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y separately published work icon From Yellow Earth to Eucalypt : Stories and Poems from China and Australia anthology   poetry   autobiography   children's  
Issue Details: First known date: 1995... 1995 From Yellow Earth to Eucalypt : Stories and Poems from China and Australia
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This text contains a selection of stories and poems from China and Australia suitable for use by Year 10-12 students in, for example, English and literature studies. (Source: Back cover)

Affiliation Notes

  • This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it contains references to China.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Longman , 1995 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
From "Chinese Journey", Nicholas Hasluck , extract poetry (p. 2-3)
The Angry Kettle, Ding Xiaoqi , Chris Berry (translator), single work short story (p. 7-10)
The Golden Shanty A Profitable Pub, E. G. D. , single work short story humour (p. 11-22)
Fourteen Meni"Fourteen men,", Mary Gilmore , single work poetry (p. 24)
My Chinese Identity, William Yang , single work autobiography (p. 28-33)
Shot by Both Sides?, Jimmy Flowers , single work autobiography (p. 30-33)
Kong: Fossil, Nicholas Jose , single work short story (p. 34-37)
From The Crocodile Fury, Beth Yahp , extract (p. 47-49)
Australian Landscapei"Here where five bells toll south of my days", Kirpal Singh , single work poetry satire (p. 108)
On the Acquisition of Four Famous Chinese Novels for the Senior Library and Related Mattersi"Ms Hewson announces the event", Fay Zwicky , single work poetry (p. 109-110)
Pity About the System, Maureen Granger , single work autobiography (p. 111-116)
Gold Prospecting, Sang Ye , Nicholas Jose (translator), Sue Trevaskes (translator), extract (p. 122-125)
To a Nine-Year-Old Girl Killed in the Massacrei"They say that you tripped on a piece of skipping elastic", Yang Lian , single work poetry (p. 132)
On Seeing Red Sorghum, June 1989i"To survive would have been more than enough.", Tim Thorne , single work poetry (p. 133)
Beijing Massacrei"If only they had kept it out of sight,", Peter Kocan , single work poetry (p. 133-134)
Screen Dreams and Nightmares, Nicholas Jose , single work criticism (p. 137-144)
The Not-So-Good Earthi"For a while there we had 25-inch Chinese peasant families", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry satire (p. 150)
Memory Fishi"Even as a man I'm caught", David Chan , single work poetry (p. 164-165)

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