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y Jindyworobak Anthology, 1941 Rex Ingamells (editor), 1941 Z813166 1941 periodical issue 1941
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1941
)
pg. 28
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y New Song in an Old Land Rex Ingamells (editor), London : Longmans, Green , 1943 Z132802 1943 anthology poetry London : Longmans, Green , 1943
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1943
)
pg. 68
Appears in:

y The Oxford Book of Australasian Verse Walter Murdoch (editor), London : Oxford University Press , 1918 Z1021439 1918 anthology poetry A Book of Australasian Verse Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1945
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1945
)
pg. 265
Appears in:

y Spoils of Time : Some Poems of the English Speaking Peoples Rex Ingamells (editor), Melbourne : Georgian House , 1948 Z1025294 1948 anthology poetry Melbourne : Georgian House , 1948
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1948
)
pg. 90
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y The Boomerang Book of Australian Poetry Enid Moodie Heddle (editor), Melbourne : Longmans, Green , 1956 Z380628 1956 anthology poetry children's Melbourne : Longmans, Green , 1956
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1956
)
pg. 94
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y Australian Poets Speak Colin Thiele (editor), Ian Mudie (editor), Adelaide : Rigby , 1961 Z223492 1961 anthology poetry criticism Adelaide : Rigby , 1961
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1961
)
pg. 96
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y The Jindyworobaks Brian Elliott (editor), St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1979 Z354916 1979 anthology poetry criticism extract St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1979
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1979
)
pg. 157

Notes:

This version has a minor phrasing variation and a different arrangement of lines and stanzas from the original version..

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y North Coast : Selected Verse C. B. Christesen , Brisbane : Meanjin Press , 1943 Z245562 1943 selected work poetry Brisbane : Meanjin Press , 1943
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1943
)
pg. 5
Appears in:

y Meanjin Only Human vol. 63 no. 1 2004 Z1105595 2004 periodical issue 2004
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2004
)
pg. 147

First line of verse: "Full moon: vast floods"

Notes:

Patricia Excell comments that in this re-written version 'the language has been pared down to essentials .... Seven overheated lines of description have been replaced by eleven mainly monosyllabic, heavily stressed words .... All that remains unchanged from the original version are the final lines...' ('Fine-Spun Song' Meanjin 63.1, p.149)

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y The Hand of Memory : Selected Stories and Verse C. B. Christesen , Melbourne : Meanjin Press , 1970 Z213399 1970 selected work short story poetry Melbourne : Meanjin Press , 1970
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1970
)
pg. 31
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y Ebb-Tide : Selected Verse C. B. Christesen , Eltham : Stanhope Press , 1997 Z279535 1997 selected work poetry Eltham : Stanhope Press , 1997
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1997
)
pg. 26
Appears in:

y Meanjin Only Human vol. 63 no. 1 2004 Z1105595 2004 periodical issue 2004
(
2004
)
pg. 148

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Subjects:

Coast,
Flying Fish Point, Innisfail area, Cardwell - Tully - Innisfail area, Ingham - Cairns area, Queensland,

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