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Bibliography for Australian illustrative phrases
Publications used as sources for illustrative material in the Dictionary
| AAP News (MacquarieNet) 1996–2004 |
| ABC Online 2002–2004 |
| Aboriginal Deaths in Custody: Public Discussion, official transcript 1989 |
| Adams, Glenda Games of the Strong 1982 |
| Adam-Smith, Patsy The ANZACS 1978 |
| Adams, Phillip The Unspeakable Adams 1977 |
| Advertiser (Adelaide) 1986–1992 |
| Age (Melbourne) 2001 |
| Aldridge, James Ride a Wild Pony 1973 |
| Allison, A.S. in Stewart and Keesing |
| Allison, J. Murray in Stewart and Keesing |
| Altman, Dennis Homosexual: Oppression and Liberation 1973 |
| Anderson, Ethel At Parramatta 1956 |
| Anderson, Jessica Tirra-Lirra by the River 1978 |
| anon. Alvin Purple 1974 |
| anon. Apostolate in Irregular Marriage Situations 1979 |
| anon. Australian Wonders (Silver Digests Little Books of Knowledge, No. 108) n.d. |
| anon. Bush regeneration (handout) (Sydney) 1992 |
| anon. Guide to The Australian War Memorial 1953 |
| anon. Gwinganna: An Ecoplace 1992 |
| anon. Water Safety (Australian Life Saving Society) 1955 |
| Arena (Macquarie University, Sydney) 1991 |
| Astley, Thea A Kindness Cup 1974 |
| — Drylands 1999 |
| Atkinson, Hugh Grey's Valley: The Legend 1986 |
| Australian (Sydney) 1992 |
| Australian Constitution (Revision 04/91) 1991 |
| Aven-Bray, Ryan Ridgey Didge Oz Jack Lang 1983 |
| Athanasou, Nicholas in R.F. Holt |
| Bail, Murray Holden's Performance 1988 |
| — Eucalyptus 1998 |
| Baker, Sidney J. The Australian Language (2nd ed.) 1966 |
| Banfield, E.J. The Confessions of a Beachcomber 1908 |
| Barrett, Robert G. The Wind and the Monkey 1999 |
| Baynton, Barbara Bush Studies 1902 |
| Bean, C.E.W. On The Wool Track 1910 |
| Bean, Joan M. in R.F. Holt |
| Beckett, Richard The Dinkum Aussie Dictionary 1986 |
| Bedford, Jean Love Child 1986 |
| Bennett, Jack Gallipoli 1981 |
| Birch, Charles Confronting the Future – Australia and the world: the next hundred years 1976 |
| Birmingham, John He died with a felafel in his hand 1994 |
| Bjelke-Petersen, Joh Johspeak (compiled by A. Price, E. Hancock and E. Scholz) 1988 |
| Blackman, John The Aussie Slang Dictionary: For Old and New Australians 1990 |
| Blainey, Geoffrey All for Australia 1984 |
| 'Bluey’ Bush Contractors 1975 |
| Boake, Barcroft in Stewart and Keesing |
| 'Boldrewood, Rolf’ Shearing in the Riverina 1865 |
| — Robbery Under Arms 1888 |
| Bosi, Pino in R.F. Holt |
| Bosworth, Ellen Shelley and the bushfire mystery 1972 |
| Boyd, Martin Lucinda Brayford 1946 |
| Brennan, Christopher Poems [1913] 1914 |
| Brinsmead, Hesba Longtime Dreaming 1982 |
| Britain, Ian in Dessaix |
| Bruce, Lawrie in Carozzi and Haynes |
| Bruce, Mary Grant Billabong's Daughter 1924 |
| Bryson, John Whoring Around 1981 |
| Bulletin 1895 |
| Buzo, Alex Meet the new class 1981 |
| Cambridge, Ada Sisters 1904 |
| Carey, Peter The Fat Man in History 1974 |
| — Oscar and Lucinda 1988 |
| Carozzi, Barry and Jennifer Haynes (selectors) New Axe Handle and Other Stories 1983 |
|
