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The Windmill Reporter The Windmill Reporter i(A127585 works by)
Writing name for: William Charles Wilkes
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1 Untitled i "I wish I was up the river again,", The Windmill Reporter , 1851 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Moreton Bay Courier , 25 January 1851; (p. 3)
1 Telegraphic Despatch The Windmill Reporter , 1848 single work column
— Appears in: The Moreton Bay Courier , 25 November 1848; (p. 3) Humorous fictional news 'report' on an anticipated flood of the Brisbane River, supposedly written by the Courier's 'Windmill Reporter' (ie. by a reporter stationed as a look-out on the Wickham Terrace windmill in Brisbane). Appeared with an accompanying unitiled poem by the 'Windmill Reporter'.
1 Untitled i "Subscribers were sleeping - the 'governor' weeping:", The Windmill Reporter , 1848 single work poetry humour
— Appears in: The Moreton Bay Courier , 25 November 1848; (p. 3)

This untitled poem appeared as part of a humorous news 'report' on an anticipated flood of the Brisbane River, which was supposedly written by the Courier's 'Windmill Reporter' (ie. by a reporter stationed as a look-out on the Wickham Terrace windmill in Brisbane). In the poem the cash-strapped Courier reporter reflects on his editor's plight, and the precarious financial position of the newspaper at the time.
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