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Notes
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Divided into nine sections: The City Life, Life on the Land, Parodies, Comments and Curses, Tall Stories, Personalities, Philosophy and All That, Legends and Myths, and A Bestiary.
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With glossary, index of authors, and index of first lines.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Ringwood,
Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area,
Melbourne - East,
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Penguin
, 1984 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- The Australian Dreami"The doorbell buzzed. It was past three o'clock.", single work poetry humour (p. 3-4)
- The Nocturne in the Corner Phoneboxi"Someone is playing a trombone", single work poetry (p. 4-5)
- Wanted : Dead Bishopsi"Our bishops are birds of passage", single work poetry (p. 5-6)
- The Man from Ironbarki"It was the man from Ironbark who struck the Sydney town,", single work poetry humour (p. 6-7)
- No Salei"All this year we've hardly turned a wheel. Trading's as slow as a funeral.", single work poetry humour (p. 9)
- Poem Against the Rag Tradei"Australians are supposed to be bronzed and wiry and slender", single work poetry (p. 10)
- Lay of the Motor Cari"We're away! and the wind whistles shrewd", single work poetry (p. 11)
- The Utopia of Lord Mayor Howardi"His delicate fingers, moving among the roses,", single work poetry (p. 12)
- The Year of the Foxesi"When I was ten, my mother, having sold", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Fencer's Yarni"I used to reckon drovers was the wildest bunch of coots", single work poetry humour (p. 14-15)
- Unsolicited Sonnet to a Sydney Policemani"Hail, angel of the public comfort stations,", single work poetry satire (p. 16)
- I Wouldn't be Lord Mayori"A chap I was talking to in a pub was telling me", single work poetry satire (p. 16-17)
- Vindaloo in Merthyr Tydfili"The first night of my second voyage to Wales,", single work poetry (p. 17-18)
- Beatitudesi"Blessed are the files marked ACTION in the INWARD tray", single work poetry (p. 18-19)
- The Stones of Goshi"Now, here is a tale of the Glugs of Gosh,", single work poetry humour satire (p. 19-22)
- A Husband's Stratagem The Resourceful Husbandi"An ill-fed husband bought a book", single work poetry humour (p. 23)
- Said Hanrahani"'We'll all be rooned,' said Hanrahan,", single work poetry humour (p. 27-29)
- The Road to Nullaginei"I am with a survey party in the place that God forgot,", single work poetry (p. 29-30)
- Daley's Dorg Wattlei"'You can talk about yer sheep dorgs,' said the man from Allan's Creek,", single work poetry humour (p. 31)
- A Tail of a Kangarooi"It wasn't on the Chinee Coast, nor yet upon Japan,", single work poetry (p. 32-33)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Looking Beyond the Bowyangs: A Critique of Australian Ballad Anthologies
1997
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 147 1997; (p. 25-30) -
Untitled
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: The National Times , 11-17 January 1985; (p. 30)
— Review of The Penguin Book of Australian Humorous Verse 1984 anthology poetry -
Humor Demand is Nicely Judged
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 30 March 1985; (p. 14)
— Review of The Penguin Book of Australian Humorous Verse 1984 anthology poetry -
Untitled
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 22 December 1984; (p. 15)
— Review of The Skylight 1984 selected work poetry ; The Penguin Book of Australian Humorous Verse 1984 anthology poetry -
Exploration of Myths and Magic
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 15-16 December 1984; (p. 14)
— Review of The Truth about Unicorns 1984 selected work poetry ; The Penguin Book of Australian Humorous Verse 1984 anthology poetry
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Exploration of Myths and Magic
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 15-16 December 1984; (p. 14)
— Review of The Truth about Unicorns 1984 selected work poetry ; The Penguin Book of Australian Humorous Verse 1984 anthology poetry -
Untitled
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 22 December 1984; (p. 15)
— Review of The Skylight 1984 selected work poetry ; The Penguin Book of Australian Humorous Verse 1984 anthology poetry -
Humor Demand is Nicely Judged
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 30 March 1985; (p. 14)
— Review of The Penguin Book of Australian Humorous Verse 1984 anthology poetry -
Untitled
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: The National Times , 11-17 January 1985; (p. 30)
— Review of The Penguin Book of Australian Humorous Verse 1984 anthology poetry -
Looking Beyond the Bowyangs: A Critique of Australian Ballad Anthologies
1997
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 147 1997; (p. 25-30)
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