Issue Details: First known date: 1997... 1997 Contemporary Narrative and Variety Australian Verse
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Notes

  • Epigraph: from Charles Darwin's The Descent of Man.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Charters Towers, Charters Towers area, Far North Queensland, Queensland,:Robert J. Talbot , 1997 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Angelenei"My given name is Angelene. They think I have become", Robert J. Talbot , single work poetry (p. 3-5)
Peacei"Peace is but a knowledge kept for those who wish to know it.", Robert J. Talbot , single work poetry (p. 6)
Prayer for Humanityi"God save us from the sin of gross, intolerant behaviour.", Robert J. Talbot , single work poetry (p. 7-8)
Poisoned Flour - Underground!i"Didn't they give us white man tucker, flour in hessian bags?", Robert J. Talbot , single work poetry (p. 11-12)
Friendshipi"There is no quality to aim for, or no standard to achieve,", Robert J. Talbot , single work poetry (p. 13-14)
Historyi"Our history forgotten, we're condemned again to live it,", Robert J. Talbot , single work poetry (p. 15-16)
Our Ship of Nationhoodi"Sailing in pacific splendour, crewed by eighteen million souls,", Robert J. Talbot , single work poetry (p. 17-18)
Our Childreni"Children are the echoes, and reflections of ourselves;", Robert J. Talbot , single work poetry (p. 19-20)
The Ballad of Maxwell Alexanderi"He came down from Urandangie,", Robert J. Talbot , single work poetry (p. 21-23)
Mopokei"Mopoke, sitting on a fence,", Robert J. Talbot , single work poetry (p. 24)
Advance Australiai"After all is said and done, and the final short is fired,", Robert J. Talbot , single work poetry (p. 25-26)
The Bigger the Lie ......i"How, in all humanity, are we ever to learn,", Robert J. Talbot , single work poetry (p. 27-28)
War and Peacei"Growing up, we gathered to us images of war.", Robert J. Talbot , single work poetry (p. 29-30)
The Day of the Victory Runi"I saw it in the North Yard workshops, what remains of them.", Robert J. Talbot , single work poetry (p. 31-33)
This Landi"Who cares about this country? Who thinks about their nation?", Robert J. Talbot , single work poetry (p. 35-41)
Frogsi"Has anybody wondered if industrial pollution", Robert J. Talbot , single work poetry (p. 42)
Children of the Multiculturei"Children of the multiculture we know as Australia,", Robert J. Talbot , single work poetry (p. 43-44)
The Victory of the Godsi"Escape! Blessed escaping from the mundane, to the bush.", Robert J. Talbot , single work poetry (p. 45-46)
The Peewee Nesti"You sit upon the downpipe, in the nest we made together.", Robert J. Talbot , single work poetry (p. 47-48)
Dylanesquei"See me dancing, Dylanesque "beneath the diamond sky"", Robert J. Talbot , single work poetry (p. 49-50)

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