y separately published work icon Imaginative Possession : Evocation of Place in Works by David Malouf, Barbara Hanrahan and Gerald Murnane single work   thesis  
Issue Details: First known date: 1990... 1990 Imaginative Possession : Evocation of Place in Works by David Malouf, Barbara Hanrahan and Gerald Murnane
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'This is a study of Johnno by David Maiouf (1975), The Scent of Eucalyptus by Barbara Hanrahan (1973), and Tamarisk Row by Gerald Mumane (1974). These three writers have realised, in a way which is distinctive, an imaginative possession of and by place. Each of them has imaginatively taken hold of his/her own particular place and in so doing has found a way to belong. I do not say 'belong to Australia as a whole', because for them it does not exist as a single, cohesive entity. Rather these writers find their own features in their own particular place. Theirs are alternative maps, not merely of Australia but of Brisbane and Adelaide and Bendigo, recreated according to their own experiences and the shaping force of these places on them.' (Paragraph one, Introduction)

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  • MA Thesis, Australian National University.

  • Epigraph: Men and Women of Australia! The decision we will make for our country on 2 December is a choice between the past and the future, between the habits and fears of the past, and the demands and opportunities for the future. There are moments in history when the whole fate and future of nations can be decided by a single decision. For Australia, this is such a time. It's time for a new team, a new programme, a new drive for equality of opportunities, it's time to create new opportunities for Australians, time for a new vision of what we can achieve in this generation for our nation and the region in which we live. ... We have a new chance for our nation. We can recreate this nation. We have a new chance for our region. We can help recreate this region We want to give a new life and a new meaning in this new nation to the touchstone of modern democracy ~ to liberty, equality, fraternity. (Gough Whitlam, November, 1972)

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