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Issue Details: First known date: 1967... 1967 Grendel
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Brisbane, Queensland,:Jacaranda Press , 1967 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Desert Tribesmeni"The naked old men of the desert walk", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 2)
Note: With title: The Old Men
The Water-Lubra and the Lotus-Birdi"Out of the river comes a girl", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 3-5)
Yoola and the Seven Sisters, Minyanderri , single work prose Indigenous story (p. 6-7)
The Battle of Wallaga Lakei"Black duck was Merriman's totem", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 8-10)
Myth of the Flying-Foxesi"Wuka, the red flying-foxes, as men went once.", Roland Robinson , Kuworpita , single work poetry (p. 11-12)
Note: With first line: Wuka, the red flying-foxes, once went as men.
Jarrangullii"Hear that tree-lizard singin' out,", Percy Mumbulla , Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 13)
The Devil's Marblesi"Gibbous the moon that is rising over this valley", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 16)
Note: First line reads: Gibbous moon rising out of this boulder-
Kimberley Droversi"I am drained out. All day I have driven", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 17-18)
The Pioneers "I am camped above the Fitzroy River Crossing," The Fitzroy River Crossingi"Camped above the Fitzroy River Crossing", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 19-20)
Note: Title: The Pioneers. First line appears as: Camped above the Fitzroy River Crossing,
The Flowering Westi"The scene becomes red sand. It is thickly sown", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 21-22)
Note: First line appears as: The scene becomes red sand, thickly sown
The Demoni"There is a flame, a secret flower of flame,", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 24)
And I Broke Branches Oncei"And I broke branches once to make my bed,", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 25)
Grendeli"Under massed clouds, the emerging moon,", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 26)
Note: First line appears as: Under the massed and moving clouds with the moon
Sundowneri"Unshaven old sundowner, in shake-down overcoat,", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 27)
Note: First line appears as: Old sundowner, in shake-down overcoat,
Concerti"The Russian coloratura", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 30)
Three Poems for Joan: Nudei"Sunk in the pillow", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 32)
The Seed Goes Homei"Cave-man locked in her thighs.", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 33)
The Childi"In this stone", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 34)
The Ledgei"End of the long", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 35)
"A corrugated-iron shack. One room." The Cradlei"Galvanised, corrugated iron shack,", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 36)
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