Cross-Country : A Book of Australian Verse

Cross-Country : A Book of Australian Verse
AuthorJohn Barnes and Brian McFarlane
LanguageEnglish
GenrePoetry anthology
PublisherHeinemann Publishers
Publication date
1984
Publication placeAustralia
Media typePrint
Pages285 pp.

Cross-Country : A Book of Australian Verse is an anthology of poetry edited by John Barnes and Brian McFarlane, published by Heinemann in 1984.[1]

The collection contains 177 poems, from a variety of sources.[2]

Contents

Publication history

The anthology was re-issued in a second edition in 1988[3] with the following changes:

Poems added

Poem deleted

Critical reception

In an essay analysing "We are Going" by Oodgeroo Noonuccal, which is included in this anthology, a writer for Bartleby Research stated that the book "contains a comprehensible and thought-provoking selection of Australian poetry from the early years of European settlement to the present. A common thread that connects numerous poems in the Cross Country anthology is the contrast between what the past was and what it is now. This is shown through the loss of aboriginal culture and past times. Each poem expresses a different scenario or memory about the loss of indigenous culture and how the past was a noble past, as compared to the present."[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Cross Country : A Book of Australian Verse edited by John Barnes and Brian McFarlane (1984)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  2. ^ "Austlit — Cross Country : A Book of Australian Verse edited by John Barnes and Brian McFarlane". Austlit. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  3. ^ "Cross Country : A Book of Australian Verse edited by John Barnes and Brian McFarlane (1988)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  4. ^ ""Cross Country Oodgeroo Noonuccal Poem Analysis"". Bartleby Research. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
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