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Issue Details: First known date: 1960... 1960 Australian Poetry 1960
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1960 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Abandoned Gardens in the Rangesi"You climb by fire-sprung wattles, hovea.", Jessica Aldridge , single work poetry (p. 1)
The Unseen Guesti"Something stepped backward from the gilded mirror", Ernest Briggs , single work poetry (p. 2)
Lament for the Makers "Some with the right knuckles cramped" Lament of the Makersi"Some with right knuckles cramped", Vincent Buckley , single work poetry (p. 3-7)
The Funerali"Both priest and labourer, self-interred,", David Campbell , single work poetry (p. 8)
To an Old Woman In Almond-Blossom Timei"Because it is necessary to grow old", Nancy Cato , single work poetry (p. 9)
Idle Talki"The measure of all love is idle talk.", Robert Clark , single work poetry (p. 10)
The Frozen Memoryi"There is a debt to time that every man", Patrick Coady , single work poetry (p. 11-13)
Note: Author note: In 1833 when Dr Ullathorne was Vicar-General of New South Wales, he visited Bathurst to attend a convict about to be executed. He said Mass for the settlers. In his Autobiography he wrote, 'We generally used the police courts for chapels, but at Bathurst I used the ballroom of the Royal Hotel, built over the stables.'
Survey "Here, where the people chiefly are resigned" An Elegyi"Here, where they chiefly are employed", Alexander Craig , single work poetry (p. 14)
Autobiographyi"Oh how in springing through my blood", John Croyston , single work poetry (p. 15-16)
Eutychusi"The first day of the week he spoke to them", Rosemary Dobson , single work poetry (p. 17-18)
Abandoned Airstrip, Northern Territoryi"At half past two on the moonlit taxiway,", Geoffrey Dutton , single work poetry war literature (p. 19-23)
Macquarie Placei"I will go out and hear the strain", Robert D. FitzGerald , single work poetry (p. 24-25)
A Word to Magpiesi"Shout it then, the headlines, shout it now:", Irene Gough , single work poetry (p. 26-27)
Prizegiving Prize-Givingi"Professor Eisenbart, asked to attend", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 28-29)
Note: With title : Prizegiving
At South Head Cemeteryi"Running an errand, I stopped there at the gate,", Charles Higham , single work poetry (p. 30-31)
A Bidding Gracei"For what we are about to hear, Lord, Lord", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 32-33)
Song for Our Timei"A stone has its place,", Margaret Irvin , single work poetry (p. 34)
A Valedictory Ode : On Leaving the University of Melbournei"It should be autumn, wild leaves should be flying,", Evan Jones , single work poetry (p. 35-39)
The Cati"I was reading, under a light in a dusky room", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 40)
The Great Voyagei"O weariness of that blue desert plain,", James McAuley , single work poetry (p. 41-44)
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