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Issue Details: First known date: 1991... 1991 Neighbours : Multicultural Writing of the 1980s
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This collection of Australian multicultural writing is comprised of 26 short stories and two brief prose pieces written or first published in the 1980s (ix). The general theme is immigrant experience and the work is organized loosely in five thematic sections: Rejections; Transitions; Worlds Between; Generations; Connections.

Contents

* Contents derived from the St Lucia, Indooroopilly - St Lucia area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,:University of Queensland Press , 1991 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Christos Mavromatis Is a Welder, George Papaellinas , single work short story (p. 3-7)
The Case of the Vanishing Princess : Sally's Tale, Patricia Pengilley , single work short story (p. 8-14)
The Red-Back Spider, Peter Skrzynecki , single work short story (p. 15-22)
The Cruel Sunday, Tad Sobolewski , single work short story (p. 23-29)
Australiai"You big ugly. You too empty. You desert with your nothing", Ania Walwicz , single work poetry (p. 30-31)
Wogsi"they're not us they're them they're them they are else what you don't know what", Ania Walwicz , single work poetry (p. 32-33)
The Holiday, Lily Brett , single work short story (p. 37-47)
Ethnic School, András Dezséry , single work short story (p. 48-52)
Josef, in Transit, James McQueen , single work short story (p. 53-63)
al-Khaṭṭ al-ḥadīdī Kāyūjil. The Kyogle Line, David Malouf , single work prose (p. 64-70)
Getting Married, Ugo Rotellini , single work short story (p. 71-84)
The Oppressed, Tim Winton , single work short story (p. 85-92)
Milk, Beverley Farmer , single work short story (p. 95-106)
Kosta's Story, Zeny Giles , single work short story (p. 107-113)
"Austlalian' are Stupid", Uyen Loewald , single work short story (p. 114-122)
The Turkish Girl, David Martin , single work short story young adult
Eleven-year old Fatma Akalay has come from Turkey with her family to start a new life in Melbourne, Australia. As both her mother and father have to work to save the necessary money to bring Fatma's grandparents to join them in Australia, Fatma is obliged to stay home from school to look after her three-year old brother Levant. When Levant becomes lost one day Fatma is reluctant to involve the police fearing that the authorities will discover she does not attend school. Fatma is worried that she has placed the family's future in Australia in jeopardy.
 (p. 123-130)
Mother's Nose, Graham Sheil , single work short story (p. 131-138)
Talking to the Dark, Lolo Houbein , single work short story (p. 141-148)
Envy's Fire, Serge Liberman , single work short story (p. 149-157)
Being Here Now, Angelo Loukakis , single work short story (p. 158-165)
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Untitled Don Miller , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Multicultural Book Review , vol. 2 no. 3 1994; (p. 15-16)
— Review of Neighbours : Multicultural Writing of the 1980s 1991 anthology short story poetry prose biography
Towards a New Cultural Consciousness Nancy Kasprzycki , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The CRNLE Reviews Journal , no. 2 1992; (p. 74-77)
— Review of Neighbours : Multicultural Writing of the 1980s 1991 anthology short story poetry prose biography
Untitled Philip R. Metcalf , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Multicultural Review , vol. 1 no. 2 1992; (p. 65+)
— Review of Neighbours : Multicultural Writing of the 1980s 1991 anthology short story poetry prose biography
Rites and Wrongs of Migrant Ties Lesleyanne Hawthorne , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 1 February 1992; (p. 9)
— Review of Homeland 1991 anthology short story prose poetry criticism ; Neighbours : Multicultural Writing of the 1980s 1991 anthology short story poetry prose biography
Open for Debate C. E. Shue , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 136 1991; (p. 22)
— Review of Neighbours : Multicultural Writing of the 1980s 1991 anthology short story poetry prose biography
Towards a New Cultural Consciousness Nancy Kasprzycki , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The CRNLE Reviews Journal , no. 2 1992; (p. 74-77)
— Review of Neighbours : Multicultural Writing of the 1980s 1991 anthology short story poetry prose biography
Welcome End to `Multicultural' Concept John Donnelly , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 2 October 1991; (p. 8)
— Review of Homeland 1991 anthology short story prose poetry criticism ; Neighbours : Multicultural Writing of the 1980s 1991 anthology short story poetry prose biography
Rites and Wrongs of Migrant Ties Lesleyanne Hawthorne , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 1 February 1992; (p. 9)
— Review of Homeland 1991 anthology short story prose poetry criticism ; Neighbours : Multicultural Writing of the 1980s 1991 anthology short story poetry prose biography
Forecasts Claire Mills , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , June vol. 70 no. 1016 1991; (p. 19)
— Review of Neighbours : Multicultural Writing of the 1980s 1991 anthology short story poetry prose biography ; Katalyst Philip Cornford , 1991 single work novel
Open for Debate C. E. Shue , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 136 1991; (p. 22)
— Review of Neighbours : Multicultural Writing of the 1980s 1991 anthology short story poetry prose biography
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