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Alf Wood Alf Wood i(A35252 works by) (birth name: Alfred Cameron Wood) (a.k.a. A. C. Wood)
Born: Established: 1905 Maitland, Maitland area, Hunter Valley, Newcastle - Hunter Valley area, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 21 Mar 1999 Buderim, Maroochydore - Buderim area, Sunshine Coast, South East Queensland, Queensland,
Gender: Male
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Endeavour Alf Wood (editor), periodical (2 issues)
1 y separately published work icon Fair Dinkum Mate : And Other Breezy Ballads of Beach, Bush and Beyond for the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia Alf Wood , Moorooka : Boolarong Press , 1994 Z450790 1994 selected work poetry humour
1 Tall Orders i "People devoid of manners laugh", Alf Wood , 1988 single work poetry
— Appears in: Sunshine Kaleidoscope : A Collection of Short Stories By Queensland Writers 1988; (p. 181)
1 Currency Lads and Lasses i "Currency lads and lasses, heirs to an unbuilt home", Alf Wood , 1988 single work poetry
— Appears in: Sunshine Kaleidoscope : A Collection of Short Stories By Queensland Writers 1988; (p. 121)
1 Bennelong Point i "Old shadows sleep by Sydney Cove", Alf Wood , 1988 single work poetry
— Appears in: Sunshine Kaleidoscope : A Collection of Short Stories By Queensland Writers 1988; (p. 87)
1 Gnomania i "You know pets can become quite a trial", Alf Wood , 1988 single work poetry
— Appears in: Sunshine Kaleidoscope : A Collection of Short Stories By Queensland Writers 1988; (p. 68)
1 Epilogue i "Convict and pioneer, you both deserve", Alf Wood , 1988 single work poetry
— Appears in: Sunshine Kaleidoscope : A Collection of Short Stories By Queensland Writers 1988; (p. 34)
1 Inheritance i "Convict and pioneer, although I grew", Alf Wood , 1988 single work poetry
— Appears in: Sunshine Kaleidoscope : A Collection of Short Stories By Queensland Writers 1988; (p. 34)
1 That Billabong i "My mate and I one season when the land was gripped by drought", Alf Wood , 1987 single work poetry humour
— Appears in: The Bronze Swagman Book of Bush Verse 1987; (p. 82-83)
1 The Great Australian Game i "As square as any chess board and as dinkum as your name,", Alf Wood , 1987 single work poetry humour
— Appears in: The Bronze Swagman Book of Bush Verse 1987; (p. 81)
1 Supreme Irony i "The bay gelding I ride with legitimate pride", Alf Wood , 1987 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bronze Swagman Book of Bush Verse 1987; (p. 66)
1 Pioneer Inlanders i "Sand-hills and stunted camel-bush, saltbush and gibber plain,", Alf Wood , 1987 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bronze Swagman Book of Bush Verse 1987; (p. 55)
1 Port Arthur i "The balm of sunlight through the tranquil years", Alf Wood , 1987 single work poetry
— Appears in: 1987 Anthology of Australian Poetry 1987; (p. 213)
1 Snow i "'They've been shearing lambs in heaven", Alf Wood , 1982 single work poetry
— Appears in: Christians Writing , Spring no. 8 1982; (p. 10)
2 y separately published work icon Tales of the Sunshine Coast Tales of the Sunshine Coast: Dreamtime to Now Alf Wood , Terry St Ledger (illustrator), Spring Hill : Boolarong Press , 1982 9259377 1982 single work prose Indigenous story

' What more fertile ground for an avid researcher like Alf Wood to undertake a project to explore the legendary history of Queensland's Sunshine Coast with the towering background of the Glasshouse Mountains.'

'The origin of the romantic names of Maroochy, Mooloolaba, Noosa, Caloundra, Coolum, Peregian and Mudjimba - the exploits of the Rainbow Man and the stories of the Bunya Feast, Brolga the Dancer and Yirin the Crab are all told in an exciting way.' (Source: Boswell's Books website)
1 The Undertaker i "The shearers' cook, old Pat Malone,", Alf Wood , 1981 single work poetry humour
— Appears in: The Bronze Swagman Book of Bush Verse 1981; (p. 50-51)
1 A Song of the Road i "The road is an arrow that seeks the west", Alf Wood , 1981 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bronze Swagman Book of Bush Verse 1981; (p. 35-36)
1 The Critics i "The critics sat in judgement on a book:", Alf Wood , 1980 single work poetry
— Appears in: Artlook , December vol. 6 no. 12 1980; (p. 36)
1 Winter Nocturne from Abroad i "Forbidding, black, the pine tree's bough still bars", Alf Wood , 1980 single work poetry
— Appears in: Galloping On : A Selection from the 1979 Grand National Poetry Stakes 1980; (p. 106)
1 The Blue Bird i "From a dream island washed by waves of sleep", Alf Wood , 1980 single work poetry
— Appears in: Galloping On : A Selection from the 1979 Grand National Poetry Stakes 1980; (p. 35) The Finishing Post : The Winners from the Grand National Poetry Stakes 1979-2002 2003; (p. 270)
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