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* Contents derived from the 2009 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Casuarinasi"Sometimes people call them she-oaks, or river oaks,", single work poetry (p. 11)
- Street Viewi"I install Google Earth", single work poetry (p. 15)
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Australia : Echoes of Xavier Herbert,
single work
criticism
(p. 16-18)The article discusses the film "Australia" in relation to the Australian fiction "Capricornia" and "Poor Fellow My Country" by Xavier Herbert. It compares the contrasting motifs of the movie and the novels. The author outlines the characters in the novels and explores how aspects of these characters are similarly played out in the movie. Overviews of the movie and the novels are also given.
- Tidali"At the top of the tide the float pauses, rising and falling", single work poetry (p. 18)
- JAGUAR XJ 4.2, 1979i"Body a cigar", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Waitressi"It is not much", single work poetry (p. 19)
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The Great Australian Folk Song That Wasn't,
single work
criticism
(p. 30-36)The article presents a history of the Australian folk song, "Click Go the Shears." The song is a parody of "Ring the Bell, Watchman," a Civil War-era song composed by American Henry Clay Work. Jack Moses, a bush poet, gave the text of the song to Catholic priest and folk song collector Percy Jones, in the early 1940s. According to the author, copyright claims to the song are in question. Work done by folk song collectors such as Burl Ives, John Meredith and Alfred Hill are also described.
- Vernacular Exchange (Horace Odes III.9)i"When, girl, you paid my rent", single work poetry (p. 36)
- Afterthoughti"Lifting her foot,", single work poetry (p. 43)
- Sheepi"Only three days since", single work poetry (p. 43)
- Visiting Genevai"I came to Geneva", single work poetry (p. 63)
- Spiderlooi"We open Spiderloo, our eight cornered hut", single work poetry (p. 69)
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Uncle Pepi the Mechanic, Italy 1945i"
The sound of twigs breaking along the path out the back alerts him that there's
", single work poetry (p. 75) - The Slakei"The white sun has prised open the earth.", single work poetry (p. 81)
- Vincents : A Roundi"Edna St Vincent, Edna St Vincent", single work poetry (p. 105)
- You Haven't Been in Rome Until You've Been Robbed, single work short story (p. 106-115)
- Vandals in Egypt (Abu Simbel Temple)i"The statues are awful, immense,", single work poetry (p. 115)
- Barracking for Obamai"It feels like it did all those years ago:", single work poetry (p. 115)
- Allegories of the Beesi"Affectless drones, observing the wild dance", single work poetry (p. 122)
- Waterbird Beak Tankai"Innovation", single work poetry (p. 126)
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