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Dedication: for Dorothy Porter, Ben McNamara, Andrew Bornen and Margaret Wheater
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Geelong,
Geelong City - Geelong East area,
Geelong area,
Geelong - Terang - Lake Bolac area,
Victoria,:Whitmore Press
, 2013 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Holidayi"Our son pisses on the rental carpet & Dot Porter dies.", single work poetry (p. 1)
- Balonne Highwayi"Every couple of clicks dark patches inked the highway", single work poetry (p. 2)
- Bowra, sequence poetry (p. 2-11)
- St George, 1981i"His buttery-coloured raincoat jogged around the St George", single work poetry (p. 3)
- Bolloni"The spotted bowerbirds hopped over the graves of Bollon's", single work poetry (p. 4)
- Emui"They came on it at lioness speed pounding into Cunnamulla;", single work poetry (p. 5)
- Cunamulla, Sandhillsi"The tourist brochures didn't lie, they created a special prison", single work poetry (p. 6)
- Cunnamulla, Allan Tannock Weiri"As they skidded to a halt on the gravel, two half-mad, half tamed", single work poetry (p. 7)
- Grey Falconi"Lived up to its birding nickname, 'smoke hawk', as it cut just above", single work poetry (p. 8)
- Bowra, Feralsi"Cut open a feral tomcat's stomach & you'll find a miniature", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Tonyi"He woke before everybody else; a bushman who camped", single work poetry (p. 10)
- Goondiwindii"The birds petered out like the puffballs of cotton that bordered", single work poetry (p. 11)
- 1824 Junction of Brisbane and Bremer Riversi"The upturned turtle shell of you punted across my mouth;", single work poetry (p. 12)
- A Strong Brown God, sequence poetry (p. 12-21)
- 1827 Limestone Hillsi"Something of a family heirloom, that's what I gave in return.", single work poetry (p. 13)
- 1835 Coffin Holesi"I was used to you drinking from my body, rough tongues", single work poetry (p. 14)
- 1846-75 Paddle steamersi"You used to lay the thick hand of boats upon me, like", single work poetry (p. 15)
- 1847 Boiling Down Worksi"The dead animals were sunk into your iron heart's fatty", single work poetry (p. 16)
- 1891 Wallooni"Don't blame me for the babies of Walloon. That wasn't me.", single work poetry (p. 17)
- 1893 Floodi"My banks broke when you least wanted it. My brown fluid's", single work poetry (p. 18)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Review : Bowra
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 356 2013;
— Review of Bowra 2013 selected work poetry
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Review : Bowra
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 356 2013;
— Review of Bowra 2013 selected work poetry
Awards
- 2011 joint winner The Whitmore Press Manuscript Prize
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