The Oxford book of Australian short stories Book

	Introduction
	Human Repetends	1
	Challis the Doubter	10
	Squeaker's Mate	15
	The Union Buries Its Dead	27
	Conversation in a Pantry	31
	The Child of the Children	36
	Juliet McCree is Accused of Gluttony	48
	N'Goola	61
	Dry Spell	70
	'Hear My Prayer'	76
	A Harmless Affair	86
	Trees Can Speak	102
	Mother	106
	First Love	117
	The Man who Bowled Victor Trumper	127
	Lardi	130
	Clay	135
	Requiem	152
	The Weeping Fig	154
	Carpet Snake	159
	The Widow-maker	161
	Three Old Men of Lerici	166
	Poppy Seed and Sesame Rings	177
	The Beautiful Climate	184
	Because of the Rusilla	193
	Father Carroll	200
	The Street of the Painters	205
	The Only Speaker of His Tongue	207
	Sunday Morning	211
	Chinaman's Beach According to a Doubtful Lover	213
	My Greatest Ambition	216
	White Knight	223
	Precious Bane	234
	The Music Masters	242
	The Failure of the Bay Tree	246
	Zoellner's Definition	253
	Somewhere New	259
	Did He Pay?	278
	The Assyrian Princess	284
	The Inside Story	288
	Room No. 5 (Escribo)	295
	A Portrait	304
	Self Portrait	305
	End of the Moon	308
	No Such Thing as a Free Lunch	310
	Being Here Now	313
	red sails	320
	The Line	322
	Roses and My Brother	324
	My Father's Axe	327
	Notes on Contributors	334
	Sources and Acknowledgments	345
	Author Index	349