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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 Song"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 Barrington"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 Prologue"From distant climes, o'er wide-spread seas we come,", Henry Carter , single work poetry (p. 7-8)

Landed in Botany Bay"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 Bailey"Here's adieu to your judges and juries,", single work lyric/song poetry (p. 10-11)

The Female Transport"Come all young girls, both far and near, and listen unto me,", single work poetry (p. 11-12)

The London Convict Maid"Ye London maids attend to me,", single work poetry (p. 12-14)

The London 'Prentice Boy"Come all you young chaps who live both far and near,", single work poetry (p. 14-15)

The Black Velvet Band"To go in a smack down to Barking, where a boy as apprentice was bound,", single work poetry (p. 15-17)

Van Diemen's Land"Come all you gallant poachers that ramble free from care,", single work poetry (p. 17-18)

Henry's Downfall"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 Verses"Ye British maids pray lend an ear", Anonymous (fl. 1993) , single work poetry (p. 20-23)

The Bush Ranger"Farewell old Albion's dear lov'd shore", Anonymous (fl. 1993) , single work poetry (p. 23-25)

Penal Servitude!"I have just arrived from Australia,", Anonymous (fl. 1993) , single work poetry (p. 25-26)

The Transport's Lamentation"All you distressed tradesmen wherever you may be,", Anonymous (fl. 1993) , single work poetry (p. 27-28)

Frost, Williams, and Jones's Farewell to England"As I walked through the town of Portsmouth,", single work poetry (p. 28-30)

The Banished Defender"You Catholics of Erin, give ear unto theses lines I write,", James Garland , single work poetry (p. 31-32)

Erin's Lovely Home"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 Countrymen"I am a bold true Irishman,", Anonymous (fl. 1993) , single work poetry (p. 34-36)

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Philip Butterss Responds Philip Butterss , 1997 single work criticism
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 147 1997; (p. 30-32)

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)

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

Resonance and Reduction Alan Gould , 1994 single work review
— 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

Aus. Lit. Anthologies Glen Thomas , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , April vol. 13 no. 1 1994; (p. 59-60)
— Review of The Time to Write : Australian Women Writers 1890-1930 1993 anthology criticism biography ; The Penguin Book of Australian Ballads [1993] 1993 anthology poetry ; The Penguin Book of 19th Century Australian Literature 1993 anthology short story poetry extract prose criticism biography

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

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)