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C.J. Dennis
The Sentimental Bloke tells the story of Bill, a member of a larrikin push (or gang) in Melbourne's Little Lonsdale red-light district, who encounters Doreen, a young woman "of some…
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The Glugs of Gosh is a political satire about the inhabitants of Gosh, a world that seems to be suspiciously full of the same weaknesses and absurdities as our own…
The Sentimental Bloke tells the story of Bill, a member of a larrikin push (or gang) in Melbourne’s Little Lonsdale red-light district, who encounters Doreen, a young woman of some…
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Doreen, the third C.J. Dennis publication using his Sentimental Bloke characters, was first published by in October 1917 by Angus and Robertson.
The four tales in verse in Doreen describe…
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The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke sold more than 100,000 copies and became an Australian literary phenomenon. Written from the perspective of ???The Sentimental Bloke??? himself, the text is a…
The Moods of Ginger Mick is a collection of poems about Ginger Mick, the larrikin hero of Gallipoli. On its release it was described by the Bulletin as'finely patriotic’ and…
Philip Butterss
The Sentimental Bloke and Doreen are famous characters in Australian popular culture, but their creator deserves to be better known. C.J. Dennis transformed the larrikin from a street thug into…
But, ‘struth, the wimmin! 'Ow they love this frill! Fer Auntie Liz, an’ Mar, o’ course, wus there; An’ Mar’s two uncles’ wives, an’ Cousin Lil, An’ ‘arf a dozen…
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Full of life, the poems and verse in the collection are perennially popular and still studied at schools. Ages 8+.
A.H. Chisholm
It’s a sweltering summer’s day, and Anja Aropalo is on her way home with two errands in mind: first, to water the roses, and then to commit suicide. She is…
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