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Issue Details: First known date: 1992... 1992 Canberra, Home
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Point Piper, Sydney Eastern Harbourside, Sydney Eastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,:Towerhouse Publications , 1992 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Canberra, Homei"Homeland is where childhood feet have run", Amy MacGrath , single work poetry (p. 9)
Mount Stromloi"I have not seen the Halley's Comet yet", Amy MacGrath , single work poetry (p. 10)
Kosciuskoi"High, most high, the mountains where we go", Amy MacGrath , single work poetry (p. 11)
The Great Dividing Rangei"I saw eternity on these gaunt cliffs", Amy MacGrath , single work poetry (p. 12)
Utopian Cityi"Utopian city, a once-upon-a-time,", Amy MacGrath , single work poetry (p. 13)
Nomadsi"When once the aborigines first owned", Amy MacGrath , single work poetry (p. 15)
Tidbinbillai"Lost towards the mountains, an out-of-the-way-place,", Amy MacGrath , single work poetry (p. 16)
Where the Black Man Trodi"They march where once the black man trod", Amy MacGrath , single work poetry (p. 18)
Uriarrai"No megalithic tombs nor rings of stone", Amy MacGrath , single work poetry (p. 19-20)
The First Settleri"Waterloo veteran of that most famous cavalry charge", Amy MacGrath , single work poetry (p. 21)
Squattersi"Before the time of the poplars now glistening overhead;", Amy MacGrath , single work poetry (p. 23)
Tennant, Bushrangeri"Runaway convict, or ticket-of-leave, no matter,", Amy MacGrath , single work poetry (p. 24)
Reverendi"That young clergman haunts me still,", Amy MacGrath , single work poetry (p. 25)
St. John's, Canberrai"They came with their triumphant iron of plough and spade,", Amy MacGrath , single work poetry (p. 26)
Old Monaro Roadi"The bushfire warning was up, read danger high,", Amy MacGrath , single work poetry (p. 28)
Stockmeni"The incandescence of the night-sky stars", Amy MacGrath , single work poetry (p. 29-30)
The Ringbarked Foresti"This my crime too for this was done for me-", Amy MacGrath , single work poetry (p. 31)
Lake Georgei"The land was only scarce subdued then,", Amy MacGrath , single work poetry (p. 32)
Town Hall Hilli"The Brindabella Range Olympian", Amy MacGrath , single work poetry (p. 34)
The Crowi"The black crow struggles slow,", Amy MacGrath , single work poetry (p. 35)
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