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Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 The Penguin Anthology of Australian Poetry
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'This is a comprehensive survey of Australian poetic achievement, ranging from early colonial and indigenous verse to contemporary work, from the major poets to those who deserve to be better recognised.' (Provided by the publisher).

Notes

  • Dedication: To my fellow poets, to Tracy for being there, and to Cive for his belief and support in seeing the job done.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,:Penguin , 2009 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Thunderi"A mighty noise rises up, roars as it rushes by", Jimmy Murray , single work poetry (p. 14)
"Yadna wuradi pantana yadnalpantana" Songs of the Knob-Tailed Geckoi"To ashes the fire burnt down, to ashes it burnt,", single work poetry (p. 15-18)
White Engine Against Black Magic = jarnangala kardipulai"You steer the plane with both arms", Paddy Lando-Naddi , C. G. von (Carl Georg von) Brandenstein (translator) single work poetry (p. 19)
Whirlwind - Talui"As a whirlwind I grabbed the edge of the plain, = parlgarragu wanangurana kandii takanna", Williams , C. G. von (Carl Georg von) Brandenstein (translator) single work poetry (p. 20)
Songi"Philosophers say, and experience declares", Michael Massey Robinson , single work poetry (p. 24-25)
Verses Written to Lewin, the Entomologist, 1805i"Nature! there dwells in these Australian lands", John Grant , single work poetry (p. 25)
The Kangaroo Kangarooi"Kangaroo! Kangaroo!", Barron Field , single work poetry (p. 26-28)
There Is a Place in Distant Seasi"There is a place in distant seas", Richard Whately , single work poetry (p. 28-29)
To the Editor, Sydney Gazette Australian Aboriginal Songi"IMMAH, IMMAH YA,", single work poetry (p. 29-30)
Note: With title: To the Editor, Sydney Gazette. Poem erroneously dated December 1825 in this source.
Adelaidei"I entered the wide spreading streets - methought", Fidelia S. T. Hill , single work poetry (p. 30-31)
The Aboriginal Mother (from Myall's Creek) The Aboriginal Motheri"Oh! hush thee - hush my baby,", Eliza Hamilton Dunlop , single work poetry (p. 31-33)
Note: With note: (from Myall's Creek)
The Aboriginal Fatheri"The shadow on thy brow my child", Eliza Hamilton Dunlop , single work lyric/song (p. 34)
Note: After title: 'A transliteration of the Maneroo dirge'
"Our home is the gibber-gunyah," Native Poetryi"Nung-Ngnun", Wullati , Eliza Hamilton Dunlop (translator), single work poetry (p. 34-35)
Note:

Editor's note: Thus 'Translated and Versified by Mrs E. H. Dunlop', of Mulla Villa, New South Wales.

The translator's note is omitted in this source.
Lamenti"They chain us two by two, and whip and lash along,", Sarah Collins , single work poetry (p. 36-37)
On Visiting the Cemetery at Hobart Towni"And here, like England's sad exiles, this wild spot", Mary Leman Grimstone , single work poetry (p. 36-37)
To the Daisyi"Whence was the silvery gleam that came?", Richard Howitt , single work poetry (p. 38-40)
Scraps from a Bushman's Note Booki"Port Phillip! land of many wonders;", Anonymous (fl. 1844) , single work poetry
'On the evils of Port Phillip.' (Webby)
 (p. 40-41)
Colonial Nomenclaturei"'Twas said of Greece two thousand years ago,", John Dunmore Lang , single work poetry satire
A satire on Governor Macquarie's propensity to name buildings and geographical landmarks after himself.
 (p. 41-44)
Ode V. to Sylviai"Hast thou not seen some captive bird", Charles Tompson , single work poetry (p. 49)
Labouring with the Hoei"I was convicted by the laws", Francis MacNamara , single work poetry (p. 49-51)
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2009 .
      Extent: 454p.
      Note/s:
      • Introductory essay by John Kinsella.
      • Biographical notes for all poets.
      ISBN: 9780143008736
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Works about this Work

The Strange Relation of Poetry to Place Paul Magee , 2024 single work criticism
— Appears in: TEXT Special Issue , no. 71 2024; 'The article analyses my interviews with a number of poets whose works seem to subvert space in various ways. I report my surprise in discovering, within those interviews, a tendency for the poets nonetheless to describe themselves and even their actual poems in national terms. C.D. Wright, for instance, referred in her interview to her having “an American ear,” in spite of her work’s seeming deconstruction of any such broad identities. This leads me to a discussion of the interpellative devices of the nation-state that serve to draw poets into ascribing a national identity to themselves and their work in a range of forums, up to and including the international research interview. But even granting the pervasive ideological mechanisms of the nation-state, it seems clear that the poets interviewed are genuinely reporting back on their experience of compositional work and its drivers, when according a role to the nation and/or geographic space they inhabit. The paper draws on developments in contemporary linguistics to suggest that what they are in fact naming is a localised idiom. It is that which serves to launch them into the kinds of spaces Emily Dickinson evoked, when avowing “I dwell in possibility / a fairer house than prose.” That fairer house – poetic possibility itself – is rooted in idiom.' 

