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Notes
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Contents indexed selectively.
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The Best Australian Essays 2005 is arranged in four sections, I Remember When...; Creative Acts; Meditations; and, The Way We Live Now. Each section is introduced by Robert Dessaix.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Black Inc.
, 2005 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- At the Beach Waves of Nostalgia, single work autobiography (p. 5-10)
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Bradman the Liberator,
single work
essay
The relationship between Australia and England was changed through cricket. '...Bradman's cricketing duel with England...helped spare Australians undue angst when the time came...for the two countries to go their separate ways in the world.' (p.18)
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One Touch of Venus,
single work
autobiography
From the vantage point of a married woman living in British Columbia, Sara Dowse recalls her childhood encounters with Ava Gardner and the strong impression Gardner made on her life.
- The Long Fall into Steel, single work essay (p. 33-38)
- AA and Me: A Love Story, single work autobiography (p. 39-45)
- On Being a Teacher, single work essay (p. 46-56)
- There are No Limits, Love, single work essay (p. 61-67)
- Uncheery Soul, single work criticism (p. 68-81)
- The Golden Age of Russell Street, single work autobiography (p. 82-90)
- The Mirror Man, single work essay (p. 91-95)
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Urban Iconoclast,
single work
criticism
Examining the literary career of Marcus Clarke, Tony Moore concludes that 'Clarke was Australia's first celebrity writer, adopting the pose of the inner-city slacker, an alternative to the prissy middle class and the grin-and-bear-it bushie. More the sceptical satirist than the true believer, he offered the promise of a different way of being a cultured rebel.'
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Man of Steel,
single work
essay
An essay on the American sculptor Richard Serra
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Divine Bodies: Love, Lust and Longing in Freud's Collection,
single work
essay
In this essay, Janine Burke discusses pieces in the Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freud's art collection.
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In the Wings,
single work
essay
Helen Garner describes time spent in the Melbourne, Victoria, rehearsal rooms of the Australian Ballet.
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Northing
In Ancient Wakes,
single work
autobiography
Memoir of a sailing voyage north to the Arctic in the wake of the Viking longships.Note: Epigraph: It is not down in any map; true places never are. (Herman Melville, Moby-Dick). With title: Northing
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Back To the Heart,
single work
autobiography
Robyn Davidson travels back to the country that, in 1977, inspired in her 'the most profuound sense of belonging I will ever know' and resulted in her book Tracks.
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Are We Home Yet?
A Thumbnail Dipped in Ink,
single work
essay
Baldwin writes: 'Home is not just a physical place. It's also an inner landscape, made up of all that you hold most dear.' In this sense, she revisits her English heritage and recognises her attachment to England as 'home'.Note: Expanded version. With title: Are We Home Yet?
- Days of Christmas, single work prose (p. 162-176)
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Cacophony,
single work
essay
Louis Nowra discusses the relationships between the first settlers and the Eora people in Sydney, New South Wales and the effect on each of each other's noises and language sounds. A parallel comment on Nowra's relationship with an elderly neighbour, and her accusations against him of noise making and the effect this has on his sensitivity to sounds around him in modern day Sydney, runs alongside part of the essay.
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Looking for Mr Mathews,
single work
essay
Martin Thomas writes about his biographcal subject the Australian anthropologist R. H. Mathews.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Untitled
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Wet Ink , Spring no. 4 2006; (p. 59)
— Review of The Best Australian Essays 2005 2005 anthology essay autobiography criticism prose -
Vintage 2005
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Eureka Street , March-April vol. 16 no. 2 2006; (p. 36-37)
— Review of The Best Australian Essays 2005 2005 anthology essay autobiography criticism prose ; The Best Australian Stories 2005 2005 anthology short story ; The Best Australian Poems 2005 2005 anthology poetry -
Tonic for the Brain
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 28 January 2006; (p. 10)
— Review of The Best Australian Essays 2005 2005 anthology essay autobiography criticism prose -
Swept Along by Personal Politics
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 17-18 December 2005; (p. 23)
— Review of The Best Australian Essays 2005 2005 anthology essay autobiography criticism prose -
A Question of Taste
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 17 December 2005; (p. 25)
— Review of The Best Australian Essays 2005 2005 anthology essay autobiography criticism prose ; The Best Australian Stories 2005 2005 anthology short story
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Authentic Speaking Voices for Essays on a Wide Range of Important Views
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 10 December 2005; (p. 14-15)
— Review of The Best Australian Essays 2005 2005 anthology essay autobiography criticism prose -
A Question of Taste
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 17 December 2005; (p. 25)
— Review of The Best Australian Essays 2005 2005 anthology essay autobiography criticism prose ; The Best Australian Stories 2005 2005 anthology short story -
Swept Along by Personal Politics
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 17-18 December 2005; (p. 23)
— Review of The Best Australian Essays 2005 2005 anthology essay autobiography criticism prose -
Tonic for the Brain
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 28 January 2006; (p. 10)
— Review of The Best Australian Essays 2005 2005 anthology essay autobiography criticism prose -
Vintage 2005
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Eureka Street , March-April vol. 16 no. 2 2006; (p. 36-37)
— Review of The Best Australian Essays 2005 2005 anthology essay autobiography criticism prose ; The Best Australian Stories 2005 2005 anthology short story ; The Best Australian Poems 2005 2005 anthology poetry
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