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The Unsuspected Slums: Revisiting the Slums of 1930s Melbourne (PDF Edition)

$AUD 7.50

The Unsuspected Slums revisits inner city Melbourne slums of the 1930s combining poetry with contemporary photographs.

What Is The Unsuspected Slums

Edition details

The Unsuspected Slums
Author: Frank Prem
Publisher: Wild Arancini Press (Independent Publisher)
Publication year: 2026
Format: PDF (Digital Edition)
ISBN (ePUB edition): 978-1-923166-49-3
File Size: 66 MB
This ePUB is a formally published edition.

The Unsuspected Slums is a coffee table style picture poetry book by Australian poet and storyteller Frank Prem. This evocative collection revisits inner-city Melbourne slums of the 1930s, pairing interpretive poetry with contemporary photographs to explore daily life, resilience, and community in these historic streets.

Available in Interactive PDF and paperback editions, this PDF edition displays perfectly on computers, tablets, or large screens, preserving the original photographs and layout.


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The Unsuspected Slums Image: There Are Worse Off
The Unsuspected Slums — sample spread: “There Are Worse Off (We Survive)” (PDF Edition)

it’s true
we don’t like
living
this way

and
we’re all packed in
like sardines
but . . .

there are worse
off
than us

we survive

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