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y separately published work icon The Advocate (Burnie) newspaper  
Alternative title: The Advocate
Issue Details: First known date: 1890... 1890 The Advocate (Burnie)
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Burnie, Burnie area, Northwest Tasmania, Tasmania,:, 1903 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Advent of Our Kingi"The stars look down on streamlets flow", W. W. , single work poetry

This is a Christmas poem that combines the idea of Australia and the bush--'banks', 'creeks', 'Southern Cross'--with the biblical nature of Christmas through 'angels', 'Heaven' and the 'Cross'. 

 (p. 4) Section: Christmas Supplement
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Published on 24 December 1904 (Saturday) . Specially written by W. W. (Waif Wander) for the Advocate's 'Christmas Supplement'.
Go Back in Dreamsi"Go back in dreams to the land of youth", Waif Wander , single work poetry

The poem opens with Waif Wander speaking to the reader: that he should go back in dreams to a time where he was a boy, where he courted his loving bride, to where his children were born and his parents died...and then he is now ageing fast and quick, meeting not a grave but the Land of Green where 'Christ is King'...

 (p. 24)
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Published on 26 December 1903 (Saturday). 
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