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A Spirit of Play : The Making of Australian Consciousness single work   criticism  
  • Author:agent David Malouf http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/malouf-david
Issue Details: First known date: 1998... 1998 A Spirit of Play : The Making of Australian Consciousness
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Notes

  • Boyer Lectures 1998. The six lectures were: 'The Island'; 'A Complex Fate'; 'Monuments to Time'; 'The Orphan in the Pacific'; 'A Spirit of Play'.

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    • Sydney, New South Wales,: ABC Books , 1998 .
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      ISBN: 0733307264
      Series: y separately published work icon Boyer Lectures Australian Broadcasting Commission , Z1082238 1959 series - publisher
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Itinerant Reading, Itinerant Writing : Teaching Australian Literature Contextually Ian Reid , 2011 single work criticism
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