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Issue Details: First known date: 1993... 1993 Word Pictures of the Wheatbelt
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Kulin, Dumbleyung - Kulin - Pingrup - Newdegate area, Far Southwest Western Australia, Western Australia,:Rhoda Giles , 1993 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Music of Bushlandi"Fragrant the tamma, so rounded and green", Rhoda Giles , single work poetry (p. 3)
Thank You Prayeri"Dear Lord, thank you,", Rhoda Giles , single work poetry (p. 4)
Wakingi"The magic of waking is the stillness of dawning", Rhoda Giles , single work poetry (p. 4)
Freei"Uncleared land as far as eyes can see", Rhoda Giles , single work poetry (p. 5)
Mallees and Windi"Wind strips the bark from Mallee tree", Rhoda Giles , single work poetry (p. 5)
Dragon Rocksi"Bird song liquid sweet", Rhoda Giles , single work poetry (p. 6)
Eucalyptus Macrocarpai"Large flowered Eucalypt with finely", Rhoda Giles , single work poetry (p. 7)
Grey Currawongi"you strut along my verandah, with your", Rhoda Giles , single work poetry (p. 8)
The Gangi"I met a suntanned lad as I walked the Kulin streets, with", Rhoda Giles , single work poetry (p. 9)
Huntedi"Oh wide-eyed kangaroo who stood unafraid and free", Rhoda Giles , single work poetry (p. 10)
The Treei"Tall and green and noble it stands", Rhoda Giles , single work poetry (p. 11)
Seed Casesi"Wild seed cases have the strangest faces", Rhoda Giles , single work poetry (p. 12)
Willie Wagtaili"Gay little bird of the wheatland", Rhoda Giles , single work poetry (p. 13)
Pretty Birdi"Bright plumaged parrot borne on scortching air", Rhoda Giles , single work poetry (p. 14)
Butcher Birdi"Bare branches, stark as quartz stone", Rhoda Giles , single work poetry (p. 15-16)
Wanderer's Returni"I see the house where I was born, lonely, battered, and", Rhoda Giles , single work poetry (p. 17)
Golden Verticordiai"The rains were sparce, there would be few", Rhoda Giles , single work poetry (p. 18)
Midas Everlastingsi"On the rocky hillside where lingering breezes sigh", Rhoda Giles , single work poetry (p. 19)
Jilakini"Leaves of the sheoak trees are falling", Rhoda Giles , single work poetry (p. 20)
Eaglei"In flight he spreads his wings", Rhoda Giles , single work poetry (p. 20)

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