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Issue Details: First known date: 1959... vol. 2 no. 3 December 1959 of Australian Letters: A Quarterly Review of Writing and Criticism est. 1957 Australian Letters
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1959 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
A Filthy Christmas to All Our Readers, single work (p. 6)
Making of a Poet, Robert Bruce , single work (p. 7-8)
Christmas Day near Lake Torrens, 1864i"'Tis Chrismas day! but who would know", Robert Bruce , single work poetry (p. 9-11)
Aboriginal Co-Operatives, Kylie Tennant , single work correspondence (p. 23-26)
Out of the Past, John McLaren , single work short story (p. 27-29)
The Gingerbread Man, Desmond O'Grady , single work short story (p. 30-31)
Leopard-Skini"Seven pairs of leopard-skin underpants", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 32)
Chic!, John Thompson , single work poetry (p. 33)
Newcomer, Judith Green , single work poetry (p. 34)
There is a Haunt, My Soni"There is a haunt, my son", Griffith Wynne Watkins , single work poetry (p. 34)
Suburban Segregationi"From hills to sea the suburbs lie", Colin Thiele , single work poetry (p. 35)
Abandoned Gardens in the Rangesi"You climb by fire-sprung wattles, hovea.", Jessica Aldridge , single work poetry (p. 36)
Night Nursei"I, not less a child", Bev Roberts , single work poetry (p. 37)
Caroline's Chairs, Nancy Cato , single work poetry (p. 38)
Three Poems for Spring (Words Catch Meanings) : Ii"Controlled spring sunshine brings", Don Maynard , single work poetry (p. 39-40)
Three Poems for Spring (Words Catch Meanings) : IIi"Fitzroy Gardens has the Fairy Tree,", Don Maynard , single work poetry (p. 40)
Three Poems for Spring (Words Catch Meanings) : IIIi"In properly ordered public gardens", Don Maynard , single work poetry (p. 40-41)
A Critical Examination of James McAuley, single work criticism (p. 44)
The Wrong End of Modernity, Robert Hughes , single work review
— Review of The End of Modernity : Essays on Literature, Art and Culture James McAuley , 1959 selected work criticism ;
"Argues with McAuley's approach to plastic arts ... questioning what is seen as an attack on present-day painting and sculpture through McAuley's insistence that these arts are designed soley for sensual pleasure, not for use or meaning as was the function of traditional art." (Robert Ross, Australian Literary Criticism, 1945-1988, p. 252.)
 (p. 45-47)
The Classic Pose, Geoffrey Dutton , single work
"Denies that McAuley is a 'genuine classicist', except for technique, because he stands apart from his fellow man, sometimes scorning rather than studying him as would a 'genuine classicist'". (Robert Ross, Australian Literary Criticism, 1945-1988, p. 253.)
 (p. 49-53)
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