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The Oyster-Eaters single work   poetry   "I had heard the bird's name and searched with intent"
Issue Details: First known date: 1951... 1951 The Oyster-Eaters
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

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    y separately published work icon The Bulletin vol. 72 no. 3701 17 January 1951 Z609019 1951 periodical issue 1951 pg. 20
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    y separately published work icon Jindyworobak Anthology, 1951 William Hart-Smith (editor), Gloria Rawlinson (editor), 1952 Z208368 1952 periodical issue 1952 pg. 12
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    y separately published work icon The Boomerang Book of Australian Poetry Enid Moodie Heddle (editor), Melbourne : Longmans, Green , 1956 Z380628 1956 anthology poetry children's Melbourne : Longmans, Green , 1956 pg. 47
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    y separately published work icon Selected Poems, 1939-1975 John Blight , Melbourne : Nelson , 1976 Z544908 1976 selected work poetry Melbourne : Nelson , 1976 pg. 243
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    y separately published work icon The New Oxford Book of Australian Verse Les Murray (editor), Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1986 Z427532 1986 anthology poetry Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1986 pg. 194
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    y separately published work icon Selected Poems 1939-1990 John Blight , Martin Duwell (editor), St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1992 Z56128 1992 selected work poetry St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1992 pg. 30
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    y separately published work icon The New Oxford Book of Australian Verse Les Murray (editor), Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1986 Z427532 1986 anthology poetry South Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1996 pg. 191
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    y separately published work icon Australian Verse : An Oxford Anthology John Leonard (editor), Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1998 Z461207 1998 anthology poetry (taught in 1 units) A thorough survey of poetry by Australians in English, beginning with a selection of contemporary work by younger poets, and going backward in time to the early colonial period. In addition to poems in the literary tradition, it indudes performance poetry, convict songs and old bush ballads. An extensive selection has been provided from the work of five major twentieth-century poets: Les Murray, Gwen Harwood, Judith Wright, A.D. Hope and Kenneth Slessor. Several features are provided to assist the reader: the date of first publication of each poem is provided; footnotes explain unfamiliar words and allusions; and brief biographical notes assist in locating each poet in his or her place in time. Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1998 pg. 224
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