
Note: With title: Dinosaur Dreaming (for Mt Stegosaurus)
Aboriginal Literacyi"No books, no Recording Angel myth,", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 26)
The Silence (Alice Springs)i"Closing the door, you go out", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 28-29)
And Sometimes Wet ...i"Unliveable heat.", Mark O'Connor , extract poetry (p. 31)
"In the desert pool a scattering skyful" Wild Budgerigarsi"In the desert pool", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 32-33)
Note: With first line: In the desert pool a scattering skyful
Desert Pooli"Camel and butterfly stagger in", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 33)
Ghost Gumsi"Whitely as stardust, a ghost-gum resists", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 34)
"A plain of gray water between giant bluffs." At Edith Fallsi"A plain of grey water between giant bluffs.", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 37)
Rock Paintings, Katherine Gorgei"All day the barges come and go", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 38)
Termite Landsi"Driving into the nothing,", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 40)
Flying Over the Top End (Singapore to Brisbane Flight)i"Dawn is a curve of primal white", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 43)
Ice Age Fieldsi"Jabiluka plain, a vast lawn of goose-mown grass,", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 44)
Feeding Plains - Mamukalai"Magpie geese:", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 47)
Magela Floodplain at Dawni"A dazzle licks at the rim of the world,", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 48)
Jabirus at Anabangbangi"The jabiru stork is hunting", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 52)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Camberwell East, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Beyond Images , 2000 .
      Extent: 109p.
      Description: col. illus., map
      Note/s:
      • Poems illustrated with colour photography by John Kirk.
      • Foreword by Les Murray.
      ISBN: 0646396099

Works about this Work

Retrieving Our Remote Past Patrick Morgan , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , May vol. 45 no. 5 2001; (p. 85-86)

— Review of The Forever Lands : Australia's Northern Territory in Words and Images Mark O'Connor , 2000 selected work poetry
Retrieving Our Remote Past Patrick Morgan , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , May vol. 45 no. 5 2001; (p. 85-86)

— Review of The Forever Lands : Australia's Northern Territory in Words and Images Mark O'Connor , 2000 selected work poetry
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