Clarke, Marcus His Natural Life 1874 |
| Clune, Frank Dig: A Drama of Central Australia 1937 |
| Coleman, Peter in Craven (Essays 1999) |
| Colman, Maureen in Poetry (Sydney) 1967 |
| Colles, C.G.A. in Stewart and Keesing |
| Collins, Paul in Kavanagh |
| Community Express (Hobart) 1987–1988 |
| Conrad, Peter in Dessaix |
| Cook, Kenneth Wake in Fright 1961 |
| Cox, Erle Out of the Silence 1925 |
| Costello, Tim Tips from a Travelling Soul-Searcher 1999 |
| Craven, Peter (ed.) The Best Australian Essays 1998 1998 |
| Craven, Peter (ed.) The Best Australian Essays 1999 1999 |
| Craven, Peter (ed.) The Best Australian Stories 1999 1999 |
| Crowley, Frank and Lorna Cartwright A Citizen's Guide to Marihuana in Australia 1977 |
| ‘Culotta, Nino’ gone fishin' 1962 |
| Curry, Eric Hysterical History of Australia 1940 |
| Cusack, Dymphna Black Lightning 1964 |
| Dadswell, Mary in Carozzi and Haynes |
| d'Alpuget, Blanche Turtle Beach 1981 |
| — Robert J. Hawke: A biography 1982 |
| Dark, Eleanor Waterway 1938 |
| Davison, Frank Dalby The Wells of Beersheba and other stories 1933–1968 |
| Dawe, Bruce Sometimes Gladness: Collected Poems 1954–1982 1983 |
| Dening, Greg in Craven (Essays 1999) |
| Dennis, C.J The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke 1915 |
| — 1919 in Stewart and Keesing |
| — 1922–1938 in Hutchinson |
| Dessaix, Robert (ed.) Speaking their Minds 1998 |
| Dezsery, Andras in R.F. Holt |
| Dickins, Barry What the Dickins! 1985 |
| Dick, William A Bunch of Ratbags 1965 |
| Disher, Garry in Kavanagh |
| Dixson, Miriam The Real Matilda: Women and Identity in Australia 1788 to the present (revised ed.) 1984 |
| Dobson, Rosemary Selected Poems 1944–1978 (revised ed.) 1980 |
| — The Three Fates & Other Poems 1984 |
| Doug Anthony Allstars Book 1989 |
| Duhs, Irmgard in R.F. Holt |
| Durack, Mary Kings in Grass Castles 1959 |
| Elliott, Sumner Locke Signs of Life 1981 |
| Ellis, Bob So It Goes 2000 |
| Encarnacao, John J. in Skrzynecki |
| Facey, A.B. A Fortunate Life 1981 |
| Farmer, Beverley Milk 1983 |
| Farquhar, Murray Nine Words from the Grave 1986 |
| Farwell, George Land of Mirage 1950 |
| Federal Hansard 1999–2001 |
| Figure and Vigour (Sydney) 1952 |
| Fitzgerald, Ross All About Anthrax 1987 |
| FitzGerald, Stephen Is Australia an Asian Country? 1997 |
| Flannery, Tim (ed.) The Birth of Sydney 1999 |
| Flatball News (Sydney) 1993 |
| Ford, Bruce The Elderly Australian (revised ed.) 1984 |
| Foster, David Moonlite 1981 |
| — Essays 1987–98 1999 |
| Francis, Ricki Hotel Kings X 1973 |
| Franklin, Miles My Brilliant Career 1901 |
| — My Career Goes Bung 1946 |
| — Childhood At Brindabella 1963 |
| French, Simon Hey Phantom Singlet 1975 |
| Frost, Alan Convicts and Empire 1980 |
| Furphy, Joseph Such Is Life: Being Certain Extracts from the Diary of Tom Collins 1903 |
| Fusillo, Archimede in Kavanagh |
| Garner, Helen Monkey Grip 1977 |
| — in Dessaix |
| Garvey, Keith Absolutely Australian 1979 |
| Gaunt, Mary Kirkham's Find 1894 |
| Gelder, Ken and Jane M. Jacobs Uncanny Australia 1998 |
