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September 2010, no. 324
ONLINE ONLY
Full Contents
Poem
'The Haunted Pane' a poem by Stephen Edgar
by
Stephen Edgar
Biography
Madam Lash: Gretel Pinniger’s scandalous life of sex, art and bondage
by Sam Everingham
by
Jay Daniel Thompson
Climate Change
Lifeboat Cities
by Brendan Gleeson
&
Transport for Suburbia:
by Paul Mees
by
Peter Mares
Fiction
The Midnight Zoo
by Sonya Hartnett
&
The Red Wind
by Isobelle Carmody
by
Ruth Starke
Poem
'The Marbles' a poem by Peter Rose
by
Peter Rose
Fiction
Equator
by Wayne Ashton
by
Cheryl Jorgensen
Politics
Neal Blewett reviews three books on Kevin Rudd
by
Neal Blewett
History
Playing the Numbers: Gambling in Harlem between the Wars
by Shane White, Stephen Garton, Stephen Robertson and Graham White
by
David Goodman
Film
The Boys: Andrew Frost
by
by
Mark Gomes
Australian History
A Merciless Place: The lost story of Britain’s convict disaster in Africa and how it led to the settlement of Australia
by Emma Christopher
by
Norman Etherington
Society
A Voice of Reason: Reflections on Australia
by Ian Lowe
by
Susan Currie
Journal
Southerly, Vol. 70, No. 1
edited by David Brooks and Elizabeth McMahon
by
Simon West
Biography
The Inconvenient Child
by Sharyn Killens and Lindsay Lewis
by
Kate Holden
Biography
The Master: The life and work of Edward H. Sugden
edited by Renate Howe
by
John Rickard
Fiction
The Body in the Clouds
by Ashley Hay
by
Don Anderson
Dance
Australia Dances: Creating Australian dance 1945–1965
edited by Alan Brissenden and Keith Glennon
by
David Tissiman
Fiction
The Vintage and the Gleaning
by Jeremy Chambers
by
Laurie Steed
Literary Studies
Australian Literary Studies, Vol. 24, No. 2
edited by Leigh Dale
by
Adam Gall
Memoir
Bonobo Handshake: A memoir of love and adventure in the Congo
by Vanessa Woods
by
Tony Wheeler
Australian History
Death or Liberty: Rebels and radicals transported to Australia 1788–1868
by Tony Moore
by
Peter Stanley
Fiction
The Well at the World’s End
by A.J. Mackinnon
by
Michael McGirr
Literary Studies
The Well in the Shadow: A writer’s journey through Australian literature
by Chester Eagle
by
Christina Hill
Fiction
Speak to Me
by Sarah Hopkins
by
Estelle Tang
Journal
Transnational Literature, Volume 2, Issue 2
edited by Ioana Petrescu
by
Patrick Allington
Fiction
Sustenance
by Simone Lazaroo
by
Thuy On
Poetry
Carnival Edge: New and selected poems
by Katherine Gallagher
by
Susan Lever
Fiction
Bereft
by Chris Womersley
by
Carmel Bird
Essay Collection
Looking for Australia: Historical essays
by John Hirst
by
Alan Frost
Literary Studies
''Tirra Lirra' and Beyond - Jessica Anderson’s truthful fictions' by Susan Sheridan
by
Susan Sheridan
Politics
Hawke: The prime minister
by Blanche d’Alpuget
by
Bruce Grant
Art
Detritus: Addressing Culture and the Arts
by Robyn Archer
by
Alison Broinowski
Australian History
Anzac Legacies: Australians and the Aftermath of War
edited by Martin Crotty and Marina Larsson
by
Alistair Thomson
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