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- Author:agent George Essex Evans http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/evans-george-essex
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First published in the Argus.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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The North Queensland Register
vol.
11
no.
38
23 September
1901
Z1477664
1901
newspaper issue
1901
(pg. 231901)
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The North Queensland Register
vol.
11
no.
38
23 September
1901
Z1477664
1901
newspaper issue
1901
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The Brisbane Courier
14 September
1901
Z1518733
1901
newspaper issue
1901
(pg. 131901)
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The Brisbane Courier
14 September
1901
Z1518733
1901
newspaper issue
1901
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The Queenslander
21 September
1901
Z1757999
1901
newspaper issue
1901
(pg. 51901)Note: Contains only 8 lines of the poem
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The Queenslander
21 September
1901
Z1757999
1901
newspaper issue
1901
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The Argus
7 September
1901
Z1758007
1901
newspaper issue
1901
(pg. 41901)
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The Argus
7 September
1901
Z1758007
1901
newspaper issue
1901
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The Australasian
vol.
71
no.
1851
21 September
1901
10517548
1901
newspaper issue
1901
(pg. 6701901)
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The Australasian
vol.
71
no.
1851
21 September
1901
10517548
1901
newspaper issue
1901
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The Capricornian
vol.
27
no.
38
21 September
1901
12379039
1901
newspaper issue
1901
(pg. 81901)
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The Capricornian
vol.
27
no.
38
21 September
1901
12379039
1901
newspaper issue
1901
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The Secret Key and Other Verses
George Essex Evans
,
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1906
Z415264
1906
selected work
poetry
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1906
(pg. 8-101906)
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The Secret Key and Other Verses
George Essex Evans
,
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1906
Z415264
1906
selected work
poetry
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1906
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An Anthology of Australian Verse
Bertram Stevens
(editor),
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1907
Z407025
1907
anthology
poetry
A selection of published and previously unpublished verse 'representative of the best short poems written by Australians or inspired by Australian scenery and conditions of life, - "Australian" in this connection being used to include New Zealand.' (Introduction, p. vii)
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1907
(pg. 142-1441907)
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An Anthology of Australian Verse
Bertram Stevens
(editor),
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1907
Z407025
1907
anthology
poetry
A selection of published and previously unpublished verse 'representative of the best short poems written by Australians or inspired by Australian scenery and conditions of life, - "Australian" in this connection being used to include New Zealand.' (Introduction, p. vii)
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1907
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The Golden Treasury of Australian Verse
Bertram Stevens
(editor),
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1909
Z59189
1909
anthology
poetry
humour
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1909
(pg. 155-1571909)
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y
The Golden Treasury of Australian Verse
Bertram Stevens
(editor),
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1909
Z59189
1909
anthology
poetry
humour
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1909
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School Paper for Classes V and VI
no.
120
July
1909
Z1629720
1909
periodical issue
1909
(pg. [81]1909)Note: Extract from The Secret Key and Other Verses with photograph: 'George Essex Evans'.
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School Paper for Classes V and VI
no.
120
July
1909
Z1629720
1909
periodical issue
1909
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The Daily Advertiser
17 October
1913
11388236
1913
newspaper issue
1913
(pg. 41913)
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The Daily Advertiser
17 October
1913
11388236
1913
newspaper issue
1913
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The School Paper for Grades VII and VIII
no.
268
May
1922
Z1618141
1922
periodical issue
children's
1922
(pg. 571922)
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y
The School Paper for Grades VII and VIII
no.
268
May
1922
Z1618141
1922
periodical issue
children's
1922
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A Book of Queensland Verse
J. J. Stable
,
A. E. M. Kirwood
,
Brisbane
:
Queensland Book Depot
,
1924
Z545108
1924
anthology
poetry
Brisbane
:
Queensland Book Depot
,
1924
(pg. 51-521924)
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A Book of Queensland Verse
J. J. Stable
,
A. E. M. Kirwood
,
Brisbane
:
Queensland Book Depot
,
1924
Z545108
1924
anthology
poetry
Brisbane
:
Queensland Book Depot
,
1924
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The Sunday Mail
no.
