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* Contents derived from the Carlton, Parkville - Carlton area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,:Melbourne University Press , 1993 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.

Sir John Medley: A Memoir, Geoffrey Serle , single work biography (p. 1-73)

Note: Includes 4 leaves of plates: portraits and photographs.

Sir John Medley as a Versifier, J. D. G. Medley , Ray Marginson (editor), selected work poetry (p. 77-151)

Note: Illustrated by Helen Ogilvie. Includes portrait. Introduction by Ray Marginson pp.77-79. Foreword by Russel Grimwade pp.81-82.

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Publisher: Melbourne University Press

Carlton, Parkville - Carlton area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: Melbourne University Press , 1993 .

Extent: 151p.
Description: illus., port.

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Includes a selection of John Medley's verse edited by Ray Marginson.

In a letter to Australian Book Review, February 2006, Marginson corrects 'an egregious error of attribution'. One of the poems credited to Sir John Medley, the quatrain beginning 'Percy Grainger's lot is hard--', was in fact written by Professor John Poynter.

ISBN: 0522845401

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Whipping Boy Ray Marginson , 2006 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February no. 278 2006; (p. 6)

Satiric Poetry Reveals Unexpected Depths Margaret Boe Birns , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 8 no. 1 1994; (p. 70-71)
— Review of Sir John Medley: A Memoir J. D. G. Medley , Geoffrey Serle , 1993 selected work biography ; The Sting in the Wattle : Australian Satirical Verse 1993 anthology poetry correspondence extract

A Witty Reformer Who Knew What a University Should Be Ron Winch , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 2 October 1993; (p. C8)
— Review of Sir John Medley: A Memoir J. D. G. Medley , Geoffrey Serle , 1993 selected work biography

Well-Versed Vice-Chancellor Clement Semmler , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 31 July - 1 August 1993; (p. rev 4)
— Review of Sir John Medley: A Memoir J. D. G. Medley , Geoffrey Serle , 1993 selected work biography

A Well-Carved Cherry Stone Peter Ryan , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 21 August 1993; (p. 9)
— Review of Sir John Medley: A Memoir J. D. G. Medley , Geoffrey Serle , 1993 selected work biography