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Alternative title: Australia's Britain
Issue Details: First known date: 2004... vol. 63 no. 3 2004 of Meanjin est. 1940 Meanjin
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Contents

* Contents derived from the 2004 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
They Are All Gone Into a World of Lighti"to be", Chris Wallace-Crabbe , single work poetry (p. 2)
Pro Patria Mori, Martin Ball , single work essay
Editor's Note: Comparing responses to the battles of Balaclava in 1854 and the Nek in 1915, Martin Ball traces the processes by which histoical facts are turned into legend.
(p. 3-12)
Memento Mori, Julian Davies , single work short story (p. 13-19)
"Climb out of the medieval one-way" Travelling the British Roadsi"Climb out of the mediaeval one-way", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 20-22)
Note: With first line: Climb out of the medieval one-way
Edwardian Excursion, Craig Wilcox , single work essay
Wilcox examines the lives of Australian artists (principally writers and painters) who lived in London during the two decades before World War I. Having canvassed the breadth of experience, including creative successes and failures, Wilcox leaves it to his readers to determine whether the migration and resultant artistic output 'denied Australia or simply enriched a wider world'.
(p. 23-32)
When Dukes Were Two a Penny, F. B. Smith , single work essay
Examines a legal case arising from a dispute over an inheritance and title - one of the claimants was an Australian, George Hollamby Druce
(p. 37-47)
Anglo-Australian Gothic, Peter Craven , single work review
— Review of The Ghost Writer John Harwood , 2004 single work novel ;
(p. 48-55)
Fellow Britons?, Stuart Ward , single work essay
Editor's note: Historian Stuart Ward explores the conceptions of 'independent Australian Britishness' among Australian political leaders on their visits to the UK.
(p. 56-64)
Fanfrolico Frolics, John Arnold , single work criticism
John Arnold traces the life of the Fanfrolico Press, the press's co-founder Jack Lindsay and its manager P. R. Stephensen, particularly during the London-based period from 1926-1930. Arnold canvasses the financial problems experienced by the press, Lindsay's relationships with women, the publication of the journal London Aphrodite and the involvement of Lindsay's father, Norman Linday. The latter assisted the press financially and also contributed illustrations for some of its publications.
(p. 65-74)
Dominion Culture, Jim Davidson , single work essay
Davidson investigates expressions of imperial culture as evidenced in Australia up until the 1960s. He particularly identifies the Scouting movement, the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan, and the images appearing on stamps.
(p. 75-84)
Influencesi"Spent the night talking", Jill Jones , single work poetry (p. 106-107)
Home from Home, Jim Morgan , single work autobiography (p. 117-122)
How British Are We?, Andrew Hassam , single work review
— Review of Made in England : Australia's British Inheritance David Malouf , 2003 single work essay ;
(p. 123-130)
The Return of Dr X, Nathan Cureton , single work short story (p. 131-138)
Anglo-Australian Epiphanies, Carl Bridge , single work autobiography
Bridge reflects on a series of events, in which he had taken part, that reveal the close links between Australians and Britons.
(p. 139-143)
The Shoals of Celebrity, Geoffrey Bolton , single work autobiography (p. 144-148)
Maggie Thatcher: My Part in Her Downfall, James Walter , single work autobiography (p. 149-156)
Straight Batting, Brian Matthews , single work autobiography (p. 157-163)
Motivational Chant 1i"to write while fucking - impossible!", Kerry Leves , single work poetry (p. 164-165)
We Know Hell in Our Bonesi"You feel you're falling and jolt awake; remember", Anna Nicholson , single work poetry (p. 165)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Get Interpellated James Ley , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January no. 267 2004-2005; (p. 26-27)

— Review of Cultural Studies Review vol. 10 no. 2 September 2004 periodical issue ; Griffith Review no. 5 Spring 2004 periodical issue ; Meanjin vol. 63 no. 3 2004 periodical issue
Around the World, in So Many Words Bill Perrett , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 13 November 2004; (p. 4)

— Review of Meanjin vol. 63 no. 3 2004 periodical issue ; Overland no. 176 Spring 2004 periodical issue
Around the World, in So Many Words Bill Perrett , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 13 November 2004; (p. 4)

— Review of Meanjin vol. 63 no. 3 2004 periodical issue ; Overland no. 176 Spring 2004 periodical issue
Get Interpellated James Ley , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January no. 267 2004-2005; (p. 26-27)

— Review of Cultural Studies Review vol. 10 no. 2 September 2004 periodical issue ; Griffith Review no. 5 Spring 2004 periodical issue ; Meanjin vol. 63 no. 3 2004 periodical issue
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