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* Contents derived from the Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,:Penguin , 1993 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Penguin Book of Australian Ballads : Introduction, single work criticism (p. xvii-xxvi)
Botany Bay, a New Songi"Let us drink a good health to our schemers above,", single work poetry (p. 3-4)
A New Flash Song, Made on the Noted George Barringtoni"Come all you blades of England I prithee draw near,", Anonymous (fl. 1790) , single work poetry (p. 5-6)
Prologue, Spoken by George Barrington The Barrington Prologuei"From distant climes, o'er wide-spread seas we come,", Henry Carter , single work poetry (p. 7-8)
Landed in Botany Bayi"My dear girl I am landed in Botany Bay,", single work poetry (p. 9-10)
"Here's adieu to your judges & juries," Justices and Old Baileyi"Here's adieu to your judges and juries,", single work lyric/song poetry (p. 10-11)
The Female Transporti"Come all young girls, both far and near, and listen unto me,", single work poetry (p. 11-12)
The London Convict Maidi"Ye London maids attend to me,", single work poetry (p. 12-14)
The London 'Prentice Boyi"Come all you young chaps who live both far and near,", single work poetry (p. 14-15)
The Black Velvet Bandi"To go in a smack down to Barking, where a boy as apprentice was bound,", single work poetry (p. 15-17)
Van Diemen's Landi"Come all you gallant poachers that ramble free from care,", single work poetry (p. 17-18)
Henry's Downfalli"Come all you wild and wicked youths wherever you may be,", single work poetry (p. 19-20)
The Remarkable, Affecting, and Interesting Life, and Dreadful Sufferings of the Poor Unhappy Elizabeth Watson : A Mournful Copy of Versesi"Ye British maids pray lend an ear", Anonymous (fl. 1993) , single work poetry (p. 20-23)
The Bush Rangeri"Farewell old Albion's dear lov'd shore", Anonymous (fl. 1993) , single work poetry (p. 23-25)
Penal Servitude!i"I have just arrived from Australia,", Anonymous (fl. 1993) , single work poetry (p. 25-26)
The Transport's Lamentationi"All you distressed tradesmen wherever you may be,", Anonymous (fl. 1993) , single work poetry (p. 27-28)
Frost, Williams, and Jones's Farewell to Englandi"As I walked through the town of Portsmouth,", single work poetry (p. 28-30)
The Banished Defenderi"You Catholics of Erin, give ear unto theses lines I write,", James Garland , single work poetry (p. 31-32)
Erin's Lovely Homei"When I was young and in my prime, my age just twenty-one,", Anonymous (fl. 1993) , single work poetry (p. 33-34)
Mitchel's Address to His Countrymeni"I am a bold true Irishman,", Anonymous (fl. 1993) , single work poetry (p. 34-36)

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Edition Note:2nd enlarged

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— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 147 1997; (p. 30-32)
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— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 147 1997; (p. 25-30)
Untitled Gareth Griffiths , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Westerly , Winter vol. 39 no. 2 1994; (p. 88-90)

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— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 5 February 1994; (p. C10)

— Review of The Penguin Book of Australian Ballads [1993] 1993 anthology poetry
Resonance and Reduction Alan Gould , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , November vol. 38 no. 11 1994; (p. 89-92)

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— Appears in: Quadrant , November vol. 38 no. 11 1994; (p. 89-92)

— Review of The Penguin Book of Australian Ballads [1993] 1993 anthology poetry ; Selected Poems 1973-1992 Gary Catalano , 1993 selected work poetry ; New and Selected Poems 1945-1993 David Rowbotham , 1994 selected work poetry ; The Poems of B. R. Whiting B. R. Whiting , 1991 selected work poetry ; The Oxford Book of Australian Love Poems 1993 anthology poetry
Beating About the Bushies Peter Coleman , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 11-12 December 1993; (p. rev 7)

— Review of The Penguin Book of Australian Ballads [1993] 1993 anthology poetry
The Way We'd Like to Think We Were Helen Frizell , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 18 December 1993; (p. 9A)

— Review of The Penguin Book of Australian Ballads [1993] 1993 anthology poetry
Songs of Australia Ralph Elliott , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 5 February 1994; (p. C10)

— Review of The Penguin Book of Australian Ballads [1993] 1993 anthology poetry
Looking Beyond the Bowyangs: A Critique of Australian Ballad Anthologies Keith McKenry , 1997 single work criticism
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 147 1997; (p. 25-30)
Philip Butterss Responds Philip Butterss , 1997 single work criticism
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 147 1997; (p. 30-32)
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