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Issue Details: First known date: 1945... no. 18 1945 of Barjai est. 1943-1947 Barjai
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Notes

  • This issue begins Barjai's life as a quarterly that includes an art section. It is edited by Collinson and Reid with a committee of Cecel Knopke and Vida Smith. Anthony Beale left the committee because of his work in the R.A.A.F..
  • The cover of this issue feature's Laurence Collinson's painting 'Hunter Street' and works by 'Ray Mann', Laurence Hope and Pamela Seeman are reprinted in black and white within.
  • Contributors to this issue are between 16 and 20.
  • Payment for publication is offered for the first time.

Contents

* Contents derived from the 1945 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Editorial, single work prose
This editorial discusses a perceived lack of nerve by writers in the face of war.
(p. 3)
Two Poems I.i"Looking out of the window", David Beard , single work poetry (p. 4)
Two Poems II.i"Where fall the shadows", David Beard , single work poetry (p. 4)
Poemi"Should all the rustic words of other pens", William T. Fleming , single work poetry (p. 5)
Virtuei"There is virtue", Rosalie Elmiger , single work poetry (p. 6)
After the Darknessi"After the darkness", Rosalie Elmiger , single work poetry (p. 6)
Launceloti"Yellow smoke drifts to the dingy ceiling", Rosalie Elmiger , single work poetry (p. 7)
Two Poems I.i"Jack and Jane Jenkins", Alex Lire , single work poetry (p. 8)
Two Poems II.i"Why does the bush child leave", Alex Lire , single work poetry (p. 8)
Poemi"And under the darkening trees", Vida Smith , single work poetry (p. 9)
Duke Ling of Weii"Duke Ling saw his troops", G. B. Harrison , single work poetry (p. 10)
Earth's Returni"These men with bayonets", G. B. Harrison , single work poetry (p. 10)
Elegy in a City Cemeteryi"They came with one of the city's great,", G. B. Harrison , single work poetry (p. 11-12)
Two Poems I.i"Boringly repetitive the night", Thea Astley , single work poetry (p. 13)
Two Poems II.i"Sunlight and spires are strangely tangled", Thea Astley , single work poetry (p. 13)
Iconoclasti"In ancient static union the stars glimmer", Jill Hellyer , single work poetry (p. 14)
With Darknessi"With darkness my ship has drifted into sleep", Barrett Reid , single work poetry (p. 15)
Heritagei"Cryptic rose petals", Edgar Castle , single work poetry (p. 16)
Feari"Grinning ghosts in unformed trees", Barbara Patterson , single work poetry (p. 17)
Two Paragraphs from a Quartet I.i"A green emerald lies", Robert S. Edgley , single work poetry (p. 18)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Untitled Elizabeth Hamill , 1945 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin Papers , Winter vol. 4 no. 2 1945; (p. 144-146)

— Review of Barjai no. 18 1945 periodical issue
Untitled Elizabeth Hamill , 1945 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin Papers , Winter vol. 4 no. 2 1945; (p. 144-146)

— Review of Barjai no. 18 1945 periodical issue
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