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Notes
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Epigraph: from Charles Darwin's The Descent of Man.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Charters Towers,
Charters Towers area,
Far North Queensland,
Queensland,:Robert J. Talbot
, 1997 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Angelenei"My given name is Angelene. They think I have become", single work poetry (p. 3-5)
- Peacei"Peace is but a knowledge kept for those who wish to know it.", single work poetry (p. 6)
- Prayer for Humanityi"God save us from the sin of gross, intolerant behaviour.", single work poetry (p. 7-8)
- Poisoned Flour - Underground!i"Didn't they give us white man tucker, flour in hessian bags?", single work poetry (p. 11-12)
- Friendshipi"There is no quality to aim for, or no standard to achieve,", single work poetry (p. 13-14)
- Historyi"Our history forgotten, we're condemned again to live it,", single work poetry (p. 15-16)
- Our Ship of Nationhoodi"Sailing in pacific splendour, crewed by eighteen million souls,", single work poetry (p. 17-18)
- Our Childreni"Children are the echoes, and reflections of ourselves;", single work poetry (p. 19-20)
- The Ballad of Maxwell Alexanderi"He came down from Urandangie,", single work poetry (p. 21-23)
- Mopokei"Mopoke, sitting on a fence,", single work poetry (p. 24)
- Advance Australiai"After all is said and done, and the final short is fired,", single work poetry (p. 25-26)
- The Bigger the Lie ......i"How, in all humanity, are we ever to learn,", single work poetry (p. 27-28)
- War and Peacei"Growing up, we gathered to us images of war.", single work poetry (p. 29-30)
- The Day of the Victory Runi"I saw it in the North Yard workshops, what remains of them.", single work poetry (p. 31-33)
- This Landi"Who cares about this country? Who thinks about their nation?", single work poetry (p. 35-41)
- Frogsi"Has anybody wondered if industrial pollution", single work poetry (p. 42)
- Children of the Multiculturei"Children of the multiculture we know as Australia,", single work poetry (p. 43-44)
- The Victory of the Godsi"Escape! Blessed escaping from the mundane, to the bush.", single work poetry (p. 45-46)
- The Peewee Nesti"You sit upon the downpipe, in the nest we made together.", single work poetry (p. 47-48)
- Dylanesquei"See me dancing, Dylanesque "beneath the diamond sky"", single work poetry (p. 49-50)
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