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Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 Witnessing : Poems
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Notes

  • Dedication: To Lance.
  • 'The poems in this book follow a broadly autobiographical line, organised in three sections. The first, 'Cronulla' covers her family and early life;the second, 'Canberra' relates to marriage, family, and life in the Canberra years 1960 t0 1988; the third, 'Newcastle' continues her story after moving to the Newcastle/Lake Macquarie area in 1988 and finding new associations with people, land and sea.' Lance Hennessy.
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Rankin Park, Cardiff - Elermore Vale area, Newcastle, Newcastle - Hunter Valley area, New South Wales,:Gailan , 2009 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Sepia Printi"I have only one photograph of you", Gail Hennessy , single work poetry (p. 5)
From My Motheri"Telling the story in the kitchen", Gail Hennessy , single work poetry (p. 6)
Heritagei"You prided our dark skin", Gail Hennessy , single work poetry (p. 7)
To Be So Luckyi"My Great-grandmother died in 1887", Gail Hennessy , single work poetry (p. 8)
The Ancestorsi"Patrick my father's uncle called", Gail Hennessy , single work poetry (p. 9)
For My Motheri"Too much sadness", Gail Hennessy , single work poetry (p. 102)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Rankin Park, Cardiff - Elermore Vale area, Newcastle, Newcastle - Hunter Valley area, New South Wales,: Gailan , 2009 .
      Extent: xiii, 157pp.
      Reprinted: 2010
      Note/s:
      • Introduction by Lance Hennessy.
      • Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-155).
      ISBN: 9780980738308 (pbk.)
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