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Alternative title: Where the Rivers Meet : New Writings from Australia
Note: Guest editors.
Issue Details: First known date: 2006... vol. 18 no. 2 2006 2006 of Manoa est. 1989 Manoa
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 2006 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Rivers of Babylon, Deborah Bird Rose , single work essay (p. 1-6)
Walk My Country, Robyn Davidson , single work essay
Robyn Davidson returns to an area of the Northern Territory through which she passed during the 1977 journey she described in Tracks. She goes to farewell Eddy, an Indigenous man who accompanied her on part of that journey and who died while she was travelling in India.
 (p. 7-17)
Back Roadi"revisiting childhood", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 18)
Brunswick St Bluesi"Brunswick St", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 18-19)
Jaded Olympic Momentsi"they made their way through the sliding-door", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 19-20)
Pinjarrai"Down at the site of the battle which was more like a slaughter", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 21)
The Voice The Speaking Voicei"They murdered my father. Like they murdered", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 21-22)
Note: With title: The Voice
Not Quite White in the Head, Melissa Lucashenko , single work essay (p. 23-31)
The Bulldozer, Tony Birch , single work short story (p. 33-39)
Summeri"A trip to the corner shop will take all day", Kevin Hart , single work poetry (p. 40)
Herei"In a bare room where light pours in from the ocean", Esther Ottaway , single work poetry (p. 40-41)
Lightning Wordsi"Old almond moonlight", Kevin Hart , single work poetry (p. 41-42)
Skyline, Burwood, 1954i"Day by day, the big screen climbing higher", John Jenkins , single work poetry (p. 43)
"This simple poem is a raft" Seduced by Starlighti"These rafts of simple poems", John Jenkins , single work poetry (p. 44)
[Extract] Home, Larissa Behrendt , extract novel (p. 45-55)
Note: Includes glossary.
Granitei"I find the empty quarter", Louise Crisp , single work poetry (p. 56)
Lagooni"Lagoon paddler, as the fisherman said:", Louise Crisp , single work poetry (p. 56-57)
Dunesi"I grieve in the dunes", Louise Crisp , single work poetry (p. 57)
Felix's Seedsi"Light swells this blue water", Adrienne Eberhard , single work poetry (p. 58)
Recherche Bay, 1792, Adrienne Eberhard , sequence poetry (p. 58-59)
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