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Issue Details: First known date: 2003... 6-7 September 2003 of The Australian est. 1964 The Weekend Australian
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 2003 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Face : Bunty Avieson : Author, Jodie Minus , single work biography (p. 3) Section: Review
At Large in a Small Town from Hell, Edwina Preston , single work review
— Review of The Anatomy of Truth Kate Wild , 2003 single work novel ;
(p. 8-9) Section: Review
Fingernailsi"Fingernails are relentless. They are claws", Thomas Shapcott , single work poetry (p. 10) Section: Review
An Invitation to Think, Stella Clarke , single work review
— Review of Elizabeth Costello : Eight Lessons J. M. Coetzee , 2003 single work novel ;
(p. 13) Section: Review
Life and Times Down the Coast, Michael Sharkey , single work review
— Review of Blackwattle Road Ann Charlton , 2003 single work novel ; Small Acts of Kindness Bronwyn Donaghy , 2003 single work novel ;
(p. 13) Section: Review
One Big Happy Mob, Germaine Greer , extract essay
Greer contends that 'the Australian national character derives from the influence of the Aborigines whose dogged resistance to an imported and inappropriate culture has affected our culture more deeply than is usually recognised'. Greer illustrates her argument with reference to Tom Collins' Such is Life : Being Certain Extracts from the Diary of Tom Collins and the short stories of Henry Lawson.
(p. 24)
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