 (Publication abstract)
An “Infinitely Flexible” Space : Reading Michael Dransfield’s “Courland Penders” Poems through the Neobaroque and Dobrez’s Theory of “The Pouch” Michael Farrell , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 73 no. 1 2013; (p. 138-154)

This essay 'seeks to find new ways to address Australian poetry, through the example of Michael Dransfield, a controversially significant poet.' (139)
[Review] The Penguin Anthology of Australian Poetry Phillip Edmonds , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Wet Ink , September no. 16 2009; (p. 61-62)
— Review of The Penguin Anthology of Australian Poetry 2009 anthology poetry
A Mighty Noise David McCooey , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 310 2009; (p. 14-16)
— Review of The Penguin Anthology of Australian Poetry 2009 anthology poetry
You Must Remember This, It Rhymes with Kiss Jaya Savige , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , March vol. 4 no. 2 2009; (p. 24-25)
— Review of 100 Australian Poems You Need to Know 2008 anthology poetry ; The Penguin Anthology of Australian Poetry 2009 anthology poetry
Fiction Books Gillian Bramley-Moore , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 10 - 11 January 2009; (p. 20)
— Review of The Penguin Anthology of Australian Poetry 2009 anthology poetry
Canny Choices in Satisfying Scan of Verse Geoff Page , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 17 January 2009; (p. 18)
— Review of The Penguin Anthology of Australian Poetry 2009 anthology poetry
Imprint of a Nation or an Empire? A. P. Riemer , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 17-18 January 2009; (p. 32-33)
— Review of The Penguin Anthology of Australian Poetry 2009 anthology poetry
The Noble Curse of Verse Peter Craven , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 31 January 2009; (p. 22)
— Review of The Penguin Anthology of Australian Poetry 2009 anthology poetry
You Must Remember This, It Rhymes with Kiss Jaya Savige , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , March vol. 4 no. 2 2009; (p. 24-25)
— Review of 100 Australian Poems You Need to Know 2008 anthology poetry ; The Penguin Anthology of Australian Poetry 2009 anthology poetry
Undercover Susan Wyndham , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 31 January - 1 February 2009; (p. 26) A column canvassing current literary news including a report on the 'politics' of inclusions and exclusions in John Kinsella's Penguin Anthology of Australian Poetry. Robert Adamson and Anthony Lawrence, who have clashed publicly with Kinsella, have none of their work represented in the anthology. Both declined Kinsella's invitation to nominate work for inclusion.
An “Infinitely Flexible” Space : Reading Michael Dransfield’s “Courland Penders” Poems through the Neobaroque and Dobrez’s Theory of “The Pouch” Michael Farrell , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 73 no. 1 2013; (p. 138-154)

This essay 'seeks to find new ways to address Australian poetry, through the example of Michael Dransfield, a controversially significant poet.' (139)
The Strange Relation of Poetry to Place Paul Magee , 2024 single work criticism
— Appears in: TEXT Special Issue , no. 71 2024; 'The article analyses my interviews with a number of poets whose works seem to subvert space in various ways. I report my surprise in discovering, within those interviews, a tendency for the poets nonetheless to describe themselves and even their actual poems in national terms. C.D. Wright, for instance, referred in her interview to her having “an American ear,” in spite of her work’s seeming deconstruction of any such broad identities. This leads me to a discussion of the interpellative devices of the nation-state that serve to draw poets into ascribing a national identity to themselves and their work in a range of forums, up to and including the international research interview. But even granting the pervasive ideological mechanisms of the nation-state, it seems clear that the poets interviewed are genuinely reporting back on their experience of compositional work and its drivers, when according a role to the nation and/or geographic space they inhabit. The paper draws on developments in contemporary linguistics to suggest that what they are in fact naming is a localised idiom. It is that which serves to launch them into the kinds of spaces Emily Dickinson evoked, when avowing “I dwell in possibility / a fairer house than prose.” That fairer house – poetic possibility itself – is rooted in idiom.' 

 (Publication abstract)
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