the arrangement of the poets "made in australia" is by date of birth, beginning with margaret diesendorf, who was born in 1912 and died two years ago, and leading up to poets born in 1960. obviously, preference and available space determined inclusions and omissions, but few readers will dispute that it is a well-balanced, carefully selected anthology. the inclusion, as the last poem, of maureen watson’s “stepping out” with its final “i don’t walk, i strut/ ‘cause now, i’m liberated” provides a very moving ending. there are no dates alongside her name "(unknown, as sometimes the case with aboriginals having no birth certificates)".