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The work consists of four prose pieces, one for each season, interspersed with poems by Murray and illustrated with lavish colour photographs of Australian life and landscape.
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Contents indexed selectively.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
North Ryde,
Ryde - Gladesville - Hunters Hill area,
Northwest Sydney,
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson
, 1985 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Preface, single work prose (p. 1-3)
- The Broad Bean Sermoni"Beanstalks, in any breeze, are a slack church parade", single work poetry (p. 7)
- The Grassfire Stanzasi"August, and black centres expand on the afternoon paddock.", single work poetry (p. 8)
- Louvresi"In the banana zone, in the poinciana tropics", single work poetry (p. 11)
- Bent Water in the Tasmanian Highlandsi"Flashy wrists out of buttoned grass cuffs, feral whisky burning gravels,", single work poetry (p. 15)
- The Gum Foresti"After the last gapped wire on a post,", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Summer, single work prose (p. 69-153)
- From: The Buladelah-Taree Holiday Song Cyclei"It is the season of the Long narrow city; it has crossed", extract poetry (p. 71)
- From The Buladelah-Taree Holiday Song Cyclei"Now the sun is an applegreen blindness through the swells ,a", extract poetry (p. 73)
- From The Buladelah-Taree Holiday Song Cyclei"Barbecue smoke is riseing at Legge's Camp; it is steaming into the midday air", extract poetry (p. 78)
- Rainwater Tanki"Empty rings when tapped give tongue", single work poetry (p. 81)
- From The Buladelah-Taree Holiday Song Cyclei"The stars of the holiday step out all over the sky", extract poetry (p. 83)
- A Retrospect of Humidityi"All the air conditioners now slacken", single work poetry (p. 84)
- The Canberra Remnanti"Eavesdropping rain", single work poetry (p. 157)
- Flowering Eucalypt in Autumni"That slim creek out of the sky", single work poetry (p. 159)
- From Machine Portraits with Pendant Spacemani"Shaking in slow low flight, with its span of many jets", extract poetry (p. 161)
- From Visiting Anzac in the Year of Metrication, extract poetry (p. 165)
- Winter, single work prose (p. 213-289)
- Once in a Lifetime, Snowi"Winters at home brought wind,", single work poetry (p. 215)
- The Ballad Trapi"In the hanging gorges", single work poetry (p. 218)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Australian Seasons
1986
single work
review
— Appears in: Island Magazine , Winter no. 27 1986; (p. 60-61)
— Review of The Australian Year : The Chronicle of Our Seasons and Celebrations 1985 selected work prose poetry
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Australian Seasons
1986
single work
review
— Appears in: Island Magazine , Winter no. 27 1986; (p. 60-61)
— Review of The Australian Year : The Chronicle of Our Seasons and Celebrations 1985 selected work prose poetry
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