| Gellert, Leon Beastly Australians: Some faunagraphic data compiled for Students of Australian Wild Life 1964 |
| Gibbs, May Snugglepot and Cuddlepie, Their Adventures Wonderful 1918 |
| — Little Ragged Blossom, and more about Snugglepot and Cuddlepie 1920 |
| — Little Obelia and further adventures of Ragged Blossom, Snugglepot and Cuddlepie 1921 |
| — Nuttybub and Nittersing 1923 |
| Gibson, G.H. (‘Ironbark’) in Stewart and Keesing |
| Glassop, Lawson We Were The Rats 1944 |
| Goodge, W.T. in Stewart and Keesing |
| Good Weekend (Sydney, Melbourne) 1997 |
| Goot, Murray and Tim Rowse (eds) Make a Better Offer: The Politics of Mabo 1994 |
| Gordon, Adam Lindsay The Feud 1864 |
| — Ashtaroth 1867 |
| — Sea Spray and Smoke Drift 1867 |
| — Bush Ballads and Galloping Rhymes 1870 |
| Grassby, Al and Marji Hill Six Australian Battlefields 1988 |
| Greenop, Frank S. Bunyip with a Swag n.d. |
| Grenville, Kate The Secret River 2005 |
| Griffin, Benjamin in Nancy Keesing |
| Grongard, Carole-Elise in Kavanagh |
| Hackett, I.J. in Carozzi and Haynes |
| Hage, Ghassan White Nation 1998 |
| Hall, Richard Black Armband Days 1998 |
| Hall, Rodney Kisses of the Enemy 1987 |
| Handford, Nourma Carcoola Holiday 1953 |
| Hardy, Frank Power Without Glory 1950 |
| — Legends from Benson's Valley 1963 |
| Harford, Lesbia The Invaluable Mystery 1924 |
| Harney, W.E. Brimming Billabongs: The Life Story of an Australian Aboriginal 1947 |
| Harris, Bernie in The National Language: Proceedings of Style Council 94 1995 |
| Hazzard, Shirley Transit of Venus 1980 |
| Henderson, Ian in Waldren |
| Herald (Melbourne) 1987–1991 |
| Herald-Sun (Melbourne) 1990–1992 |
| Herbert, Xavier Capricornia 1938 |
| Hetherington, Keith Patrick 1978 |
| Hewett, Dorothy Neap Tide 1999 |
| Hill, M.A. and A.J. Press in Goot and Rowse |
| Hirst, John in Dessaix |
|
'Hogbotel, S. & S. ffuckes’ Snatches and Lays 1973 |
| Holt, R. (‘6 x 8’) in Stewart and Keesing |
| Holt, R.F. (ed.) The Strength of Tradition: Stories of the Immigrant Presence in Australia 1983 |
| Hore-Ruthven, Patrick The Happy Warrior Poems 1943 |
| Horn, M.A. (ed.) The Digest of Hygiene for Father and Son 1948 |
| Huggins, Jackie Sister Girl 1998 |
| Hughes, Robert in Dessaix |
| Hume, Fergus The Mystery of a Hansom Cab 1898 |
| Hungerford, T.A.G. Stories from Suburban Road: an autobiographical collection, 1920–1939 1983 |
| — Riverslake 1953 |
| Hunt, Kathleen How to become an endangered species and other extracts from the ABC's Science Show 1985 |
| Hutchinson, Gary (ed.) The C.J. Dennis Collection: from his ‘forgotten’ writings 1987 |
| Hyde, Michael Will you shut up about spiritmen! 1982 |
| Idriess, Ion L. Flynn of the Inland 1932 |
| — Over the Range 1937 |
| — The Red Chief 1953 |
| Ireland, David The Unknown Industrial Prisoner 1971 |
| ‘Jackson, Neville’ No end to the way 1965 |
| Jaivin, Linda in Craven (Stories 1999) |
| James, Clive Unreliable Memoirs 1980 |
| Jarratt, Suzy Permissive Australia 1970 |
| ‘Jason’ in Stewart and Keesing |
| ‘J.O.’ in Stewart and Keesing |
| Johnson, Colin Wild Cat Falling 1965 (see Mudrooroo) |
| Johnston, George My Brother Jack 1964 |
