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- Page 8 and 9: JAN KEMPTo My Father, M.H.K.My fath
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flighty relation in most statements
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living and the dead; that places hi
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quite diverse traditions towards th
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WARRICK WYNNEThe Wetlands (for Liam
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JAN OWENSmileOur mother aimed the b
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RICHARD KELLY TIPPINGOlympic Airway
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DAVID REITERBear by the Jasper Road
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(At twenty eight you did not bother
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left, would have risen and walked o
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He had hair like mine used to be, t
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OLIVE PELLThe QuestionTell me how t
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BRIAN MOONANAT 515: MASS LECTURE Th
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PETER KIRKPATRICKTear HereThe bay i
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JOHN WINTERThe Bird ManIn wooded, p
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KNUTE SKINNERAugust 15There's a lig
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M.E. PATTI WALKERThe Hook"Aren't yo
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QMNQMNQMNQMNapartheid man, this is
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QMNQMNQMNeasy because you don't bel
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lands or which have been taken over
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GEOFF GOODFELLOWToo MuchDianne is 1
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SHANE McCAULEYSouth Fremantle, Summ
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JEAN KENTWaiting Out the DroughtWai
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STEPHEN MAGEEJesus Falls, South Aus
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SIMON BROWNBlue Hole, Santothe colo
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CONAL FITZPATRICKA Brown Dog, Off A
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PAUL HETHERINGTONOne RoomIn teeming
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society, or, in the terms of the my
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emphasised (I think) in the referen
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Summer Leaves". This continues the
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Deficiency Bill in Western Australi
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invocation of pastoral near the beg
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particularly dreaded). The final re
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