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Untitled Captain Cook "Cook was a captain of the Admiralty", Kenneth Slessor , 1931 single work poetry
— Appears in: Trio : A Book of Poems 1931; (p. 8-9) New Song in an Old Land 1943; (p. 5-7) One Hundred Poems : 1919-1939 1944; (p. 64-66) An Anthology of Australian Verse 1952; (p. 328-329) Freedom on the Wallaby : Poems of the Australian People 1953; (p. 161-162) A Book of Australian Verse 1956; (p. 87-88)

Untitled "Flowers turned to stone! Not all the botany", Kenneth Slessor , 1931 single work poetry
— Appears in: Trio : A Book of Poems 1931; (p. 13) One Hundred Poems : 1919-1939 1944; (p. 66-67) An Anthology of Australian Verse 1952; (p. 329-330) A Book of Australian Verse 1956; (p. 89-90) Modern Australian Verse 1964; (p. 1-2) A Book of Australian Verse 1968; (p. 87-88)

y Untitled "Two chronometers the captain had,", Kenneth Slessor , Sydney : W. H. Paling , 1955 Z269039 1931 single work poetry

Untitled "Sometimes the god would fold his wings", Kenneth Slessor , 1931 single work poetry
— Appears in: Trio : A Book of Poems 1931; (p. 21) One Hundred Poems : 1919-1939 1944; (p. 68) An Anthology of Australian Verse 1952; (p. 331) A Book of Australian Verse 1956; (p. 91) A Book of Australian Verse 1968; (p. 89) Poems 1975; (p. 70-71)

Untitled "After the candles had gone out, and those", Kenneth Slessor , 1931 single work poetry
— Appears in: Trio : A Book of Poems 1931; (p. 24-26) One Hundred Poems : 1919-1939 1944; (p. 69-71) An Anthology of Australian Verse 1952; (p. 332-334) A Book of Australian Verse 1956; (p. 91-94) A Book of Australian Verse 1968; (p. 89-92) Poems 1975; (p. 71-73)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