| Jolley, Elizabeth Mr Scobie's Riddle 1983 |
|
— The Sugar Mother 1988 |
| Jones, Deborah in Dessaix |
| Jupp, James in Nile |
| Kalamaras, Vasso 1983 in R.F. Holt |
| — 1985 in Skrzynecki |
| Kavanagh, Michael (ed.) A Bundle of Yarns 1986 |
| ‘Keese, Oliné’ The Broad Arrow: Being the Story of Maida Gwynnham, a ‘Lifer’ in Van Diemen's Land 1859 |
| Keesing, Nancy (ed.) Old Bush Songs 1957 |
| — Lily on the Dustbin: Slang of Australian Women and Families 1982 |
| Keneally, Thomas Bring Larks and Heroes 1967 |
| — The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith 1972 |
| Kersting, H. Coinage of Australia 1966 |
| Kimber, R.G. Man from Arltunga 1986 |
| Koch, C.J. The Year of Living Dangerously 1978 |
| Lake, Max Classic Wines of Australia 1966 |
| Lane, Terry Hectic 1993 |
| ‘Lancaster, G.B.’ Pageant 1933 |
| Langley, Eve The Pea-Pickers (2nd ed.) 1958 |
| Lawler, Ray Summer of the Seventeenth Doll 1957 |
| Lawson, Henry Joe Wilson and his Mates 1901 |
| — The Romance of the Swag 1907 |
| — Send Round the Hat 1907 |
| — The Rising of the Court 1910 |
| Leslie, Mary in Kavanagh |
| Lette, Kathy and Gabrielle Carey Puberty Blues 1979 |
| Lewis, Harold Crow on a Barbed Wire Fence 1973 |
| Liberman, Serge in Skrzynecki |
| Lindsay, Joan Picnic at Hanging Rock 1967 |
| Lindsay, Norman A Curate in Bohemia 1913 |
| — The Magic Pudding 1918 |
| — Age of Consent 1938 |
| — Dust or Polish? 1950 |
| Loukakis, Angelo For the Patriarch 1981 |
| — 1985 in Skrzynecki |
| Lowenstein, Wendy Improper Play Rhymes of Australian Children (Australian Folklore – Occasional Paper No. 5) (3rd ed.) 1988 |
| — and Morag Loh The Immigrants 1978 |
| Lower, Lennie Here's Luck 1930 |
| Lumby, Catherine Gotcha 1999 |
| Lurie, Morris Seven Books for Grossman 1983 |
| McCarthy, Maureen Ganglands 1992 |
| McCullough, Colleen Tim 1975 |
| Macdonnell, J.E. Alarm – E-boats! 1958 |
| McGahan, Andrew Praise 1992 |
| MacKay, Hugh Turning Point 1999 |
| McKie, Ronald The Mango Tree 1974 |
| McQueen, James Uphill Runner 1984 |
| Mail (Adelaide) 1989 |
| Maloney, Shane in Craven (Essays 1999) |
| Malouf, David Harland's Half Acre 1984 |
| — The Great World 1990 |
| — Dream Stuff 2000 |
| Manne, Robert The Way We Live Now 1998 |
| — in Dessaix |
| Maris, Hyllus and Sonia Borg Women of the Sun 1985 |
| Marr, David The High Price of Heaven 1999 |
| Marshall, Alan I Can Jump Puddles 1955 |
| Marshall, Rocky in Carozzi and Haynes |
| Martin, Adrian in Craven (Essays 1999) |
| Martin, Ross M. Trade Unions in Australia: Who runs them, who belongs–their politics, their power (2nd ed.) 1980 |
| Matthews, Brian in Craven (Stories 1999) |
| — in Craven (Essays 1998) |
| Meehan, Michael The Salt of Broken Tears 1999 |
| — Stormy Weather 2000 |
| Mercury (Hobart) 1987–1992 |
| Messenger (Adelaide) 1991 |
| Money, Lawrence The Footy Fan's Handbook 1981 |
| Montrose, Rosetta in The Reader (Hobart University) 1991 |
| Moorhouse, Frank Forty-Seventeen 1988 |
| Morgan, Sally My Place 1987 |
| Morosi, Junie Sex, Prejudice and Politics 1975 |
| Morrison, John Stories of the Waterfront (1944–1983) 1984 |
