person or book cover
Photograph courtesy of Cheryl Taylor
Elizabeth Perkins Elizabeth Perkins i(A35256 works by)
Born: Established: 8 Apr 1933 Brisbane, Queensland, ; Died: Ceased: 17 Feb 2004 Townsville, Townsville area, Marlborough - Mackay - Townsville area, Queensland,
Gender: Female
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

Works By

Preview all
1 Review of Alexia : A Tale of Two Cultures Elizabeth Perkins , 2013 extract review
— Appears in: Antigone Kefala : A Writer's Journey 2013; (p. 81-83)
— Review of Alexia : A Tale of Two Cultures Antigone Kefala , 1984 single work novel
1 Warm Words : North Queensland Writing Cheryl M. Taylor , Elizabeth Perkins , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: By the Book : A Literary History of Queensland 2007; (p. 213-255; notes 349-358)
1 5 y separately published work icon A Love Affair with Australian Literature : The Story of Tom Inglis Moore Pacita Alexander , Elizabeth Perkins , Charnwood : Ginninderra Press , 2004 Z1134160 2004 single work biography 'This is the story of Tom Inglis Moore, controversial crusader for Australian writers, himself a poet, journalist, teacher and scholar. It dispels longstanding myths about the teaching of Australian literature in Australia and speaks of friendships with literary legends including Miles Franklin and Mary Gilmore, Alan Marshall and Xavier Herbert. A Love Affair with Australian Literature traces Moore's life and influence from the farming country of Camden south of Sydney, thence to England and the United States and, via the Philippines and New Guinea, to Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory' (back cover).
1 Singing the Landscape Elizabeth Perkins , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , Fourth Quarter vol. 22 no. 4 2003; (p. 57-58)
— Review of Ngarla Songs 2003 anthology lyric/song biography essay
1 Introduction Elizabeth Perkins , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: Wicked Sisters 2003; (p. v-xii)
1 Entering the Dialogue Elizabeth Perkins , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , Third Quarter vol. 22 no. 3 2003; (p. 65-66)
— Review of Crow Feathers : An Indigenous Collection of Poems and Images 2003 anthology poetry
1 Coming to Terms Elizabeth Perkins , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , Third Quarter vol. 22 no. 3 2003; (p. 63-64)
— Review of Under the Wintamarra Tree Doris Pilkington Garimara , 2002 single work life story autobiography
1 Look back in Anger, Laughter, Forgiveness Elizabeth Perkins , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , Summer vol. 22 no. 1 2003; (p. 60-64)
— Review of Mama Kuma : One Woman, Two Cultures Deborah Carlyon , 2002 single work biography ; The Mish Robert Lowe , 2002 single work life story
1 Burnt Children Elizabeth Perkins , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , Winter vol. 21 no. 3 2002; (p. 68-69)
— Review of Machines for Feeling Mireille Juchau , 2001 single work novel
1 Poet Speaking with the People Elizabeth Perkins , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , Winter vol. 21 no. 3 2002; (p. 70-71)
— Review of Australian Literary Studies vol. 20 no. 2 October 2001 periodical issue
1 A Disamingly Disturbing Correspondent Elizabeth Perkins , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , Spring vol. 21 no. 4 2002; (p. 59-60)
— Review of Xavier Herbert : Letters Xavier Herbert , 2002 selected work correspondence
1 Allusive but Timely Elizabeth Perkins , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , Spring vol. 21 no. 4 2002; (p. 57-58)
— Review of Tourmaline Randolph Stow , 1963 single work novel ; To the Islands Randolph Stow , 1958 single work novel
1 3 y separately published work icon The Poems of Charles Harpur in Manuscript in the Mitchell Library and in Publication in the Nineteenth Century : An Analytical Finding List The Poems of Charles Harpur : An Analytical Finding List Elizabeth Holt , Elizabeth Perkins , Canberra : Australian Defence Force Academy. Australian Scholarly Editions Centre , 2002 Z954928 2002 single work bibliography This finding list provides a 'systematic description of manuscript versions and publication history of every known Harpur poem' (Blurb). The editors and compilers have undertaken a detailed comparison of poems in the Harpur papers in the Mitchell Library as well as those published in the nineteenth century. A valuable chronology of Harpur's life is also included.
1 In Memoriam, Ross Stanley Smith Elizabeth Perkins , Greg Manning , Cheryl M. Taylor , Anthony J. Hassall , 2000 single work obituary (for Ross Smith )
— Appears in: LiNQ , October vol. 27 no. 2 2000; (p. 9-11)

'Students, friends and colleagues were deeply grieved to learn, shortly before Christmas last year, of the death in Brisbane of Ross Smith, who lectured for many years in James Cook University's former Department of English.' (Publication abstract)
1 A Note on Charles Harpur Elizabeth Perkins , 1999 single work column
— Appears in: Margin , November no. 49 1999; (p. 38)
1 Classical Passion : Falcon Drinking Elizabeth Perkins , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Dimitris Tsaloumas : A Voluntary Exile : Selected Writings on His Life and Work 1999; (p. 180-184)
— Review of Falcon Drinking : The English Poems Dimitris Tsaloumas , 1988 selected work poetry
1 A Personal View from the Precipice Elizabeth Perkins , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: LiNQ , May vol. 26 no. 1 1999; (p. 91-92)
— Review of The Literary Precipice Joan Priest , 1998 single work autobiography
1 Plays about the Vietnam War : The Agon of the Young Elizabeth Perkins , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: Our Australian Theatre in the 1990s 1998; (p. 38-52)
1 1 y separately published work icon Our First Republicans : John Dunmore Lang, Charles Harpur, Daniel Henry Deniehy : Selected Writings, 1840-1860 Daniel Henry Deniehy , John Dunmore Lang , Charles Harpur , David Headon (editor), Elizabeth Perkins (editor), Leichhardt : Federation Press , 1998 Z817716 1998 selected work prose
1 Literary Culture 1851-1914 : Founding a Canon Elizabeth Perkins , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Oxford Literary History of Australia 1998; (p. 47-65)
X