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Contents
- The Fragrance of Dunk Island, extract essay (p. 12-14)
- The Umbrella-Tree, single work essay (p. 59-60)
- Spirits of the Night, extract (p. 114-115)
- Australia's Humming-Bird, single work essay (p. 157-158)
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Eyes Aflame,
single work
essay
On the metallic starling, 'the most interesting and entertaining of the birds' on Dunk Island.
- The Waterhen Mystery, single work prose (p. 201-202)
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A Pageant of Butterflies
A Butterfly Reverie,
single work
essay
(p. 237-239)
Note: With title: A Pageant of Butterflies
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The Mermaid of Today
The Mermaid of To-day,
single work
essay
(p. 275-276)
Note: With title: The Mermaid of Today
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Encounters with Amnesia: Confronting the Ghosts of Australian Landscape
2019
single work
essay
— Appears in: Griffith Review , January no. 63 2019; (p. 272-281)'Nature writing has never been more popular. In recent years it has become an international publishing phenomenon, with titles such as Helen Macdonald's 'H is for Hawk' (Jonathan Cape, 2014), Robert Macfarlane's 'Landmarks' (Hamish Hamilton, 2015), Amy Liptrot's 'The Outrun' (Canongate, 2016) and Sy Montgomery's 'How to be a Good Creature' (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018) scoring significant worldwide success. Australia, too, has its own rich history of nature writing. For more than a century, nature writing was 'the' primary literature for writing the country; a vital part of the ongoing process, for settler-Australians, of coming to feel at home in what were initially unfamiliar environments, and of creating a sense of national identity around them. Yet, today, nature writing is not widely known or understood here, and it's apparent that more Australians have read 'H is for Hawk' (18,000 copies sold so far according to Bookscan) than any of our own contemporary works.' (Publication abstract)
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A Booklist of International Environmental Literature : Australia
2009
single work
bibliography
— Appears in: World Literature Today , January/February vol. 83 no. 1 2009; (p. 54-55) Ruth Blair's compilation of five classics of Australian envornmental literature for an international booklist coordinate by Scott Slovic. -
Prose Introduction
1979
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Summerland : A Western Australian Sesquicentenary Anthology of Poetry and Prose 1979; (p. xix-xxi) -
Untitled
1965
single work
review
— Appears in: The Cairns Post , 9 January 1965; (p. 6)
— Review of Land of Wonder : The Best of Australian Nature Writing 1964 single work
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Untitled
1965
single work
review
— Appears in: The Cairns Post , 9 January 1965; (p. 6)
— Review of Land of Wonder : The Best of Australian Nature Writing 1964 single work -
A Booklist of International Environmental Literature : Australia
2009
single work
bibliography
— Appears in: World Literature Today , January/February vol. 83 no. 1 2009; (p. 54-55) Ruth Blair's compilation of five classics of Australian envornmental literature for an international booklist coordinate by Scott Slovic. -
Prose Introduction
1979
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Summerland : A Western Australian Sesquicentenary Anthology of Poetry and Prose 1979; (p. xix-xxi) -
Encounters with Amnesia: Confronting the Ghosts of Australian Landscape
2019
single work
essay
— Appears in: Griffith Review , January no. 63 2019; (p. 272-281)'Nature writing has never been more popular. In recent years it has become an international publishing phenomenon, with titles such as Helen Macdonald's 'H is for Hawk' (Jonathan Cape, 2014), Robert Macfarlane's 'Landmarks' (Hamish Hamilton, 2015), Amy Liptrot's 'The Outrun' (Canongate, 2016) and Sy Montgomery's 'How to be a Good Creature' (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018) scoring significant worldwide success. Australia, too, has its own rich history of nature writing. For more than a century, nature writing was 'the' primary literature for writing the country; a vital part of the ongoing process, for settler-Australians, of coming to feel at home in what were initially unfamiliar environments, and of creating a sense of national identity around them. Yet, today, nature writing is not widely known or understood here, and it's apparent that more Australians have read 'H is for Hawk' (18,000 copies sold so far according to Bookscan) than any of our own contemporary works.' (Publication abstract)