63
10 August
1924
Z1383710
1924
newspaper issue
1924
(pg. 151924)
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The Sunday Mail
no.
63
10 August
1924
Z1383710
1924
newspaper issue
1924
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y
Selections from the Australian Poets
Bertram Stevens
(editor),
George Mackaness
(editor),
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1913
Z521150
1913
anthology
poetry
Sydney
:
Cornstalk Publishing
,
1925
(pg. 38-391925)
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y
Selections from the Australian Poets
Bertram Stevens
(editor),
George Mackaness
(editor),
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1913
Z521150
1913
anthology
poetry
Sydney
:
Cornstalk Publishing
,
1925
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y
The School Paper : Grades VII and VIII
no.
330
December
1927
Z1512288
1927
periodical issue
children's
1927
(pg. 169-1701927)
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y
The School Paper : Grades VII and VIII
no.
330
December
1927
Z1512288
1927
periodical issue
children's
1927
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The Victorian Reading-Books : Eighth Book
Victorian Readers : Eighth Book
Melbourne
:
Victoria Education Department
,
1928
Z1428467
1928
anthology
poetry
prose
children's fiction
essay
Melbourne
:
Victoria Education Department
,
1928
(pg. 69-711928)Note: Illustration: 'On the frontiers of the nation' by G. C. Benson (q.v.), 69.
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The Victorian Reading-Books : Eighth Book
Victorian Readers : Eighth Book
Melbourne
:
Victoria Education Department
,
1928
Z1428467
1928
anthology
poetry
prose
children's fiction
essay
Melbourne
:
Victoria Education Department
,
1928
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The Cairns Post
4 August
1930
Z1790608
1930
newspaper issue
1930
(pg. 41930)Note: Extract, verses 1, 4, 5 and 6 only
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The Cairns Post
4 August
1930
Z1790608
1930
newspaper issue
1930
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The West Australian
17 April
1934
Z1790683
1934
newspaper issue
1934
(pg. 31934)Note: Extract, 8 lines of the poem only
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The West Australian
17 April
1934
Z1790683
1934
newspaper issue
1934
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The Cairns Post
15 February
1934
Z1790685
1934
newspaper issue
1934
(pg. 101934)Note: Extract, first four lines of the poem only
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The Cairns Post
15 February
1934
Z1790685
1934
newspaper issue
1934
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The Queenslander
5 October
1938
Z1388259
1938
newspaper issue
1938
(pg. 41938)
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The Queenslander
5 October
1938
Z1388259
1938
newspaper issue
1938
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Appears in:
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y
The Victorian Reading-Books : Eighth Book
Victorian Readers : Eighth Book
Melbourne
:
Victoria Education Department
,
1928
Z1428467
1928
anthology
poetry
prose
children's fiction
essay
Melbourne
:
Victoria Education Department
,
1940
(pg. 64-661940)Note: Illustration: 'On the frontiers of the nation' by G. C. Benson (q.v.), 64.
