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Author:agent Ron Stevens

Issue Details: First known date: 1991... 1991 A Touch of History : Poems

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Notes

Dedication: To my wife Clauris

* Contents derived from the Hornsby, Hornsby area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,:Horizon Publications , 1991 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.

Prologue"Suspended voices", Ron Stevens , single work poetry (p. 9)

Soliloquy at Manly Cove, 25th August 1788"The hawk alighted in a tree.", Ron Stevens , single work poetry (p. 10-11)

The Granary, Green Hills, 1804"Those cedar steps, three storeys high", Ron Stevens , single work poetry (p. 12-13)

A Scottish Martyr Departs Port Jackson, 1810"A bitter wind on deck, my love,", Ron Stevens , single work poetry (p. 14-17)

The Mothers, 1833"Today the Perth Gazette complains", Ron Stevens , single work poetry (p. 18-19)

Soliloquy at Parramatta, 1835"Your pleasures and your pains", Ron Stevens , single work poetry (p. 20-23)

The Knocker, 1837"Old Greenway's still alive, I see;", Ron Stevens , single work poetry (p. 24-25)

Escape River, December 1848"A little strength please Lord, enough to write", Ron Stevens , single work poetry (p. 26-28)

Fire Circles, 1854"Whitefellows call them licences,", Ron Stevens , single work poetry (p. 29-30)

After the Ball, May 1855"The way they herded us like cattle", Ron Stevens , single work poetry (p. 31-34)

The Sharkskin Bible, Easter 1876"John Boyle O'Reilly's bible", Ron Stevens , single work poetry (p. 35-36)

Low Water, 1885"The skipper blames the railways and the drought", Ron Stevens , single work poetry (p. 37-38)

Construction, 1886"South-west of Lake Corangamite, it stretched", Ron Stevens , single work poetry (p. 39-40)

Aftermath, Sydney, 20 September 1890"You read the Herald, lad? It's clever, I'll admit.", Ron Stevens , single work poetry (p. 41-42)

Giles Expedition, November 1897"Coolgardie, hot and parched, besots my brain. I'm weak", Ron Stevens , single work poetry (p. 43-44)

Discussion, 18 November 1908"Late? Of course I'm late. It's fortunate I'm home", Ron Stevens , single work poetry (p. 45)

Cross-Fire at Liverpool, 15th February 1916"A blanketing of mates at front and rear", Ron Stevens , single work poetry (p. 46-48)

Out of Step, Kalgoorlie, September 1919"If Kurrawang provides them wood-line work,", Ron Stevens , single work poetry (p. 49-50)

The Bridge, April 1931"No, Miller's Point is on your left, just near The Rocks.", Ron Stevens , single work poetry (p. 51-53)

Linked Soliloquies - On the Landing in Australia of Jean-Francois De Galaup De Laperouse"A minor tremor but discernible", Ron Stevens , single work poetry (p. 54-68)

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