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Leon Gellert Leon Gellert i(A27416 works by) (a.k.a. Leon Maxwell Gellert)
Born: Established: 17 May 1892 Walkerville, Walkerville area, Adelaide - North / North East, Adelaide, South Australia, ; Died: Ceased: 22 Aug 1977 Toorak Gardens, Burnside area, Adelaide - South / South East, Adelaide, South Australia,
Gender: Male
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1 [From] Anzac Cove i "There's a lonely stretch of hillocks:", Leon Gellert , 2019 extract poetry (Anzac Cove)
— Appears in: This is Home : Essential Australian Poems for Children 2019; (p. 48-49)
1 If You Were Here (Overlooking the Valley of the Nile) i "If you were here", Leon Gellert , 2007 single work poetry
— Appears in: An Anthology of Australian Poetry to 1920 2007; (p. 401)
1 The Last to Leave i "These long-forgotten dead with sunken graves,", Leon Gellert , 2003 extract poetry war literature (The Last to Leave)
— Appears in: From Gallipoli to Gaza : The Desert Poets of World War One 2003; (p. 132)
1 The Dove i "Outside my bedroom window pane", Leon Gellert , 2002 single work poetry
— Appears in: An Australian Treasury of Popular Verse 2002; (p. 326)
1 The Rifle Bird i "'Secretive' is perhaps the word", Leon Gellert , 2002 single work poetry
— Appears in: An Australian Treasury of Popular Verse 2002; (p. 305) Two Centuries of Australian Poetry 2007; (p. 177)
1 The Echidna i "The male echidna with its mate", Leon Gellert , 2002 single work poetry humour
— Appears in: An Australian Treasury of Popular Verse 2002; (p. 303) Two Centuries of Australian Poetry 2007; (p. 177)
1 The Mutton-Bird i "Only a greenhorn (or a glutton)", Leon Gellert , 1991 single work poetry humour
— Appears in: The Oxford Book of Australian Light Verse 1991; (p. 16) An Australian Treasury of Popular Verse 2002; (p. 307) Two Centuries of Australian Poetry 2007; (p. 178)
1 The Lyre Bird i "PRECISELY at the hour of eight", Leon Gellert , 1988 single work poetry humour
— Appears in: The Illustrated Treasury of Australian Humour 1988; (p. 138)
1 The Bush Tick i "EMBRACE the friendly little asp;", Leon Gellert , 1988 single work poetry humour
— Appears in: The Illustrated Treasury of Australian Humour 1988; (p. 138)
1 Untitled Leon Gellert , 1974 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28 June 1974; (p. 10)
— Review of Shipwreck Douglas Stewart , 1947 single work drama
1 House-Mates i "Because his soup was cold, he needs must sulk", Leon Gellert , 1970 single work poetry
— Appears in: Bards in the Wilderness : Australian Colonial Poetry to 1920 1970; (p. 225) The Collins Book of Australian Poetry 1981; (p. 99) The New Oxford Book of Australian Verse 1986; (p. 131) The New Oxford Book of Australian Verse 1996; (p. 131) Australian Verse : An Oxford Anthology 1998; (p. 269) The Puncher & Wattmann Anthology of Australian Poetry 2009; (p. 321)
1 The Gecko i "The Gecko lying on its stone", Leon Gellert , 1968 single work poetry
— Appears in: This Land : An Anthology of Australian Poetry for Young People 1968; (p. 169-170)
1 Christmas Beetle i "When Christmas comes the Christmas heat'll", Leon Gellert , 1966 single work poetry humour
— Appears in: The Australian Christmas 1966; (p. 190) Little Book of Christmas 2007; (p. 31)
1 Wooden Anzacs Leon Gellert , 1963 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 26 January vol. 85 no. 4328 1963; (p. 37)
1 Sentimental Interlude Leon Gellert , 1958 single work
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4 October 1958, 12 1958;
1 Crime and Punishment (from Year After Year) Leon Gellert , 1957 extract
— Appears in: Australian Letters , November vol. 1 no. 2 1957; (p. 42-45)
1 Some Hints on Banking Leon Gellert , 1956 single work short story humour
— Appears in: Year after Year 1956; (p. 1-6) Australian Pavements : An Urban Anthology 1964; (p. 127-130)
1 1 y separately published work icon Year after Year Leon Gellert , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1956 Z107176 1956 selected work short story humour
1 Bacteria Background Leon Gellert , 1953 single work short story
— Appears in: Australia Writes : An Anthology 1953; (p. 120-23) Hemisphere , vol. 2 no. 5 1958; (p. 20-22) The narrator, normally resistant to the common cold, falls victim to infection and ponders its symptoms, progress, contagiousness and possible cures.
1 2 y separately published work icon Week After Week Leon Gellert , Sydney : J. Fairfax and Sons , 1953 Z107278 1953 selected work short story humour
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