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Contains over forty excerpts from Queensland literature in the period 1901-2001 together with eleven new essays by contemporary Queensland writers.
Notes
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Dedication: To our esteemed Queensland Writers Centre patrons: Oodgeroo (1920-1988), Geoffrey Dutton (1922-1998), Michael Noonan (1921-2000). To John Bright (RSB) and To Graeme Turner, Stuart Cunningham and Philip Neilsen (SG)
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Epigraph: 'But in here, it seemed, the world was older, but the same.' Peter Carey
Contents
* Contents derived from the
St Lucia,
Indooroopilly - St Lucia area,
Brisbane - North West,
Brisbane,
Queensland,:University of Queensland Press
, 2002 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- The Lost City of Vegas : David Malouf's Old Brisbane, single work criticism (p. 2-8)
- From : Zigzag Street, extract novel (p. 9-10)
- From : Tirra Lirra by the River, extract novel (p. 11)
- From : A Place Among People, extract novel (p. 12)
- From : The House on River Terrace, extract novel (p. 13-14)
- A Room of One's Own, A Pay Packet and a Few Friends : Queensland Writers in the 1990s, single work essay (p. 16-30)
- From : He Died with a Felafel in His Hand, extract novel (p. 31-32)
- From : The Volcano, extract novel (p. 33-34)
- From : The Bone Flute, extract novel (p. 35-36)
- Not Made in Queensland, single work column (p. 38-44)
- Editor's Note, single work criticism (p. 45-48)
- From : True Love and How to Get It, extract novel (p. 49-50)
- From : A Night at the Pink Poodle, extract novel (p. 50-51)
- From : The Finish Line, extract novel (p. 51-52)
- From : Golconda, extract novel (p. 52-53)
- Harpo, single work essay (p. 56-68)
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Editor's Note,
single work
criticism
'The alienation, oppression and isolation that Gerard Lee records about the writing life in Queensland is not a lonely account. Ambivalence about their home towns, the politics, a stunted culture and devastated townscapes - mixed with the thrill of the exotic and the perverse - has been a rich soil for Thea Astley, David Malouf, Janette Turner Hospital and Rodney Hall. Younger writers such as Andrew McGahan, Mary-Rose MacColl and Venero Armanno also seem to be haunted by a memory of brutal politics and of many lost Brisbanes - mourned as one might the passing of childhood.' (Author's introduction, 69)
- From : Dreamstuff, extract novel (p. 71-72)
- From : Last Drinks, extract novel (p. 72-73)
- From : Joh, extract novel (p. 73-74)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Queensland Is Different
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , Summer vol. 22 no. 1 2003; (p. 58-59)
— Review of Hot Iron Corrugated Sky : 100 Years of Queensland Writing 2002 anthology poetry short story essay autobiography extract -
Untitled
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: JAS Review of Books , March no. 13 2003;
— Review of Hot Iron Corrugated Sky : 100 Years of Queensland Writing 2002 anthology poetry short story essay autobiography extract -
Untitled
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Brisbane News , 13 - 19 November 2002; (p. 16)
— Review of Windmill Hill 2002 single work novel ; Hot Iron Corrugated Sky : 100 Years of Queensland Writing 2002 anthology poetry short story essay autobiography extract -
Books
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 17 November 2002; (p. 9)
— Review of Hot Iron Corrugated Sky : 100 Years of Queensland Writing 2002 anthology poetry short story essay autobiography extract -
We're a Weird Mob
2002
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 9 November 2002; (p. 5)
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Untitled
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: JAS Review of Books , March no. 13 2003;
— Review of Hot Iron Corrugated Sky : 100 Years of Queensland Writing 2002 anthology poetry short story essay autobiography extract -
Queensland Is Different
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , Summer vol. 22 no. 1 2003; (p. 58-59)
— Review of Hot Iron Corrugated Sky : 100 Years of Queensland Writing 2002 anthology poetry short story essay autobiography extract -
Books
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 17 November 2002; (p. 9)
— Review of Hot Iron Corrugated Sky : 100 Years of Queensland Writing 2002 anthology poetry short story essay autobiography extract -
Untitled
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Brisbane News , 13 - 19 November 2002; (p. 16)
— Review of Windmill Hill 2002 single work novel ; Hot Iron Corrugated Sky : 100 Years of Queensland Writing 2002 anthology poetry short story essay autobiography extract -
We're a Weird Mob
2002
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 9 November 2002; (p. 5)
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