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* Contents derived from the 1991 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- `On Water Stranger and Less Clear': Conceptions of Time and Death in the Work of Kenneth Slessor, single work criticism (p. 5-20)
- Watersi"This Water, like a sky that no one uses,", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Five Bells and the Milkman's Bills : The Slessor Archive in the National Library of Australia, single work criticism (p. 21-22)
- The Irradiated Poemi"It has been exposed to safe bombardment", single work poetry (p. 40-41)
- Verb Sapi"Nothing they say of this", single work poetry (p. 42)
- Driving to the Beach Housei"I loved the getting there of it,", single work poetry (p. 43)
- Final Stretchesi"I am breezing into pure New England", single work poetry (p. 44-45)
- The Glorious Agei"The schoolroom is on stilts, and you can sometimes feel a breeze stroke your legs, wafting up through", single work poetry (p. 46)
- On the Day that the Federal Treasurer First Yielded to the Dread Word `Recession'i"The elderly maggie I was feeding with dog-food", single work poetry (p. 47)
- One Day Wonders, or: Channel Flannel Revisitedi"I watch the watchers now and not the game,", single work poetry (p. 48-49)
- The Dragoni"It was almost not born.", single work poetry (p. 50)
- Lost, Stolen or Strayed: From the Australian Babes in the Woods to Azaria Chamberlain, single work criticism (p. 58-69)
- A Man of Promise, single work short story (p. 72-76)
- Rent Day, single work short story (p. 77-79)
- Vale Professor Appleton, single work short story (p. 79-88)
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Names, Initials and Anonymity,
single work
review
— Review of Velvet Waters 1990 selected work short story ; Longleg 1990 single work novel ; Family Lore 1990 single work autobiography ; JF Was Here 1990 single work novel ; (p. 90-94) -
A Shilling Life will Give You All the Facts,
single work
review
— Review of Kenneth Slessor : A Biography 1991 single work biography ; (p. 95-97) -
These Words Torn from Their Dialogue: Reading John A. Scott,
single work
review
— Review of Translation 1990 selected work poetry ; (p. 97-101) -
Little Gwendoline Was Not Quite Like Other Girls,
single work
review
— Review of Blessed City : The Letters of Gwen Harwood to Thomas Riddell, January to September 1943 1990 selected work correspondence ; (p. 101-102)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Good Mixture Featuring Canberrans
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 26 May 1991; (p. 23)
— Review of The Temperament of Generations : Fifty Years of Writing in Meanjin 1990 anthology criticism poetry short story prose correspondence review ; Voices vol. 1 no. 1 Autumn 1991 periodical issue ; The Phoenix Review no. 6 Spring/Summer 1990 periodical issue ; Scripsi vol. 6 no. 3 1990 periodical issue
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Good Mixture Featuring Canberrans
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 26 May 1991; (p. 23)
— Review of The Temperament of Generations : Fifty Years of Writing in Meanjin 1990 anthology criticism poetry short story prose correspondence review ; Voices vol. 1 no. 1 Autumn 1991 periodical issue ; The Phoenix Review no. 6 Spring/Summer 1990 periodical issue ; Scripsi vol. 6 no. 3 1990 periodical issue