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Notes:
Three of the five parts of this poem have epigraphs:
Part three: I wish that you place the pistol in my right hand, and that you leave me unburied. (Burke to King, 1861)
Part four: It would be better to grow potatoes like the Irish and stay out of trouble. (Nolan at Derby, 1949)
Part five: The shade from the hill comes over and talks in language. (Rover Thomas)-
Appears in:
- y The Best Australian Poems 2003 Peter Craven (editor), Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2003 Z1084575 2003 anthology poetry Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2003 pg. 148-151
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