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Issue Details: First known date: 2017... 2017 The Fremantle Press Anthology of Western Australian Poetry
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'The Fremantle Press Anthology of Western Australian Poetry is a comprehensive survey of the state’s poets from the 19th century to today.

'Featuring work from 128 poets, and accompanied by biographical notes and an introductory essay by editors John Kinsella and Tracy Ryan, this watershed anthology brings together the poems that have contributed to and defined the way that Western Australians see themselves.' (Publication summary)

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Contents

* Contents derived from the North Fremantle, Fremantle area, South West Perth, Perth, Western Australia,:Fremantle Press , 2017 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Introduction, John Kinsella , Tracy Ryan , single work single work criticism (p. 16-48)
Western Australia For Mei"From the old Western world, we have come to explore", George Fletcher Moore , single work lyric/song (p. 49)
Mount Elizai"On Mount Eliza's gently-swelling height", single work poetry (p. 50-52)
A New Songi"Kiama, hail! thou chosen spot", Anonymous (fl. 1847) , single work poetry (p. 53)
The Song of the Ticket of Leave Mani"I am free! I am free! my heart leaps in my breast,", Delta , single work poetry (p. 54-56)
On Receiving from England a Bunch of Dried Wild Flowersi"Pale Ghosts! of fragrant things that grew among", Elizabeth Deborah Brockman , single work poetry (p. 56)
Sonneti"Cool wind coming from the southern sea,", Elizabeth Deborah Brockman , single work poetry (p. 57)
The Cedarsi"They stand secure upon the mountain side", Elizabeth Deborah Brockman , single work poetry (p. 58)
Requiescat In Pacei"Since all that is mere dust in me shall die,", Elizabeth Deborah Brockman , single work poetry (p. 59)
The Dukite Snakei"Well, mate, you've asked me about a fellow", John Boyle O'Reilly , single work poetry (p. 60-65)
The Gaoli"The sun rose o'er dark Fremantle,", John Boyle O'Reilly , single work poetry (p. 66)
From Two and Two, Henry E. Clay , extract poetry (p. 67)
A Blackfellow's Appeal : To His Excellency the Governori"To you, our generous ruler,", Bungert , Humanitas , single work poetry (p. 73)
Josephine (1867)i"Just at the hour when dusky twilight fades,", Henry Charles P. Prinsep , single work poetry (p. 75)
O'er a Native's Gravei"Poor child of earth - The rising sun,", Acaster , single work poetry (p. 76)
The Poeti"He burnt the spice", Alfred Chandler , single work poetry (p. 77)
"The night descends in glory, and adown the purple west" Lights Along the Milei"The night has come in glory and below the purple West", Alfred Chandler , single work poetry (p. 78)
Coolgardie 1893i"The western night is cool and sweet", Alfred Chandler , single work poetry (p. 80)
Perth in Morning Lighti"O! heavenly sweet the pearly morn,", May Kidson , single work poetry (p. 83)
When I Am Deadi"When I am dead", John Philip Bourke , single work poetry (p. 85)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • North Fremantle, Fremantle area, South West Perth, Perth, Western Australia,: Fremantle Press , 2017 .
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      Extent: 336p.
      Note/s:
      • Publication date 27 January 2017
      ISBN: 9781925162202

Works about this Work

Introduction John Kinsella , Tracy Ryan , 2017 single work single work criticism
— Appears in: The Fremantle Press Anthology of Western Australian Poetry 2017; (p. 16-48)
They Will Oxidise Before You Even Finish Reading Kent MacCarter , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: Overland , Winter vol. 227 no. 2017; (p. 18-23)

'Einstein’s theory of general relativity states that matter can cataclysmically implode, creating a state where a given density and the space-time curvature split towards infinite values. This is referred to as a singularity, or – as it is known to ordinary folk – a black hole. Extending out from a black hole’s unfathomably dense centre and extraordinary gravitational pull is a finite volume of space that ends in an event horizon: a demarcation – a line in the cosmic sands – from which nothing inside can escape: not rock, metal, Judas Priest, photons, alliteration or anything else. The closer that matter gets to a singularity, the more the laws of physics fail, eventually collapsing entirely.'  (Introduction)

'The Fremantle Press Anthology of Western Australian Poetry' by John Kinsella and Tracy Ryan (eds) Geoff Page , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 390 2017;
'The need for this book is self-evident in a way that a similarly historical anthology for New South Wales or Victorian poetry would not be. From many perspectives, Perth is one of the most remote cities in the world and there is no doubt that the state’s uniqueness is captured in this extensive, though tightly edited, selection. Despite its comparable treatment of Aboriginal people, Western Australia’s nineteenth-century history (with its brief experience of convictism and its relatively late gold rush in the 1890s) is different from that of the eastern colonies, about which Western Australians continue to feel a mild, justified paranoia.' (Introduction)
'The Fremantle Press Anthology of Western Australian Poetry' by John Kinsella and Tracy Ryan (eds) Geoff Page , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 390 2017;
'The need for this book is self-evident in a way that a similarly historical anthology for New South Wales or Victorian poetry would not be. From many perspectives, Perth is one of the most remote cities in the world and there is no doubt that the state’s uniqueness is captured in this extensive, though tightly edited, selection. Despite its comparable treatment of Aboriginal people, Western Australia’s nineteenth-century history (with its brief experience of convictism and its relatively late gold rush in the 1890s) is different from that of the eastern colonies, about which Western Australians continue to feel a mild, justified paranoia.' (Introduction)
They Will Oxidise Before You Even Finish Reading Kent MacCarter , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: Overland , Winter vol. 227 no. 2017; (p. 18-23)

'Einstein’s theory of general relativity states that matter can cataclysmically implode, creating a state where a given density and the space-time curvature split towards infinite values. This is referred to as a singularity, or – as it is known to ordinary folk – a black hole. Extending out from a black hole’s unfathomably dense centre and extraordinary gravitational pull is a finite volume of space that ends in an event horizon: a demarcation – a line in the cosmic sands – from which nothing inside can escape: not rock, metal, Judas Priest, photons, alliteration or anything else. The closer that matter gets to a singularity, the more the laws of physics fail, eventually collapsing entirely.'  (Introduction)

Introduction John Kinsella , Tracy Ryan , 2017 single work single work criticism
— Appears in: The Fremantle Press Anthology of Western Australian Poetry 2017; (p. 16-48)
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