Vol 30 (2015)

Outreach to surrounding countries and the commemorating of centennials

An issue dealing with outreach to surrounding countries as well as commemorating the centennials of the births of: Judith Wright, poet, and activist for our original peoples, and C.M. (Manning) Clark, historian and writer of the Australian story in an epic prose style.

The print edition of this issue was published by the University of New England. ISBN: 978-1-921597-72-5

Table of Contents

Editorial
J. S. Ryan, Robert James Smith
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Index
J. S. Ryan
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In Memoriam

Manning Clark Now
Frank Bongiorno
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A Great Man: Manning Clark
Reggie Forest
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International and Comparative Studies

A Hitherto Overlooked 1925 Letter from Professor J.R.R. Tolkien, Then at Leeds University, to the about-to-retire from Oxford Professor Joseph Wright
J. S. Ryan
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Southern Shark Lore Forty Years after Jaws: The Positioning of Sharks Within Murihiku, New Zealand
A. Asbjørn Jøn, Raj S. Aich
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East Africa as a Literary and Linguistic Contact Zone—Some First Reflections on it as from the Southern Pacific
Robert James Smith, J. S. Ryan
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Traditions in Exile: Canada, Australia, and (the Recording and Collecting of) their Own Countries’ Folklore Disciplines
J. S. Ryan
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The Evolution of the Folklore Discipline
Suzie Lingham
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Hindu Religious Devotion in Media as Contemporary Folklore: Prospects for Religious Tourism in India
Kiran A. Shinde
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‘Ideological Conflicts’ Between the Indonesian Government and the Indonesian Muslim Radicals
Zifirdaus Adnan
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Studies in Australian Folklore

Australian Poetry
Judith Wright
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The Power of Literature in J.M. Coetzee’s Elizabeth Costello
Suzie Gibson
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Let the Water Run: Australia’s Water Vocabulary
Karina Hepner
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Contemporary Rites of Passage
Julie Faux
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Walking Together at Myall Creek: Dreaming Beyond ‘A Cult of Forgetfulness’
Julie Collins
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Ancient Memories: Standing Stones and Ritual Landscapes
E. J. Kent
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Notes, Select Notices and Comments

A Nameless Island
Joshua Nash
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Moments in Time: From the Shearers’ Strike of 1956
Mark Duncan
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The Golden Era
Mark Duncan
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Reviews and Reports

Review of ‘Reedy River’ (1954)
M. N.
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Douglas Gray, Simple Forms: Essays on Mediaeval English Popular Literature (Oxford: University Press, 2015). Pp. ix, 267.
J. S. Ryan
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Brett J. Stubbs, Very Good Beer and Ale: Breweries and Brewers of Tasmania 1820s to 1930s (East Lismore, NSW: Tankard Books, 2013). Pp. xvi, 372, ISBN 978-0-9806209-3-1
Robert James Smith
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