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Notes
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This verse has previously appeared in Poetry, Jindyworobak Anthologies, Australian Poetry 1947-48, Southerly The Sydney Morning Herald -T.p. verso and Deep Well.
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Dedication: To Rex Ingamells
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Divided into four sections called The Roper River, The Gulf Country, Elouera (Illawarra), and Beyond the Grass-tree Spears.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Lyre Bird Writers
, 1949 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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Black Cockatoosi"Rise then, you screaming mob of black cockatoos,",
single work
poetry
(p. 1)
Note: First line reads: Rise then, you screaming flight of black cockatoos,
- Ghost-Gumi"I waken to morning in mazes of white limb-boughs,", single work poetry (p. 1)
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Drifting Dug-Outi"Now that the fig lets fall her single stars",
single work
poetry
(p. 1)
Note: Title: Billabong
- Tree of the Plaini"Tree, you are a dark cloud against the night", single work poetry (p. 2)
- White Egreti"So, as the first of widening ripples has made", single work poetry (p. 2)
- As the Leaves Drifti"As the leaves drift fromt the paper-bark tree", single work poetry (p. 2)
- The Paper-bark Treei"And, when I reached that place, the crimson fire", single work poetry (p. 2)
- And Each Man's Leavei"And each man's leave must come as I shall take", single work poetry (p. 3)
- Billabong Mooni"She dims the fair haired stars and, through her veils", single work poetry (p. 3)
- The Droversi"Over the plains of the whitening grass", single work poetry (p. 5)
- The Bee-Keeperi"He spoke about the evening and then of bees,", single work poetry (p. 5)
- To a Matei"He was a man who, with his hand,", single work poetry (p. 6)
- The Water-Lubrai"Nalul came out of the desert,", single work poetry (p. 6 - 7)
- Nerida and Birwaini"And the unapproachable hills rise out of the dawn,", single work poetry (p. 7)
- Would I Might Find My Countryi"Would I might find my country as the blacks", single work poetry (p. 8)
- Desert Quaili"I lay among boulders and stones", single work poetry (p. 8)
- Because I Wakenedi"Because I wakened when the throng", single work poetry (p. 9)
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Incredible Dawn
Incredulous Dawni"Out of the deeps of trees a bird was singing",
single work
poetry
(p. 9)
Note: With title: Incredible Dawn
- Native Orchidi"Where, through the thin-limbed bush,", single work poetry (p. 10)
- The Tea-Tree and the Lyre-Birdi"Hushed to inaudible sound the deepening rain", single work poetry (p. 10)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Correspondence
1951
single work
correspondence
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 12 no. 2 1951; (p. 112-113) -
Wanderer's Songs
1950
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 15 February vol. 71 no. 3653 1950; (p. 35)
— Review of Language of the Sand : Poems 1949 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1950
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 9 no. 1 1950; (p. 73-74)
— Review of Language of the Sand : Poems 1949 selected work poetry -
Poets of Three Countries
1950
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 11 no. 3 1950; (p. 157-160)
— Review of The Darkened Window : Poems 1950 selected work poetry ; Cyclone : Selected Poems of Victor Kennedy 1949 selected work poetry ; Language of the Sand : Poems 1949 selected work poetry ; The Secret Listener 1949 selected work poetry ; Face to the Sun 1949 selected work poetry
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Poets of Three Countries
1950
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 11 no. 3 1950; (p. 157-160)
— Review of The Darkened Window : Poems 1950 selected work poetry ; Cyclone : Selected Poems of Victor Kennedy 1949 selected work poetry ; Language of the Sand : Poems 1949 selected work poetry ; The Secret Listener 1949 selected work poetry ; Face to the Sun 1949 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1950
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 9 no. 1 1950; (p. 73-74)
— Review of Language of the Sand : Poems 1949 selected work poetry -
Wanderer's Songs
1950
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 15 February vol. 71 no. 3653 1950; (p. 35)
— Review of Language of the Sand : Poems 1949 selected work poetry -
Correspondence
1951
single work
correspondence
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 12 no. 2 1951; (p. 112-113)
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