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y separately published work icon Meanjin periodical issue  
Alternative title: On Cities
Issue Details: First known date: 2006... vol. 65 no. 2 2006 of Meanjin est. 1940 Meanjin
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 2006 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Parabolic By Design, Ross Gibson , single work criticism

Editor's note: Ross Gibson builds a literary bridge between two Sydney publications that appeared at the time of the building of the Harbour Bridge and ponders the fate of Sydney in the light of their visions.

The two publications referred to are the literary magazine Vision and Frank Cash's account of the building of the bridge, Parables of the Sydney Harbour Bridge: Setting Forth the Preparation for, and Progressive Growth of, the Sydney Harbour Bridge, to April 1930.

 (p. 108-114)
Green Grass : Notes on Sydney Park, Tim Wright , Vanessa Berry , Leigh Rigozzi , single work short story (p. 115-120)
Note: illus.
The Old Children's Hospitali"Thursday morning 6 a.m., a carefully", David Brooks , single work poetry (p. 128-129)
Divertimentoi"Viewing the body", John Deane , single work poetry (p. 129)
Breathing Amber, Matthew Condon , single work short story (p. 130-137)
The Eternal City, Megan Hicks , single work essay

Editor's note: How chalk brought 'Eternity' to Sydney. Megan Hicks records the paradoxical power of a disappearing medium.

 (p. 139-146)
Boronia Memoriesi"I used to walk down this forgotten road", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 173)
Subtopia or Sunnyside?, Rodney Wetherell , single work criticism
Editor's note: Rodney Wetherell considers the treatment of Melbourne and its suburbs in some recent novels.
 (p. 174-180)
The Worst Thing, Philip Canon , single work short story (p. 187-194)
A Guide to Troublemaking in Melbourne, Craig Sherborne , single work prose (p. 205-209)
A History of Violence, Carmel Bird , single work review
— Review of Hoi Polloi Craig Sherborne , 2005 single work autobiography ; Necessary Evil : Poems Craig Sherborne , 2006 selected work poetry ; (p. 210-215)
Epistles from Eden, Marion Halligan , single work short story (p. 223-230)
Assombrissements Darkeningsi"born in a demountable, there you are now,", Pamela Brown , single work poetry (p. 247-248)
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