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y separately published work icon On Bunyah selected work   poetry  
  • Author:agent Les Murray http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/murray-les
Issue Details: First known date: 2015... 2015 On Bunyah
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'"Bunyah has been my refuge and home place all my life. This book concentrates on the smallest habitats of community, the scattered village and the lone house, where space makes the isolated dwelling into an illusory distant city ruled by its family and their laws."

'On Bunyah tells a story of rural Australia in verse and photographs. From blood and fenceposts to broad beans and milk lorries, Les Murray evokes the life and landscape of his part of the country.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Exhibitions

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17024138

Notes

  • This book contains poems and photographs exploring Murray's beloved hometown of Bunyah, Australia. (Carcanet Books).

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Collingwood, Fitzroy - Collingwood area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: Black Inc. , 2015 .
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      Extent: 160p.
      ISBN: 9781863957601 (hbk)
    • Carlton, Parkville - Carlton area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: Black Inc. , 2017 .
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      Cover image courtesy of publisher.
      Extent: 146p.
      Edition info: updated edition
      Description: illus., ports
      Note/s:
      • Published February 13, 2017
      ISBN: 9781863959032 (pbk), 9781925203455 (ebook)
    • Manchester,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Carcanet ,
      2017 .
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      Extent: xiii, 146p.
      Description: illus., ports
      Note/s:
      • Published 15 March 2017.
      ISBN: 1784104981, 9781784104986

Other Formats

  • Sound recording.
  • Large print.

Works about this Work

The Promise i "Taller When Prone by Les Murray:", Helene Castles , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , June vol. 63 no. 6 2019; (p. 38)
To Outlive a Home : Poetics of a Crumbling Domestic Evelyn Araluen , 2019 single work essay
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 February no. 89 2019;
On Les Murray Colin Burrow , 2017 single work review
— Appears in: London Review of Books , 27 July vol. 39 no. 15 2017; (p. 18)

— Review of On Bunyah Les Murray , 2015 selected work poetry

'Bunyah is a valley about 300 km north of Sydney in which the Australian poet Les Murray grew up, and to which he returned in 1985 as ‘my refuge and my homeplace’. Over-educated readers might imagine from its title that On Bunyah (Carcanet, £14.99) is a set of philosophical meditations which belongs on the shelves next to, say, John Stuart Mill’s On Liberty. But Murray’s preface explains that ‘natives and some incomers habitually say “on” Bunyah rather than “at” or “in”.’ (Introduction)

Phillip Hall Reviews On Bunyah by Les Murray Phillip Hall , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Plumwood Mountain [Online] , February 2016;

— Review of On Bunyah Les Murray , 2015 selected work poetry
Review Short : Les Murray’s On Bunyah Lucas Smith , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 October no. 52.0 2015;

— Review of On Bunyah Les Murray , 2015 selected work poetry
Evocative Tribute to Poet’s Rural Abode Anna Heyward , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10-11 October 2015; (p. 20-21)

— Review of On Bunyah Les Murray , 2015 selected work poetry
Review Short : Les Murray’s On Bunyah Lucas Smith , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 October no. 52.0 2015;

— Review of On Bunyah Les Murray , 2015 selected work poetry
Phillip Hall Reviews On Bunyah by Les Murray Phillip Hall , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Plumwood Mountain [Online] , February 2016;

— Review of On Bunyah Les Murray , 2015 selected work poetry
On Les Murray Colin Burrow , 2017 single work review
— Appears in: London Review of Books , 27 July vol. 39 no. 15 2017; (p. 18)

— Review of On Bunyah Les Murray , 2015 selected work poetry

'Bunyah is a valley about 300 km north of Sydney in which the Australian poet Les Murray grew up, and to which he returned in 1985 as ‘my refuge and my homeplace’. Over-educated readers might imagine from its title that On Bunyah (Carcanet, £14.99) is a set of philosophical meditations which belongs on the shelves next to, say, John Stuart Mill’s On Liberty. But Murray’s preface explains that ‘natives and some incomers habitually say “on” Bunyah rather than “at” or “in”.’ (Introduction)

Les Murray Jason Steger (interviewer), 2015 single work interview
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 10-11 October 2015; (p. 24-25) The Saturday Age , 10-11 October 2015; (p. 24)
To Outlive a Home : Poetics of a Crumbling Domestic Evelyn Araluen , 2019 single work essay
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 February no. 89 2019;
The Promise i "Taller When Prone by Les Murray:", Helene Castles , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , June vol. 63 no. 6 2019; (p. 38)
Last amended 4 Dec 2019 14:58:22
Subjects:
  • Bunyah, Krambach - Nabiac - Hallidays Point area, Greater Taree, Mid North Coast, New South Wales,
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