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April 2005, no. 270
ONLINE ONLY
Full Contents
Nature Writing
The Geology of Australia
by David Johnson
by
Richard Arculus
Poem
‘Rabbit’, a new poem by Judith Bishop
by
Judith Bishop
Literary Studies
Hecate vol. 30, no. 2
edited by Carole Ferrier
&
Island 99
edited by David Owen
by
Kerryn Goldsworthy
Politics
God Under Howard: The rise of the religious right in Australian politics
by Marion Maddox
by
James Upcher
Poetry
The Long Game and Other Poems
by Bruce Beaver
by
John Tranter
Poem
Poem of the Week - 'Man on the Moon' by Stephen Edgar (2005 ABR Poetry Prize winner)
by
Australian Book Review
Fiction
Brenda Niall reviews 'March' by Geraldine Brooks
by
Brenda Niall
Literary Studies
J.M. Coetzee And The Ethics Of Reading: Literature in the event
by Derek Attridge
by
Sue Thomas
Commentary
'The tyranny of the literal' by James Ley
by
James Ley
Settler Colonialism
Bamahuta: Leaving Papua
by Philip Fitzpatrick
by
Allan Patience
Fiction
Farewell My Ovaries
by Wendy Harmer
by
Anna Goldsworthy
Australian History
Blood, Sweat and Tears: Australia’s WWII remembered by the men and women who lived it
by Margaret Geddes
by
Brian Matthews
Non-fiction
The Book of Beginnings: A miscellany of the origins of superstitions, customs, phrases and sayings
by R and L Brasch
by
Bruce Moore
Fiction
The Best Australian Science Fiction Writing: A fifty-year collection
edited by Rob Gerrand
by
Chris Palmer
International Studies
Reorganising Power in Indonesia: The politics of oligarchy in an age of markets
by Richard Robison and Vedi R. Hadiz
by
Damien Kingsbury
Advances
Advances - April 2005
by Hidden Author
Letters
‘Letter from Sri Lanka’ by Nick Drayson
by
Nick Drayson
Biography
The World's Banker: A story of failed states, financial crises and the wealth and poverty of nations
by Sebastian Mallaby
by
David Langsam
French Studies
A Shifting Shore: Locals, outsiders, and the transformation of a French fishing town, 1823-2000
by Alice Garner
by
Gay Bilson
Climate Change
A Change in the Weather: Climate and culture in Australia
edited by Tim Sherratt, Tom Griffiths and Libby Robin
by
Ian Noble
Children's and Young Adult Fiction
Evil Genius
by Catherine Jinks
by
Jake Wilson
Military History
The Cruel Legacy: The HMAS Voyager tragedy
by Tom Frame
by
John Connor
Politics
Quarterly Essay 16: Breach of trust: truth, morality and politics
by Raimond Gaita
by
John Uhr
Politics
Curtain's Gift: Reinterpreting Australia's greatest prime minister
by John Edwards
by
John Wanna
Letters
Letters - April 2005
by
Hidden Author
Fiction
Michael Shuttleworth reviews four books
by
Michael Shuttleworth
Poetry
War Is Not the Season for Figs
by Lidija Cvetkovic
&
Modewarre
by Patricia Sykes
by
Michelle Borzi
Australian History
Frontier Justice: A History of the Gulf Country to 1900
by Tony Roberts
by
Nicholas Jose
Fiction
The Catch
by Marg Vandeleur
by
Nikki Davies
Australian History
Steadfast Knight: A life of Sir Hal Colebatch
by Hal G. P. Colebatch
by
Paul de Serville
Literary Studies
Morris West: Literary maverick
by Maryanne Confoy
by
Peter Pierce
Poem
‘Space Command’, a new poem by Lisa Gorton
by
Lisa Gorton
Australian History
Don't Worry About Me
edited by Robyn Arvier
&
Hellfire
by Cameron Forbes
by
Rod Beecham
Anthropology
Sex and Pleasure in Western Culture
by Gail Hawkes
by
Stephen Garton
Children's and Young Adult Fiction
H2O
edited by Margaret Hamilton
&
And the Roo Jumped Over the Moon
edited by Robin Morrow, illustrated by Stephen Michael King
by
Sherryl Clark
Commentary
The ‘History Wars’ and Aboriginal Health
by
Barry Smith
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