| Mudrooroo Wild Cat Falling 1965 (originally published as Colin Johnson) |
| — The Undying 1998 |
| Murnane, Gerald Landscape with Landscape 1987 |
| Murray, John in The Legion of Mary 1960 |
| Murray, Les A . The Vernacular Republic: Poems 1961–1981 1982 |
| — Fredy Neptune 1998 |
| — The Quality of Sprawl 1999 |
| Muskett, Philip E. The Art of Living in Australia 1893 |
| Nagel, William The Odd Angry Shot 1975 |
| News (Adelaide) 1990–1991 |
| Newton, Bert Bert! 1977 |
| Niland, D'arcy The Shiralee 1955 |
| Nile, Richard (ed.) Australian Civilisation 1994 |
| Nixon, Francis Hodgson in Stewart and Keesing |
| Norman, Doris Chou San and the Very Wise Hermit 1965 |
| Northern Sun (Mareeba) 1990 |
| 'O'Brien, John’ Around the Boree Log and other verses 1921 |
| O’Connor, Mark in Kavanagh |
| Ogilvie, William H. The Australian and Other Verses 1916 |
| Pallin, Paddy Bushwalking Around Sydney 1959 |
| Palmer, Vance Golconda 1948 |
| — The Legend of the Nineties 1954 |
| Park, Ruth Harp in the South 1948 |
| — Poor Man's Orange 1949 |
| Passing Show (Macquarie University, Sydney) 1993 |
| Paterson, A.B. (Banjo) The Man from Snowy River and other verses 1895 |
| — Rio Grande's Last Ride and other verses 1902 |
| — Saltbush Bill, J.P., and other verses 1917 |
| Pearl, Cyril So you want to be an Australian 1959 |
| Pearson, Kent Surfing Subcultures of Australia and New Zealand 1979 |
| Phillips, A.A. in Meanjin 1950 |
| Porter, Peter in Craven (Essays 1998) |
| Preston, Betty What shall I do now? Play activities for the under fives 1968 |
| Prichard, Katharine Susannah Coonardoo: The Well in the Shadow 1929 |
| Pringle, John Douglas Australian Accent 1958 |
| Quinn, Roderic in Stewart and Keesing |
| Rees, Coralie and Leslie Spinifex Walkabout: Hitch-hiking in Remote North Australia 1953 |
| Reynolds, Henry Why Weren't We Told? 1999 |
| Rhodes, Sue Now you'll think I'm awful 1967 |
| Ribald (Sydney) 1975 |
| Richards, Lyn Having Families: Marriage, Parenthood and Social Pressure in Australia (revised ed.) 1985 |
| 'Richardson, Henry Handel’ The Getting of Wisdom 1910 |
| — Australia Felix 1917 |
| — The Way Home 1925 |
| — Ultima Thule 1928 |
| Riley, Len The Kings Cross Racket 1967 |
|
Roberts, Barney Where's Morning Gone? 1987 |
| 'Rohan, Criena’ The Delinquents 1962 |
| — Down by the Dockside 1963 |
| Rowley, C.D. The Destruction of Aboriginal Society 1970 |
| ‘Rudd, Steele’ On Our Selection 1899 |
|
— Our New Selection 1903 |
| Ruhen, Olaf Naked Under Capricorn 1958 |
| Saragas, Eff in Oz-Wide Tales (Sydney) 1990 |
| Scott, John A. Blair 1988 |
| Searchlight (Sydney) 1974 |
| Shanahan, Dennis in Waldren |
| Sheehan, Paul Among the Barbarians 1998 |
| Shepherd, Greg in Kavanagh |
| Shute, Nevil The Far Country 1952 |
| Sidney, Neilma Sunday evening 1988 |
| Singer, Peter Transplantation Proceedings Vol. 24 No. 2 1992 |
| Singleton, John Macquarie Dictionary of Australian Quotations 1990 |
| Skrzynecki, Peter (ed.) Joseph's Coat: An Anthology of Multicultural Writing 1985 |
| Slessor, Kenneth Poems (1926–1944) 1972 |
| Smith, G.M. (‘Steele Grey’) in Stewart and Keesing |