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y Trio : A Book of Poems Kenneth Slessor , Harley Matthews , Colin Simpson , Sydney : Sunnybrook Press , 1931 Z544991 1931 selected work poetry Sydney : Sunnybrook Press , 1931
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1931
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pg. 1-26
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y One Hundred Poems : 1919-1939 Kenneth Slessor , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1944 Z531634 1944 selected work poetry Abstract
The definitive collection of work from one of Australia’s preeminent twentieth century poets, Kenneth Slessor, drawing from his acclaimed books, Earth Visitors (1926), Cuckooz Contrey (1932) and Five Bells (1939). This selection was first published as One Hundred Poems in 1944 (with the addition of three further poems in 1957), and includes an introduction by Dennis Haskell and an Author’s Note. From his historical series, ‘Five Visions of Captain Cook’, to his memorial to the loss of a friend, the iconic ‘Five Bells’, and from the tragic landscape of El Alamein, influenced by his stint as a war correspondent and made famous in ‘Beach Burial’, to the meditation ‘Out of Time’, Slessor’s poetry continues to dazzle contemporary audiences. A master of modern verse, Slessor explores the themes of art, death and time, displaying an impressive range: from sorrow to satire, melodrama to poignant intensity. His work still influences and inspires younger generations, and the prestigious Kenneth Slessor Poetry Prize is named in his honour.
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Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1944
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1944
)
pg. 64-71
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y An Anthology of Australian Verse George Mackaness (editor), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1952 6472657 1952 anthology poetry Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1952
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1952
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pg. 328-334
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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
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pg. 101-103
Note: Includes Parts II and III only.
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y A Book of Australian Verse Judith Wright (editor), Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1956 Z565053 1956 anthology poetry Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1956
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1956
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pg. 87-94
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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
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pg. 72-75
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y A Book of Australian Verse Judith Wright (editor), Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1956 Z565053 1956 anthology poetry Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1968
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1968
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pg. 85-92
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y Poems Kenneth Slessor , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1957 Z531943 1957 selected work poetry (taught in 5 units) Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1975
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1975
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pg. 67-73
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y The World's Contracted Thus J. A. McKenzie (editor), J. K. McKenzie (editor), Richmond : Heinemann Education Australia , 1983 Z174491 1983 anthology poetry Richmond : Heinemann Education Australia , 1983
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1983
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pg. 269-274
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y My Country : Australian Poetry and Short Stories, Two Hundred Years Leonie Kramer (editor), Sydney : Lansdowne , 1985 Z1067493 1985 anthology poetry short story Sydney : Lansdowne , 1985
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1985
)
pg. 1-7
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y Cross-Country : A Book of Australian Verse John Barnes (editor), Brian McFarlane (editor), Richmond : Heinemann , 1984 Z900285 1984 anthology poetry (taught in 1 units) Richmond : Heinemann Education Australia , 1988
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1988
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pg. 75-80
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y Kenneth Slessor : Collected Poems Kenneth Slessor , Dennis Haskell (editor), Geoffrey Dutton (editor), Pymble : Angus and Robertson , 1994 Z396988 1994 collected work poetry drama Abstract Comprehensive collection of Slessor's work from earlier selections as well as previously uncollected work, with preface, chronology and extensive textual and explanatory notes. Pymble : Angus and Robertson , 1994
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1994
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pg. 87-94
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y Antipodes : Poetic Responses Margaret Bradstock (editor), Putney : Phoenix Education , 2011 Z1760960 2011 anthology poetry extract Abstract Antipodes, representing poets born between 1790 and 1983, provides a wonderful introduction to the changing views of Australia and its history over the past two hundred years as well as to the excellent poetry that is part of our heritage. -- Emeritus Professor Elizabeth Webby (from the Foreword) Putney : Phoenix Education , 2011
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2011
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pg. 19-20
Note: Part I only
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y Australian Poetry Since 1788 Geoffrey Lehmann (editor), Robert Gray (editor), Sydney : University of New South Wales Press , 2011 Z1803846 2011 anthology poetry (taught in 1 units) Abstract 'A good poem is one that the world can’t forget or is delighted to rediscover. This landmark anthology of Australian poetry, edited by two of Australia’s foremost poets, Geoffrey Lehmann and Robert Gray, contains such poems. It is the first of its kind for Australia and promises to become a classic. Included here are Australia’s major poets, and lesser-known but equally affecting ones, and all manifestations of Australian poetry since 1788, from concrete poems to prose poems, from the cerebral to the naïve, from the humorous to the confessional, and from formal to free verse. Translations of some striking Aboriginal song poems are one of the high points. Containing over 1000 poems from 170 Australian poets, as well as short critical biographies, this careful reevaluation of Australian poetry makes this a superb book that can be read and enjoyed over a lifetime.' (From the publisher's website.) Sydney : University of New South Wales Press , 2011
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2011
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pg. 270-275

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The Drowned World of Kenneth Slessor Jeffrey Poacher , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 20 no. 1 2001; (p. 5-19)

'Living Backward' : Slessor and Masculine Elegy Kate Lilley , 1997 single work criticism
— Appears in: Kenneth Slessor : Critical Readings 1997; (p. 246-264) The AustLit Anthology of Criticism 2010; (p. 60)

From Kenneth Slessor : An Essay in Interpretation A. K. Thomson , 1997 extract criticism
— Appears in: Kenneth Slessor : Critical Readings 1997; (p. 77-112) The AustLit Anthology of Criticism 2010; (p. 62)

Australia's Pacific Identity John McLaren , 1993 single work criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 7 no. 1 1993; (p. 45-50)

Quests Anthony J. Hassall , 1988 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , vol. 13 no. 4 1988; (p. 390-408)

Captain Cook Hugh McCrae , 1932 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 21 December vol. 53 no. 2758 1932;
— Review of Five Visions of Captain Cook 1931 sequence poetry

Slessor's Three Visions of Time and the Sea Julian Croft , 1977 single work criticism
— Appears in: Considerations : New Essays on Kenneth Slessor, Judith Wright and Douglas Stewart 1977; (p. 38-68)

Australia's Pacific Identity John McLaren , 1993 single work criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 7 no. 1 1993; (p. 45-50)

Kenneth Slessor's Approach to Modernism Andrew Taylor , 1987 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Australian Poetry 1987; (p. 53-69) Kenneth Slessor : Critical Readings 1997; (p. 139-157)

Kenneth Slessor Robert D. FitzGerald , 1971 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 5 no. 2 1971; (p. 115-120) Of Places and Poetry 1976; (p. 97-105) Robert D. FitzGerald 1987; (p. 52-57)