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Fourth Estate

An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers

First published in Australia in 1994

by Angus & Robertson

an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Australia Pty Limited

This edition published in 2016

by HarperCollinsPublishers Australia Pty Limited

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Copyright © The Estate of Judith Wright 1994

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National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication data:

Wright, Judith, 1915-2000, author.

Collected poems / Judith Wright.

Australian poetry – 20th century.

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