“The Road to Yesterday” is reprinted from The Road to Yesterday, by Frank Dalby Davison (Angus and Robertson, 1964).
“The Rector’s Wife Tempts the Bishop with a Brew of Nyppe” reprinted from At Parramatta, by Ethel Anderson (F. W. Cheshire, 1956).
“The Persimmon-tree” reprinted from The Persimmon Tree and Other Stories, by Marjorie Barnard (Clarendon Publishing Co., 1943). Originally published in the Home magazine.
“Come On, Billy” is reprinted from Evening Under Lamplight, by David Campbell (Angus and Robertson, 1959). Originally published in the Bulletin.
“That at Day at Brown Lakes” reprinted from It’s Harder for Girls, by Gavin Casey (Angus and Robertson, 1942). Originally published in the Bulletin.
“The Pilgrimage Year” is reprinted from An Afternoon of Time, by D. E. Charlwood (Angus and Robertson, 1966). Originally published in Blackwood’s Magazine.
“The Tractor” reprinted from The Empty Street, by Peter Cowan (Angus and Robertson, 1965). Originally published in Meanjin Quarterly.
“The Pelican” reprinted from The River and Other Stories, by Cecil Mann (Dymock’s Book Arcade, 1945). Originally published in the Bulletin.
“Trees Can Speak” reprinted from These Are My People, by Alan Mar shall (F. W. Cheshire, 1944).
“Goyai” reprinted from Twenty-three, by John Morrison (Australasian Book Society, 1962). Originally published in Overland.
“A Schoolie and a Ghost” reprinted from Town and City, by David Rowbotham (Angus and Robertson, 5956). Originally published in the Bulletin.
“A Really Splendid Evening”, by Lesley Rowlands, was originally published in Coast to Coast 1963–64 (Angus and Robertson) and is reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Three Jolly Foxes”, by Douglas Stewart, was originally published in the Bulletin, and is reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Pepper-tree” reprinted from The Scholarly Mouse and Other Tales (Angus and Robertson, x957), by permission of the author. Originally published in Meanjin Quarterly.
“The Ant-lion” reprinted from The Nature of Love, by Judith Wright (Sun Books, 1966). Originally published in the Bulletin.
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