| Sobolewski, Tad in Skrzynecki |
| Spence, Catherine Helen Mr Hogarth's Will 1867 |
| — Handfasted 1879 |
| Spinks, Peter Wizards of Oz 1999 |
| Stead, Christina The Man Who Loved Children 1940 |
| — For Love Alone 1944 |
| Stevens, Lyla Animals of Australia in colour 1956 |
| Stewart, Douglas and Nancy Keesing (eds) Australian Bush Ballads 1955 |
| Stivens, Dal A Horse of Air 1970 |
| Stone, Louis Jonah 1910 |
| Stott, Murray Aliens Over Antipodes 1984 |
| Stow, Randolph The Merry-Go-Round in the Sea 1965 |
| Stretton, Hugh Ideas for Australian Cities 1970 |
| Suffield, W. in Carozzi and Haynes |
| Summers, Anne Damned Whores and God's Police: The Colonization of Women in Australia 1975 |
| Sun (Sydney) 1986–1990 |
| Sun-News Pictorial (Melbourne) 1986–1990 |
| Sunday Herald (Melbourne) 1989–1992 |
| Sunday Herald Sun (Melbourne) 1992 |
| Sunday Sun (Melbourne) 1989 |
| Sunday Tasmanian (Hobart) 1989–1990 |
| Sunday Herald (Sydney) 1989 |
| Sydney Monitor (Sydney) 1826 |
| Sydney Morning Herald 1983–1995 |
| Tasmanian Country (Hobart) 1990 |
| Tennant, Kylie Lost Haven 1946 |
| — The Man on the Headland 1971 |
| Thwaites, Frederick J. The Melody Lingers 1935 |
| Titcher, Margot in Kavanagh |
| Tompson, Charles, Jnr. Wild Notes, from the Lyre of a Native Minstrel 1826 |
| Tracks (Sydney) 1992 |
| Trett, Leonid in R.F. Holt |
| Truth (Melbourne) 1983 |
| Turner, Ethel Seven Little Australians 1894 |
| Upfield, Arthur The Widows of Broome 1950 |
| Vinge, Joan D. Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome 1985 |
| Waldren, Murray (ed.) Future Tense 1999 |
| Wall, Dorothy The Complete Adventures of Blinky Bill 1939 |
| Wallace-Crabbe, Chris in Nile |
| Walters, Patrick in Waldren |
| Ward, Russel The Australian Legend (2nd ed.) 1966 |
| Waten, Judah in R.F. Holt |
| — 1985 in Skrzynecki |
| Watkins, Wal Andamooka 1971 |
| Watson, Don in Craven (Essays 1998) |
| Watson, Sam The Kadaitcha Sung 1990 |
| Weedon, Dianne Tears in my champagne 1984 |
| Weekend Australian (Sydney) 2001 |
| West Australian (Perth) 1991–1992 |
| Westerner (Hobart) 1989 |
| White, Patrick Tree of Man 1955 |
| — Voss 1957 |
| — A Fringe of Leaves 1976 |
| — ‘A Sense of Integrity’ (lecture at La Trobe University, Melbourne) 1988 |
| Wilding, Michael The Paraguayan Experiment 1985 |
| Williamson, David The Removalists 1972 |
| — in Dessaix |
| Winter-Irving, W.A. Bush Stories 1977 |
| Winton, Tim That eye, the sky 1986 |
| — In the Winter Dark 1988 |
| — Cloudstreet 1991 |
| — Lockie Leonard: Scumbuster 1993 |
| Witting, Amy Isobel on the Way to the Corner Shop 1999 |
| ‘Wongar, B.’ Walg: A Novel of Australia 1983 |
| Wood, Gilmore in Travelling On (Sydney) 1956 |
| Wood, Ray in R.F. Holt |
| Wood, Thomas Cobbers: A personal record of a journey from Essex, in England, to Australia, Tasmania and some of the reefs and islands in the Coral Sea, made in the years 1930, 1931, and 1932 1934 |
| Woodfield, Sutton A for Artemis: A burlesque of Big-City Intrigue 1960 |
| Wright, Judith Collected Poems: 1942–1970 1971 |
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