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The Life and Opinions of D’Arcy D’Oliveres, Letter’d Gentleman
2013
single work
biography
— Appears in: Island , Spring no. 134 2013; (p. 65-70) 'Providing a detailed account of the early, and indeed the late, life of D'Arcy D'Oliveres - author, apiarist, amateur sleuth, alleged amputee, larrikin aristocrat, renaissance postman - presents the prospective biographer with a number of problems. For it is not only the case that the readily available details of D'Oliveres's life are incomplete, sketchy and, at times, contradictory: the primary source of information about his background and his exploits is D'Oliveres himself. And he is an idiosyncratic character, to say the least. His opinions are unusual in many respects. His autobiographical writings - such as they are - are by no means comprehensive and contain much that is questionable, if not deeply implausible. A genial sort of bloke, he is always willing to give visitors guided tours of the small town of Dog Rock - 'a trivial town, where nothing ever happens which is not essentially trivial' - where he spent many years in the employ of Australia Post. It must be said, however, that he is not always the most reliable of guides. For a period in the 1980s, he tried (unsuccessfully) to maintain the fiction among his fellow Dog Rockers that one of his arms had been amputated above the elbow. And when, in late-1996, rumours began to circulate that D'Oliveres, who is known to be partial to a smoke, had succumbed to cancer in the small town of Obliqua Creek in Far Eastern Gippsland, the rumours were not only greatly exaggerated; it turned out he started them.' (Publication abstract) -
A Religion for a Philosophy: The Glade Within the Grove and The Ballad of Erinungarah
2008
single work
criticism
— Appears in: David Foster : The Satirist of Australia 2008; (p. 139-173) -
Untitled
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , no. 56 1998; (p. 189-192)
— Review of The Glade Within the Grove 1996 single work novel ; The Ballad of Erinungarah 1997 single work poetry -
Postman's Knock : Is David Foster a Clever Dick--Or What?
1997
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criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , vol. 56 no. 3-4 1997; (p. 686-696) -
After Demidenko
1997
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Voices , Winter vol. 7 no. 2 1997; (p. 104-113) Includes discussion of The Tunnel (1995) by William H. Gass.
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David Foster's Masterpiece
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 June 1997; (p. C11)
— Review of The Glade Within the Grove 1996 single work novel ; The Ballad of Erinungarah 1997 single work poetry -
D'Arcy Shares a Gippsland Gospel
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 3 August 1997; (p. 7)
— Review of The Glade Within the Grove 1996 single work novel ; The Ballad of Erinungarah 1997 single work poetry -
Ballads, Bards and Bollocks
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 148 1997; (p. 86-88)
— Review of The Glade Within the Grove 1996 single work novel ; The Ballad of Erinungarah 1997 single work poetry -
Untitled
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , no. 56 1998; (p. 189-192)
— Review of The Glade Within the Grove 1996 single work novel ; The Ballad of Erinungarah 1997 single work poetry -
Poetry, Prophecy and Exhilaration
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 7 June 1997; (p. wkd 9)
— Review of The Ballad of Erinungarah 1997 single work poetry -
Postman's Knock : Is David Foster a Clever Dick--Or What?
1997
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , vol. 56 no. 3-4 1997; (p. 686-696) -
A Religion for a Philosophy: The Glade Within the Grove and The Ballad of Erinungarah
2008
single work
criticism
— Appears in: David Foster : The Satirist of Australia 2008; (p. 139-173) -
After Demidenko
1997
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Voices , Winter vol. 7 no. 2 1997; (p. 104-113) Includes discussion of The Tunnel (1995) by William H. Gass. -
The Postman Delivers
1997
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biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 7 June 1997; (p. 9s) -
Hit and Myth
1997
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 7-8 June 1997; (p. 25)
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Subjects:
- Bush,
- South Coast, New South Wales,
Settings:
- 1960s
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