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A sequence of poems detailing the adventures of Rose de Freycinet (1794-1832), who stowed away on the French Navy ship, Uranie, captained by her husband. Louis-Claude de Freycinet, had been commissioned by the French Government to command a round-the-world scientific expedition. The National Library of Australia records that Uranie sailed from France in 1817 and visited Australia (surveying the Western Australian coast from Geographe Bay to Shark Bay), New Guinea, the Mariana Islands and Hawaii, before being wrecked off the Falkland Islands on 13 February 1820.
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The Windswept Cliff of Gender
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"I swayed for a while at its edge,",
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— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 55 no. 1 2010; (p. 91-92) -
Nautical Itch
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"Louis' itch would be familiar to many a nautical wife.",
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A Polarised Look at Romance
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"Terrestial magnetism. Pronounced quickly,",
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Statistics
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"Uranie is 112 feet long, 28 wide and 14 deep",
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— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 55 no. 1 2010; (p. 95) -
Headache
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"Oh the melodies of pain",
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Inheritance
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"The old King has died in the Sandwich Islands.",
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Custom
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"It is customary to accept livestock as gifts.",
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— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 55 no. 1 2010; (p. 97-98) -
Shipwreck and Eclipse
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"Shipwrecked at French Bay in the Falklands.",
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— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 55 no. 1 2010; (p. 98) -
Home
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"Astonishing to see on a map just how far science has taken us",
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— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 55 no. 1 2010; (p. 98-99) -
On the Outside Looking In
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"All seems ludicrous to me no: dinner parties and protocols.",
2010
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 55 no. 1 2010; (p. 99-100)
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