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publishes the poems of the fictitious poet Ern Malley in the Autumn 1944 edition of his magazine. The poems had been concocted in 1943 by
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Poets at War: An
Anthology of Verse by Australian Servicemen
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502:11 April — James Picot, poet and critic (born
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576:List of years in Australian literature
89:Wilderness Trek: A Novel of Australia
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768:. Australian Dictionary of Biography
746:. Australian Dictionary of Biography
724:. Australian Dictionary of Biography
678:AustLit: Discover Australian Stories
652:AustLit: Discover Australian Stories
546:, poet and short story writer (born
623:"Timothy Colin THORNE Death Notice"
601:"ALS Gold Medal — Previous Winners"
1763:20th-century Australian literature
308:: The Legend of a Man and His Book
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221:Bill the Whaler and Other Verse
788:"Agnes Littlejohn (1865-1944)"
680:. The University of Queensland
654:. The University of Queensland
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258:One Hundred Poems: 1919–1939
197:Queensland Days : Poems
581:List of years in literature
129:Katharine Susannah Prichard
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204:– "The Face of the Waters"
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155:Introducing Pip and Pepita
700:"James Picot (1906-1944)"
412:, novelist and journalist
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380:, novelist and biographer
179:In a Convex Mirror: Poems
455:, novelist and historian
188:Night Flight and Sunrise
648:"Alex Buzo (1944-2006)"
481:, journalist and critic
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236:The Darkening Ecliptic
272:"Brother and Sisters"
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317:These are My People
228:– "The Blue Horses"
125:– "Trees Can Speak"
71:The Shadows Mystery
1768:1944 in literature
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323:Awards and honours
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419:, novelist
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344:Publisher
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275:"Bullocky"
232:Ern Malley
208:Nora Kelly
145:Peg Maltby
76:Zora Cross
46:Max Harris
36:Ern Malley
790:. Austlit
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282:Biography
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212:1940–1942
85:Zane Grey
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99:Pastoral
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