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Dedication: To Jack Howley, Ruby Sandars and the other rememberers who graciously passed on a part of their lives.
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Epigraph: I think rhyme more than anything else lets us into the heart of a man. John Shaw Neilson.
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Epigraph: ..memory is the place where we live. It is home. Past, present and future, it is around us and beside us. It is under our feet.
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Epigraph: I shall tell nothing but my love of life, but I will tell it in my own way. Albert Camus.
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Author's note: The manuscript poetry quoted in this text has been transcribed as John Shaw Neilson wrote it, without additional punctuation.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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Singer and Witness
single work
review
— Review of Jock : A Life Story of John Shaw Neilson 1999 single work biography -
Australian Biography and Autobiography
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Modern Australian Criticism and Theory 2010; (p. 165-179) Whitlock explores the richness of Australian biography and autobiography, as it relates to the dynamics of a settler colony. -
[Review] Struggle and Storm : The Life and Death of Francis Adams
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 20 no. 4 2002; (p. 404-406)
— Review of Struggle and Storm : The Life and Death of Francis Adams 2001 single work biography ; Jock : A Life Story of John Shaw Neilson 1999 single work biography -
Ahead of His Time
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , January vol. 20 no. 1 2001; (p. 74-75)
— Review of Jock : A Life Story of John Shaw Neilson 1999 single work biography -
Out of the Bush, a Glorious Singer
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 14 no. 2 2000; (p. 167-168)
— Review of Jock : A Life Story of John Shaw Neilson 1999 single work biography
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Poetry to Celebrate the Senses
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 2 October 1999; (p. 21)
— Review of Jock : A Life Story of John Shaw Neilson 1999 single work biography -
Tough Times for a Rural Poet
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 23 October 1999; (p. 8)
— Review of Jock : A Life Story of John Shaw Neilson 1999 single work biography -
Perverse View of a Great Poet
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 23 October 1999; (p. 8)
— Review of Jock : A Life Story of John Shaw Neilson 1999 single work biography -
Singer and Witness
single work
review
— Review of Jock : A Life Story of John Shaw Neilson 1999 single work biography -
Versed in Elusion
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 29-30 January 2000; (p. 14)
— Review of Jock : A Life Story of John Shaw Neilson 1999 single work biography -
Australian Biography and Autobiography
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Modern Australian Criticism and Theory 2010; (p. 165-179) Whitlock explores the richness of Australian biography and autobiography, as it relates to the dynamics of a settler colony.
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