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y
The Victorian Reading-Books : Eighth Book
Victorian Readers : Eighth Book
Melbourne
:
Victoria Education Department
,
1928
Z1428467
1928
anthology
poetry
prose
children's fiction
essay
Melbourne
:
Victoria Education Department
,
1940
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y
Australian Bush Songs and Ballads
Will Lawson
(editor),
Sydney
:
Frank Johnson
,
1944
Z331491
1944
anthology
poetry
Sydney
:
Frank Johnson
,
1944
(pg. 27-281944)
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y
Australian Bush Songs and Ballads
Will Lawson
(editor),
Sydney
:
Frank Johnson
,
1944
Z331491
1944
anthology
poetry
Sydney
:
Frank Johnson
,
1944
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Appears in:
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y
An Anthology of Australian Verse
George Mackaness
(editor),
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1952
6472657
1952
anthology
poetry
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1952
(pg. 851952)
-
y
An Anthology of Australian Verse
George Mackaness
(editor),
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1952
6472657
1952
anthology
poetry
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1952
-
Appears in:
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y
The Queensland Centenary Anthology
Val Vallis
(editor),
R. S. Byrnes
(editor),
London
Melbourne
:
Longmans
,
1959
Z334319
1959
anthology
poetry
short story
criticism
London
Melbourne
:
Longmans
,
1959
(pg. 411959)
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y
The Queensland Centenary Anthology
Val Vallis
(editor),
R. S. Byrnes
(editor),
London
Melbourne
:
Longmans
,
1959
Z334319
1959
anthology
poetry
short story
criticism
London
Melbourne
:
Longmans
,
1959
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Appears in:
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y
Favourite Australian Poems
Ian Mudie
(editor),
Adelaide
:
Rigby
,
1963
Z337064
1963
anthology
poetry
humour
Adelaide
:
Rigby
,
1963
(pg. 1091963)
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y
Favourite Australian Poems
Ian Mudie
(editor),
Adelaide
:
Rigby
,
1963
Z337064
1963
anthology
poetry
humour
Adelaide
:
Rigby
,
1963
-
Appears in:
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y
From the Ballads to Brennan
T. Inglis Moore
(editor),
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1964
Z407973
1964
anthology
poetry
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1964
(pg. 175-1771964)
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y
From the Ballads to Brennan
T. Inglis Moore
(editor),
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1964
Z407973
1964
anthology
poetry
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1964
-
Appears in:
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y
Bards in the Wilderness : Australian Colonial Poetry to 1920
Adrian Mitchell
(editor),
Brian Elliott
(editor),
Melbourne
:
Nelson
,
1970
Z429552
1970
anthology
poetry
Melbourne
:
Nelson
,
1970
(pg. 123-1241970)
-
y
Bards in the Wilderness : Australian Colonial Poetry to 1920
Adrian Mitchell
(editor),
Brian Elliott
(editor),
Melbourne
:
Nelson
,
1970
Z429552
1970
anthology
poetry
Melbourne
:
Nelson
,
1970
-
Appears in:
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y
Australian Verse from 1805 : A Continuum
Geoffrey Dutton
(editor),
Adelaide
:
Rigby
,
1976
Z399014
1976
anthology
Adelaide
:
Rigby
,
1976
(pg. 73-741976)
-
y
Australian Verse from 1805 : A Continuum
Geoffrey Dutton
(editor),
Adelaide
:
Rigby
,
1976
Z399014
1976
anthology
Adelaide
:
Rigby
,
1976
-
Appears in:
-
y
Along the Western Road : Bush Stories and Ballads
Percy Lindsay
(illustrator),
London
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1981
Z1399376
1981
anthology
poetry
short story
London
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1981
(pg. 201981)
-
y
Along the Western Road : Bush Stories and Ballads
Percy Lindsay
(illustrator),
London
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1981
Z1399376
1981
anthology
poetry
short story
London
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1981
-
Appears in:
-
y
A Treasury of Colonial Poetry
Milsons Point
:
Currawong
,
1982
Z363730
1982
anthology
poetry
Milsons Point
:
Currawong
,
1982
(pg. 1081982)
-
y
A Treasury of Colonial Poetry
Milsons Point
:
Currawong
,
1982
Z363730
1982
anthology
poetry
Milsons Point
:
Currawong
,
1982
-
Appears in:
-
y
This Australia
vol.
1
no.
4
Spring
1982
Z606277
1982
periodical issue
1982
(pg. 731982)
-
y
This Australia
vol.
1
no.
