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chapbook series 1.1 june 2015

a light shed
DEREK BEAULIEU a light shed
MICHAEL FARRELL roughly proofed
LUKE PATTERSON over the suns disc
GEORGIA GOODNOW turn your to-do lists inside

out when you wash them

LUKE PATTERSON

over the suns disc

a collection of misquotations

For Dharawal, where this poem was first told.

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7 FIRST MYTH
8 TRANSIT OF VENUS
9 BETWEEN THIS AND BOTANY BAY
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11 TERRA INCOGNITO
12 I EMBARQUED
13 BOON I
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15 GIN
16 MISNOMER
17 TWO FATHOMS
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20 RECONCILIATIONS
21 ACTUAL MEASUREMENT
22 BOON II
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I shall conclude the account

of this Country with a few words
on the Currents and Tides:

Impressions of

April 29th, 1770.

Wind southerly and clear

cloudcloth against coast

weather as we approached the Shore they all made

off, except 2 Men, who seemd resolved to oppose our
Endeavourous

landing one of them took up a stone and threw, at us,

the white pill placebo sailing Modernity,

which caused my firing a Second Musquet, load with

small Shott; and altho some of the Shott struck
into the mouth of a Dream does not

the man advanced into the Woods we found here

swallow

a few small hutts made of the Bark of Trees, in one of

which were 4 or 5 Small Children, with whom we left
that first myth as

some strings of beads, etc? A quantity of Darts lay

artifactual

about the Hutts; these we took away with us.

astronomers were
flows at full Change
anxious to take

the sun, Southward

to observe

the Transit of Venus

Chart by Name
but looked

upon it
and reddish clay
as an invented

story to cover
some other design

for He could form

in our favourno other Idea

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of that Phenomenon

an opportunity to View
an opportunity to View
an opportunity to View
the Country, which had
an opportunity to View
the Country, which had
the Country, which had
a very, agreeable and
the Country, which had
a very, agreeable and
a very, agreeable and
promising aspect,
a very, agreeable and
promising aspect,
promising aspect,
diversified with hills,
promising aspect,
diversified with hills,
diversified with hills,
ridges, plains, and
diversified with hills,
ridges, plains, and
ridges, plains, and
Valleys, some few small
ridges, plains, and
Valleys, some few small
Valleys, some few small
lawns; but for the most
Valleys, some few small
lawns; but for the most
lawns; but for the most
part the whole was
lawns; but for the most
part the whole was
part the whole was
covered with wood, the
part the whole was
covered with wood, the
covered with wood, the
hills and ridges rise with
covered with wood, the
hills and ridges rise with
hills and ridges rise with
a gentle slops; neither
hills and ridges rise with
a gentle slops; neither
a gentle slops; neither
are there many
a gentle slops; neither
are there many
are there many
are there many

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There are also Islands Laying under the Land.

The shore of the main lies nearest
The face of the Country rowling Obliquely.

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Dr. Solander
Solander had
had aa bare
bare sight
sight
Dr.
of aa small
small Animal
Animal
of
something like
like aa Rabbit,
Rabbit, and
and we
we found
found
something
the Dung
Dung
the
of an
an animal
animal which
which must
must
of
feed upon
upon
feed
Grass, and
and which,
which, we
we judge,
judge, could
could not
not be
be less
less
Grass,
than aa Deer;
Deer;
than
we also
also saw
saw the
the Track
Track of
of aa Dog,
Dog, or
or some
some such
such like
like
we
Animal
Animal

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in the Boats in order

During our stay
to row up the Lagoon,
in this harbor
we saw a great
deal of smoke,
we caused the English
fire
Colours
in a very
small compass
to be displayd ashore;
Cockle Shells laying
everyday and an inscription
by them but the
people were gone
to be carved out
they had in the Night
upon one of the Trees
naked as they are
slept in open air.
near
the Watering place

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I went in the pinnace to the head

in order to Examine the Country, and
to try to form some Connections.
We found the face of the Country much
the same as I have before described, but the
land much richer for instead of Sand
I found in many places a deep black
soil, which we thought was Capable of
producing any kind of grain; and
Timber, as fine Meadow as ever was
seen; however, we found it not all like
this, some few places were very rocky,
but this, I believe, to be uncommon. The
stone is sandy, proper for building, etc.

