Description |
202 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm |
Series |
Bantam book |
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Bantam book.
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Contents |
Roger McDonald (Introduction) -- Eliabeth Jolley (The Goose Path) -- Judith Wright (From the ridge to the river) - Les A. Murray (In a working forest) -- Geoffrey Dutton (Rocky Point: the bush, the bay) -- Roger McDonald ( Wool Walk) -- Sue Woolfe (The invisible bush) -- Helen Garner (Three Acres, more or less) -- Mudrooroo Narogin (The Spirit of our Mourning) -- Barney Roberts (Soliloquy in Cathedral Country) -- Jack Davis (Growing up in the bush: a recollection) -- Frank Moorhouse (Masculinity Index) -- Bruce Pascoe (Middens) - Notes on Contributors p. 200-202 |
Summary |
Twelve of Australia's most celebrated authors each write on a part of the country that holds special meaning for them. The writing is complemented by the black and white photography of award winner Nicholas Adler |
Analysis |
Australian literature |
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Australian prose literature - 20th century |
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Landscapes - Australia - Literary collections |
Notes |
A walk with Eliabeth Jolley, Judith Wright, Les Murray, Roger McDonald, Sue Woolfe, Helen Garner, Mudrooroo Narogin, Barney Roberts, Frank Moorhouse, Jack Davis, Geoffrey Dutton and Bruce Pascoe |
Bibliography |
Introduction / Roger McDonald -- The Goose path / Elizabeth Jolley -- From the Ridge to the River / Judith Wright -- In a working forest / Les A. Murray -- Rocky point: the bush, the bay / Geoffrey Dutton -- Wool walk / Roger McDonald -- The invisible bush / Sue Woolfe -- Three acres, more or less / Helen Garner -- The spirit of our morning / Mudrooroo Narogin -- Soliloquy in Cathedral country / Barney Roberts -- Growing up in the bush: a recollection / Jack Davis -- Maculinity index / Frank Moorhouse -- Middens / Bruce Pascoe -- Notes on contributors |
Notes |
Copy 2 - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection |
Subject |
Australian prose literature -- 20th century.
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Authors, Australian -- Homes and haunts.
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Landscapes -- Australia -- Literary collections.
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Landscapes in literature.
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SUBJECT |
Australia -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009579
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Australia -- Literary collections.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009116204
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Author |
Adler, Nicholas, 1957-
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Jolley, Elizabeth, 1923-2007.
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McDonald, Roger, 1941-
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LC no. |
71008979 |
ISBN |
0947189793 |
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