4
Spring
1982
Z606277
1982
periodical issue
1982
-
Appears in:
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y
The Illustrated Treasury of Australian Verse
Beatrice Davis
,
Melbourne
:
Nelson
,
1984
Z315151
1984
anthology
poetry
biography
Melbourne
:
Nelson
,
1984
(pg. 50-511984)
-
y
The Illustrated Treasury of Australian Verse
Beatrice Davis
,
Melbourne
:
Nelson
,
1984
Z315151
1984
anthology
poetry
biography
Melbourne
:
Nelson
,
1984
-
Appears in:
-
y
My Country : Australian Poetry and Short Stories, Two Hundred Years
Leonie Kramer
(editor),
Sydney
:
Lansdowne
,
1985
Z219820
1985
anthology
poetry
short story
Sydney
:
Lansdowne
,
1985
(pg. 4301985)
-
y
My Country : Australian Poetry and Short Stories, Two Hundred Years
Leonie Kramer
(editor),
Sydney
:
Lansdowne
,
1985
Z219820
1985
anthology
poetry
short story
Sydney
:
Lansdowne
,
1985
-
Appears in:
-
y
A Treasury of Bush Verse
G. A. Wilkes
(editor),
North Ryde
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1991
Z61919
1991
anthology
poetry
humour
North Ryde
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1991
(pg. 27-281991)
-
y
A Treasury of Bush Verse
G. A. Wilkes
(editor),
North Ryde
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1991
Z61919
1991
anthology
poetry
humour
North Ryde
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1991
-
Appears in:
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y
The Penguin Book of Australian Ballads [1993]
Elizabeth Webby
(editor),
Philip Butterss
(editor),
Ringwood
:
Penguin
,
1993
Z136407
1993
anthology
poetry
humour
satire
Ringwood
:
Penguin
,
1993
(pg. 254-2551993)
-
y
The Penguin Book of Australian Ballads [1993]
Elizabeth Webby
(editor),
Philip Butterss
(editor),
Ringwood
:
Penguin
,
1993
Z136407
1993
anthology
poetry
humour
satire
Ringwood
:
Penguin
,
1993
-
Appears in:
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y
The Romance of the Stockman : The Lore, Legend and Literature of Australia's Outback Heroes
Ringwood
:
Viking O'Neil
,
1993
Z182618
1993
anthology
prose
poetry
extract
biography
Ringwood
:
Viking O'Neil
,
1993
(pg. 2221993)
-
y
The Romance of the Stockman : The Lore, Legend and Literature of Australia's Outback Heroes
Ringwood
:
Viking O'Neil
,
1993
Z182618
1993
anthology
prose
poetry
extract
biography
Ringwood
:
Viking O'Neil
,
1993
-
Appears in:
-
y
The Penguin Book of 19th Century Australian Literature
Michael Ackland
(editor),
Ringwood
:
Penguin
,
1993
Z203182
1993
anthology
short story
poetry
extract
prose
criticism
biography
humour
satire
crime
Ringwood
:
Penguin
,
1993
(pg. 1711993)
-
y
The Penguin Book of 19th Century Australian Literature
Michael Ackland
(editor),
Ringwood
:
Penguin
,
1993
Z203182
1993
anthology
short story
poetry
extract
prose
criticism
biography
humour
satire
crime
Ringwood
:
Penguin
,
1993
-
Appears in:
-
y
The Illustrated Treasury of Australian Verse
Beatrice Davis
,
Melbourne
:
Nelson
,
1984
Z315151
1984
anthology
poetry
biography
Sydney
:
State Library of New South Wales Press
,
1996
(pg. 50-511996)
-
y
The Illustrated Treasury of Australian Verse
Beatrice Davis
,
Melbourne
:
Nelson
,
1984
Z315151
1984
anthology
poetry
biography
Sydney
:
State Library of New South Wales Press
,
1996
-
Appears in:
-
y
Classic Australian Verse
Maggie Pinkney
(editor),
Noble Park
:
Five Mile Press
,
2001
Z864790
2001
anthology
poetry
Noble Park
:
Five Mile Press
,
2001
(pg. 55-562001)
-
y
Classic Australian Verse
Maggie Pinkney
(editor),
Noble Park
:
Five Mile Press
,
2001
Z864790
2001
anthology
poetry
Noble Park
:
Five Mile Press
,
2001
-
Appears in:
-
y
Our Country : Classic Australian Poetry : From the Colonial Ballads to Paterson & Lawson
Michael Cook
(editor),
Seven Hills
:
Little Hills Press
,
2004
Z1266972
2004
anthology
poetry
Seven Hills
:
Little Hills Press
,
2004
(pg. 114-1152004)
-
y
Our Country : Classic Australian Poetry : From the Colonial Ballads to Paterson & Lawson
Michael Cook
(editor),
Seven Hills
:
Little Hills Press
,
2004
Z1266972
2004
anthology
poetry
Seven Hills
:
Little Hills Press
,
2004
-
Appears in:
-
y
An Anthology of Australian Poetry to 1920
John Kinsella
(editor),
Nedlands
:
University of Western Australia Library
,
2007
Z1908582
2007
anthology
poetry
column
prose
Nedlands
:
University of Western Australia Library
,
2007
(pg. 2832007)
-
y
An Anthology of Australian Poetry to 1920
John Kinsella
(editor),
Nedlands
:
University of Western Australia Library
,
2007
Z1908582
2007
anthology
poetry
column
prose
Nedlands