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People will hardly admit

of an excuse
for a Man leaving
a Coast unexplored
he has once discovered.

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Ditto, the place being all under water,

We could very clearly see with our Glasses that
out to Sea to sound again about the Shoals
the Woman was as naked as ever she was born;
we might not loose the least opportunity to
even those parts which I always before now
Offer; for laying in Port spends time to
believe Nature would have taught a woman to
no purpose, consumes our Provisions, of which
Concealed then uncovered
we are very Short in many Articles, and we have
yet a long Passage

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I went in search of Fresh Water,

This inlet,
but had no better success than before;
I have named Thirsty Sound,
wherefore I gave over all thoughts, laying
by reason we could find no
Ship a Shore.

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North-North-West
43 minutes south
Yesterday at noon,
6 leagues 8 degrees
Azimuth in three
of four miles
Evening upward
four hundred
one single one weighd
140 pounds Exclusive
of the entrails
In the P.M
Saturday 5th
6 people 20 yards
3 darts
12 feet
two canoes

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half appeared
distance
1 mile Light airs latitude
5 oclock
topsails reefd
3 Water

East-East towards West

spouts at once

between us
and the shore

shortened

sails trending off the coast night

south
30 degrees
several pretty mountains
4 hauls 4
prongs
alone
little before
departing in the A.M
sun
rise

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For what reason I know not have thought proper

to tack to this land, we deepen'd our water. At this time
I had every body at their stations to put about and come to anchor.
The Man at the lead could heave another out upon the Starboard
quarter, and hove upon
guns Iron and stone ballast, Casks, Hoops staves oyle Jars, decay'd
stores, the Ship Struck and stuck
fast, the tide fell the ship, the ship is washed off and part of it carried
along with the water.

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They again visited the Sound.

Being on board, I went immediately ashore,
There were 6 Canoes,
variable light airs, and calms, in the night, the 6
I followd alone and unarmd some distance,
small fires had a light breeze from the land,
they would not stop until they went further off than
muscles roasting on the fires, some oysters
I chose to trust myself, and disappeared
laying there; We tasted of their Cheer
armed in the same manner
and we left them in return
as those that came yesterday.

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Saw the Island, by variations that Breeze

of the compass. Noon Anchored perpendicular to Actual Measureat the Buoy, ment I kept some time Longer.
Log and Observed. This morning Sun and Moon
Found our Selves served Portable soup
in Squalls, squealing with thunder.

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The Natives are no less plenty about the head.

We saw their faces and bodies
painted with a sort of white paint Pigment.
Seeing no stored provisions, we believe they depend
upon the present day for their subsistence.
The Natives are no less plenty about the head.
However, we could know but very little
of their customs as we never were
painted with a sort of white paint Pigment
or able to form any connections with them.
They had not so much as touch'd the stores we left.
The Natives are no less plenty about the head.
The strings of beeds we had left with
the children were found laying in the hut
painted with a sort of white paint Pigment.
We saw foot steps of Men, holes dug
in the sand. I did not wait to examine them.
The Natives are no less plenty about the head
painted with a sort of white paint Pigment.

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I had ambition
not only to go farther than any man had been
before, but as far as it was possible for a man to go.
James cook

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A poet and educator of Koori descent. Luke grew up Dharawal Country in the south Sydney suburb of
Kurnell, Australia. He trained in classical viola performance at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, and
there on Wurundjeri continued graduate studies in Linguistics and Creative Writing. Lukes life mission is to
reinstate bio-regional identities and consciousness in place of the monocultural nationalism that has been
destroying human diversity and sovereignty for the past couple of centuries or so.
tolukep@berkeley.edu


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