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* Contents derived from the Camberwell East, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,:Beyond Images , 2000 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.

Finke River"The thin pool reflects", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 9)

Lost River"Residual, the Finke is a worm", Mark O'Connor , extract poetry (p. 11)

The Centre"The thought of absent water swirls", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 15)

Rock Altar"Seven giant buses, and two semi-articulated,", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 18)

The Rock"The Rock has exits and entrances", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 21)

Dinosaur Dreaming (for Mt Stegosaurus) Dinosaur Dreamtime (a fantasy for Mt Stegosaurus and the Centre) Dinosaur Dreamtime : A Fantasy for Mt Stegosaurus and the Centre"The Dreamtime was true. These rocks all lived.", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 24-25)

Note: With title: Dinosaur Dreaming (for Mt Stegosaurus)

Aboriginal Literacy"No books, no Recording Angel myth,", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 26)

The Silence (Alice Springs)"Closing the door, you go out", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 28-29)

And Sometimes Wet ..."Unliveable heat.", Mark O'Connor , extract poetry (p. 31)

"In the desert pool a scattering skyful" Wild Budgerigars"In the desert pool", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 32-33)

Note: With first line: In the desert pool a scattering skyful

Desert Pool"Camel and butterfly stagger in", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 33)

Ghost Gums"Whitely as stardust, a ghost-gum resists", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 34)

"A plain of gray water between giant bluffs." At Edith Falls"A plain of grey water between giant bluffs.", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 37)

Rock Paintings, Katherine Gorge"All day the barges come and go", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 38)

Termite Lands"Driving into the nothing,", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 40)

Flying Over the Top End (Singapore to Brisbane Flight)"Dawn is a curve of primal white", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 43)

Ice Age Fields"Jabiluka plain, a vast lawn of goose-mown grass,", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 44)

Feeding Plains - Mamukala"Magpie geese:", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 47)

Magela Floodplain at Dawn"A dazzle licks at the rim of the world,", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 48)

Jabirus at Anabangbang"The jabiru stork is hunting", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 52)

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Retrieving Our Remote Past Patrick Morgan , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , May vol. 45 no. 5 2001; (p. 85-86)
— Review of The Forever Lands : Australia's Northern Territory in Words and Images Mark O'Connor , 2000 selected work poetry