Swan Song

SWAN SONG

Reflections on Perth and Western Australia 1956-1995
by George Seddon

Swan Song is a major retrospective collection of writings in which George Seddon turns his attention to Western Australia, offering present reflections on his past attitudes and on recent changes to Western Australian life and landscape. These essays are enormously enjoyable, often provocative and always informative.

ISBN 0 86422 428 1
$24.95
   

CONTENTS:

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements


FOREWORD

Essaying the Essay
Musical Chairs


PART I: THE NEWCOMER (1956-1971)

Introduction to Part I
First Responses
In Praise of Limestone
A Sense of Place


PART II: THE OUTSIDER (1972-1988)

Introduction to Part II
Whither the West
Western Australia: Some Changing Perceptions
The People of Perth
Hesperian Birthday: the Western Australian Sesquicentenary Celebration Series
Limitations and Virtues
The Persistance of Place: Western Australian Literature
Black and White in the West
The Rottnest Experience
Some Notes on the Geography of Education
Figures in a Landscape


PART III: RECYCLED (1989-1994 )

Introduction to Part III
Starting Again: The Migratory Gardener
The Birth of Snugglepot
Journeys Through Landscape: A Discussion of the Work of Richard Woldendorp
Articulating A Sense of Place
Notes on Two Places: Fremantle; Subiaco


CONCLUSION