:
University of Western Australia Library
,
2007
-
Appears in:
-
y
The Book of Australian Popular Rhymed Verse : A Classic Collection of Entertaining and Recitable Poems and Verse : From Henry Lawson to Barry Humphries
Jim Haynes
(editor),
Sydney
:
ABC Books
,
2008
Z1495972
2008
anthology
poetry
Sydney
:
ABC Books
,
2008
(pg. 1082008)
-
y
The Book of Australian Popular Rhymed Verse : A Classic Collection of Entertaining and Recitable Poems and Verse : From Henry Lawson to Barry Humphries
Jim Haynes
(editor),
Sydney
:
ABC Books
,
2008
Z1495972
2008
anthology
poetry
Sydney
:
ABC Books
,
2008
-
Appears in:
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y
60 Classic Australian Poems for Children
Chris Cheng
(editor),
Sydney
:
Random House Australia
,
2009
Z1656747
2009
anthology
poetry
children's
'The 60 poems in this collection appear in their original, or near original, form and are wide-ranging in their subject matter: animals, the countryside, the struggle of bush life, early transport, sport, growing old, being young and having fun with words! But whether they are humorous, serious or playful, they are simply a joy to read!
No matter if we grew up reciting these classic poems at school, quote from them on important occasions or are meeting them for the first time, there is no doubt that these classic poems embody what it is to be Australian.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Sydney : Random House Australia , 2009(2009)
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60 Classic Australian Poems for Children
Chris Cheng
(editor),
Sydney
:
Random House Australia
,
2009
Z1656747
2009
anthology
poetry
children's
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Appears in:
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y
A Single Tree : Voices from the Bush
Don Watson
,
Melbourne
:
Penguin Random House Australia
,
2016
9841220
2016
anthology
poetry
essay
correspondence
short story
'A Single Tree assembles the raw material underpinning Don Watson’s award-winning The Bush. These diverse and haunting voices span the four centuries since Europeans first set eyes on the continent. Each of these varied contributors – settlers, explorers, anthropologists, naturalists, stockmen, surveyors, itinerants, artists and writers– represents a particular place and time. Men in awe of the landscape or cursing it; aspiring to subdue and exploit it or finding themselves defeated by it. Women reflecting on the land’s harshness and beauty, on the strangeness of their lives, their pleasures and miseries, the character and behaviour of the men. Europeans writing about indigenous Australians, sometimes with intelligent sympathy and curiosity but often with contempt, and often describing acts of startling brutality.
This collection comprises diary extracts, memoirs, journals, letters, histories, poems and fiction, and follows the same loose themes of The Bush. The science of the landscape and climate, and the way we have perceived them. Our deep and sentimental connection to the land, and our equally deep ignorance and abuse of it. The heroic myths and legends. The enchantments. The bush as a formative and defining element in Australian culture, self-image and character. The flora and fauna, the waterways, the colours. The heroic, self-defining stories, the bizarre and terrible, and the ones lost in the deep silences.
There are accounts of journeys, of work and recreation, of religious observance, of creation and destruction. Stories of uncanny events, peculiar and fantastic characters, deep ironies, and of land unlimited. And musings on what might be the future of the bush: as a unique environment, a food bowl, a mine, a wellspring of national identity . . .
From Dampier and Tasman to Tim Flannery and assorted contemporary farmers, environmentalists and grey nomads, these pieces represent a vast array of experiences, perspectives and knowledge. A Single Tree is an essential companion to its brilliant predecessor.
Melbourne : Penguin Random House Australia , 2016(pg. 112-1142016)
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A Single Tree : Voices from the Bush
Don Watson
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Melbourne
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Penguin Random House Australia
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2016
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2016
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