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* Contents derived from the 2023 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Objectsi"A house empties its contents", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Aged Parchment of Dawni"Red and yellow bins scattered", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Welcome Swallowsi"I see swallows swarming, high in Darwin’s sky,", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Daddy Plus Onei"Not my birth daughter, she was the sun,", single work poetry (p. 23)
- Empty Strollersi"Standing on Przemyśl platform", single work poetry (p. 23)
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The Death of Satire: Remembering Barry Humphries,
single work
obituary
(p. 25-28)'A personal anecdote, to begin. In a letter to the press in late 2014, Barry Humphries asked: Has Australia gone slightly mad? I read in the London press of some poor professor in Sydney who has been persecuted and suspended for sending emails to a friend in which he employs outrageous vernacular epithets for race which would be offensive if they were not so clearly jocular' (Publication abstract)
- Year of Blundersi"They thought the plague was spread by cats", single work poetry (p. 28)
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Vale Sandy: The World of Gallipoli Crescent,
single work
obituary
(p. 29-31)'It is the greatest misfortune and the spookiest coincidence that Sandy Stone vanished on the same day his brilliant manager Barry Humphries died. Although Sandy had died half a century ago—in his bed in April 1971—his ghost continued to reappear, not to haunt us but to remind us of a parochial, partisan, prejudiced age yet one which was otherwise gentler, simpler and overwhelmingly suburban.' (Introduction)
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Sandy Comes Home : The Reveries of a Returned Man,
single work
column
(p. 32-38)'Sandy Stone is one of the great poetic creations of Australian literature-or perhaps one should say theatre and literature, since it is impossible to imagine him without Barry Humphries's performance of Sandy's disappointed but stoic face, eyes and mouth and his representation of his quavering voice. He is also Barry Humphries's favourite character, and possibly the public's: when he died in 1971, there was not a dry eye in the house and his return as a revenant must have been in part due to popular demand.'
(Introduction)
- Sky Watchi"The overture began with nothingness,", single work poetry (p. 39)
- An Obiti"Plenitude came knocking at my door,", single work poetry (p. 39)
- Out of Seasoni"And", single work poetry (p. 62)
- It Makes an Ugly Soundi"In Agatha as in Christie", single work poetry (p. 62)
- All the Time in the Worldi"A girl with brown hair dreaming on a bus,", single work poetry (p. 67)
- My Father Enters Concord Hospitali"In the cancer ward by the silent river", single work poetry (p. 77)
- Two Summer Mornings in Centennial Parki"A day heavy with light", single work poetry (p. 77)
- A Local Identityi"He was a flaneur, in Beecroft, and he strolled", single work poetry (p. 77)
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Epidemic Times,
single work
review
— Review of Plague Searchers 2022 series - author novel ;(p. 89-90)'Plague Searchers is a two-volume novel set in the London plague of 1665.' -
Windfalls and Disruptions,
single work
review
— Review of Windfalls 2022 : Random Collection of Poetry 2022 selected work poetry ; Disruptions : Tasmania in Poetry 2022 selected work poetry ; (p. 93-96) - Weatheri"And then the rain came.", single work poetry (p. 96)
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