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- Two Years in Exile, single work short story (p. 1-21)
- The Kitchen, single work short story (p. 22-33)
- Plaques, single work short story (p. 34-45)
- Raphael Lazarus, the Painter, single work short story (p. 46-62)
- Drifting, single work short story (p. 63-79)
- Two Letters, single work short story (p. 80-91)
- The Philosopher, single work short story (p. 92-98)
- A Marriage, single work short story (p. 99-129)
- The Ghetto of T-, single work short story (p. 130-139)
- The Juggler, single work short story (p. 140-146)
- Laudate Dominum, single work short story (p. 147-155)
- Honeymoon, single work short story (p. 156-162)
- Before the Law, single work short story (p. 163-167)
- Epitaph, single work short story (p. 168-172)
- The Ice-Cream Vendor, single work short story (p. 173-178)
- Tinsel and Dust, single work short story (p. 179-197)
- Home, single work short story (p. 198-203)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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'Reffos, Wogs and Dagoes' : The Immigration Experience in Post-World War II Australia
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Lemuria , vol. 3 no. 2010; (p. 110-126) Ilha Do Desterro : A Journal of English Language , vol. 69 no. 2 2016;'This article seeks to analyze the ways in which immigrants experienced Australia in the years following World War II, when the makeup of Australian society changed. In The Voyage of Their Life: The Story of the SS Derna and Its Passengers, Diane Armstrong – a child immigrant to Australia – writes, “Homogenous, conservative and almost entirely Anglo-Saxon in its origin, Australians were about to awake from there illusion of perfection” (274). Focusing on memoir, poetry and short stories, this article analyzes Andra Kins’ memoir Coming and Going: A Family Quest; Serge Liberman’s short stories “Home,” “Greetings, Australia! To You I Have Come,” “The Fortress” and “Two Years in Exile;” Peter Skrzynecki’s The Sparrow Garden; Lily Brett’s poetry; and Susan Varga’s memoir Heddy and Me. Jewish and non-Jewish immigrants from Russia, Poland, Latvia, Hungary and Ukriane struggled with trying to build new lives in a new land in the face of prejudice and “anti-refo” feeling. Measures were introduced to limit severely the number of Jewish refugees allowed to travel to Australia. Despite these obstacles, Australia was transformed. According to Mark Wyman, “Eventually, 182,159 DPs emigrated to Australia, led by 60,000 Poles and 36,000 Balts. Enough of an Eastern European mixture was admitted through Australian gates to constitute a small revolution in the nation’s much-publicized homogeneity. The long tradition of allowing only British stock down under was broken. By 1966 almost one in five Australians was a postwar immigrant or the child of one, and 60 percent of this group had non-British ethnic backgrounds” (191).' (Publication abstract)
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New Places, Old Memories
2004
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antípodas , no. 15 2004; (p. 77-83) -
The Elusive Land of Milk and Honey
1996
single work
criticism
— Appears in: A Spanish Sampler of Australian Studies 1996; (p. 37-50) -
Short Fiction in the Eighties : White Anglo-Celtic Male No More?
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 42 no. 1 1983; (p. 34-41)
— Review of The First UQP Story Book 1981 anthology short story ; Faith of Our Fathers 1982 selected work short story ; The Home Girls 1982 selected work short story ; The True Life Story of ... 1981 anthology short story ; Frictions : An Anthology of Fiction by Women 1982 anthology short story poetry extract autobiography prose ; Were All Women Sex-Mad? And Other Stories 1982 selected work prose ; Writing 1982 selected work poetry ; A Routine Rape : Short Stories and Poems 1981 selected work short story poetry prose ; On Firmer Shores 1981 selected work short story ; The Hat Trick: Australian Short Stories 1981 anthology short story -
Bull, Magpie and Outer
1982
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , May no. 87 1982; (p. 62-63)
— Review of Splinters 1981 single work novel ; On Firmer Shores 1981 selected work short story ; Approaches : Short Stories 1981 selected work short story
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Bull, Magpie and Outer
1982
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , May no. 87 1982; (p. 62-63)
— Review of Splinters 1981 single work novel ; On Firmer Shores 1981 selected work short story ; Approaches : Short Stories 1981 selected work short story -
Short Fiction in the Eighties : White Anglo-Celtic Male No More?
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 42 no. 1 1983; (p. 34-41)
— Review of The First UQP Story Book 1981 anthology short story ; Faith of Our Fathers 1982 selected work short story ; The Home Girls 1982 selected work short story ; The True Life Story of ... 1981 anthology short story ; Frictions : An Anthology of Fiction by Women 1982 anthology short story poetry extract autobiography prose ; Were All Women Sex-Mad? And Other Stories 1982 selected work prose ; Writing 1982 selected work poetry ; A Routine Rape : Short Stories and Poems 1981 selected work short story poetry prose ; On Firmer Shores 1981 selected work short story ; The Hat Trick: Australian Short Stories 1981 anthology short story -
Jews in a New Land
1981
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 3 October 1981; (p. 28)
— Review of On Firmer Shores 1981 selected work short story -
'Reffos, Wogs and Dagoes' : The Immigration Experience in Post-World War II Australia
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Lemuria , vol. 3 no. 2010; (p. 110-126) Ilha Do Desterro : A Journal of English Language , vol. 69 no. 2 2016;'This article seeks to analyze the ways in which immigrants experienced Australia in the years following World War II, when the makeup of Australian society changed. In The Voyage of Their Life: The Story of the SS Derna and Its Passengers, Diane Armstrong – a child immigrant to Australia – writes, “Homogenous, conservative and almost entirely Anglo-Saxon in its origin, Australians were about to awake from there illusion of perfection” (274). Focusing on memoir, poetry and short stories, this article analyzes Andra Kins’ memoir Coming and Going: A Family Quest; Serge Liberman’s short stories “Home,” “Greetings, Australia! To You I Have Come,” “The Fortress” and “Two Years in Exile;” Peter Skrzynecki’s The Sparrow Garden; Lily Brett’s poetry; and Susan Varga’s memoir Heddy and Me. Jewish and non-Jewish immigrants from Russia, Poland, Latvia, Hungary and Ukriane struggled with trying to build new lives in a new land in the face of prejudice and “anti-refo” feeling. Measures were introduced to limit severely the number of Jewish refugees allowed to travel to Australia. Despite these obstacles, Australia was transformed. According to Mark Wyman, “Eventually, 182,159 DPs emigrated to Australia, led by 60,000 Poles and 36,000 Balts. Enough of an Eastern European mixture was admitted through Australian gates to constitute a small revolution in the nation’s much-publicized homogeneity. The long tradition of allowing only British stock down under was broken. By 1966 almost one in five Australians was a postwar immigrant or the child of one, and 60 percent of this group had non-British ethnic backgrounds” (191).' (Publication abstract)
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New Places, Old Memories
2004
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antípodas , no. 15 2004; (p. 77-83) -
The Elusive Land of Milk and Honey
1996
single work
criticism
— Appears in: A Spanish Sampler of Australian Studies 1996; (p. 37-50)