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Sydney: William Collins Pty Ltd., (1981).. Second printing.. 458 pp. Previous owner’s signature to half-title page, else very near fine in like dust jacket. A far-ranging historical/chronological anthology of Australian verse, including everything from the aboriginal songs of the Wonguri-Mandjigai people to 18th c. colonial poets to ‘New Australian’ poets John Tranter and Jennifer Maiden. Edited and with an introduction by Rodney Hall. An excellent introduction--though still a fairly white one--to the history of Australian poetry.