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July 1999, no. 212
Welcome to the July 1999 issue of
Australian Book Review
.
ONLINE ONLY
Full Contents
Australian History
Anzacs, the Media and the Great War
by John F. Williams
by
Jeffrey Grey
Letters to the Editor - July 1999
by
Lisbet de Castro Lopo, Ken Bolton, Gail Jones, Ken Gelder, Jane M. Jacobs, Veronica Sumegi, Julia Leigh
Reviews
Dalliance and Scorn
by by Alan Gould with drawings by Anne Langridge
by
Adam Aitken
Fiction
Too Many Men
by Lily Brett
by
Kevin Brophy
Poetry
Dear B
by Jennifer Harrison
by
Peter Rose
Fiction
Happy Families
by Susan Varga
by
Terri-ann White
History
Breaking the Codes: Australia’s KGB Network 1944-1950
by Desmond Ball & David Horner
by
Peter Edwards
Fiction
Shark
by Bruce Pascoe
by
Katharine England
Indigenous Studies
Possessions: Indigenous Art/Colonial Culture
by Nicholas Thomas
by
Bronwen Douglas
Children's and Young Adult Fiction
Joy Ride
by Tony Shillitoe
&
Straggler’s Reef
by Elaine Forrestal
by
Pam Macintyre
Poetry
Collected Poems I 1961-1981
by Peter Porter
&
Collected Poems II 1984-1999
by Peter Porter
by
Peter Craven
Essay
'On the Park Bench' by Edmund Campion
by
Edmund Campion
Australian History
The Riches of Ancient Australia: An indispensable guide for exploring prehistoric Australia
by Josephine Flood
by
Mike Smith
Fiction
The Layers of the City
by Antoni Jach
by
Catherine Ford
Poetry
Infinite City
by Alex Skovron
&
Aerial Photography
by Joanne Burns
by
Jennifer Maiden
History
Why Weren’t We Told?: A Personal Search For The Truth About Our History
by Henry Reynolds
by
Morag Fraser
Fiction
Wraith
by Lee Tulloch
by
Philippa Hawker
Theatre
Rolling Column
by
Thérèse Radic
The Woman’s Power Handbook
by by Joan Kirner and Moira Rayner
by
Deborah Zion
Poetry
Collateral Damage
by Geoff Page
by
Michael Costigan
Biography
Wilde Eve: Eve Langley’s Story
edited by Lucy Frost
by
Jane Messer
Memoir
Shadow Child
by Rosalie Fraser
by
Philip Morrissey
Psychology
The Secret Life of Money: Exposing the private parts of personal money
by Valerie Wilson
by
Michael McGirr
YA Fiction
The View from Ararat
by Brian Caswell
&
Go and Come Back
by Joan Abelove
by
Stephen Matthews
Interview
Partners
edited by Ross Fitzgerald and Anne Henderson
by
Graham Little
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