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Issue Details: First known date: 1990... 1990 Australian Things
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,:Penguin , 1990 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Good Thingsi"A start is a good thing, because it can begin a search", Timoshenko Aslanides , single work poetry (p. 1)
Bad Thingsi"It's possible to believe that no one else believes,", Timoshenko Aslanides , single work poetry (p. 2)
Things Supposedly Pleasant and Which Arei"Overseas with sense, Australia with senses. Travel in love", Timoshenko Aslanides , single work poetry (p. 3)
Things Supposedly Pleasant but Which Generally Are Noti"Close-hauled and tacking south off Cape Tribulation,", Timoshenko Aslanides , single work poetry (p. 4)
Things About Which Something Should Be Donei"Adjectives and arts administrators, building societies", Timoshenko Aslanides , single work poetry (p. 5)
Things You Know You Can Do Nothing Abouti"Showers in Far North Queensland which, without warning,", Timoshenko Aslanides , single work poetry (p. 6)
Inspiring Thingsi"It's fitting that the best song should come from Canberra,", Timoshenko Aslanides , single work poetry (p. 7)
Depressing Thingsi"Anyone who hates their job. The bell-like ring on bull-", Timoshenko Aslanides , single work poetry (p. 8)
Things That Could Be Comparedi"The book and the beginning. The burrow and any hole", Timoshenko Aslanides , single work poetry (p. 9)
Things That Cannot Be Comparedi"Lying in bed for the morning sun to stripe my back", Timoshenko Aslanides , single work poetry (p. 10)
Embarrassing Thingsi"The Office. Going to work", Timoshenko Aslanides , single work poetry (p. 11)
Attractive Thingsi"You'd have to see Mt Taylor on a winter morning,", Timoshenko Aslanides , single work poetry (p. 12)
Elegant Thingsi"If Lake George retreats to the corner of my eye,", Timoshenko Aslanides , single work poetry (p. 13)
Vulgar Thingsi"Purple cars with bald tyres and teddy bears on the mirror;", Timoshenko Aslanides , single work poetry (p. 14)
Things Worth Havingi"Health, Jenny, house and wine. My computer. As well,", Timoshenko Aslanides , single work poetry (p. 15)
A Thing Worth Knowingi"Just as water is the best of things, beside which the bushwalker", Timoshenko Aslanides , single work poetry (p. 16)
Delightful Things Not Repeatable At Willi"A visit from a friend who stays the night and next", Timoshenko Aslanides , single work poetry (p. 17)
Delightful Things Not Repeatable At Alli"`...two hundred years and you had to be there. They trucked", Timoshenko Aslanides , single work poetry (p. 18)
Things That Must Be Watchedi"Remember when you last watched the ABC?", Timoshenko Aslanides , single work poetry (p. 19)
Things That Should Be Larger, Exposed or Emphasisedi"Eureka Stockade, Vinegar Hill and the Battle of Parramatta.", Timoshenko Aslanides , single work poetry (p. 20)
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