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Notes
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The collection is divided into ten parts: The Early Days (with sub-sections - Explorers, Pioneers, and, 'Old Australians'); The Land (with sub-sections - Its Heartbreak, and, Its Blessings); The Australian Scene; 'Characters'; Wild Life; A Year and a Day (with sub-sections - A Year, and, And a Day); By Road and Rail; 'The Brown Slouch Hat'; 'Mostly Froth and Bubble'; Southern Song.
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Includes section: 'Biographical Notes' pp.133-142.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Adelaide,
South Australia,:Rigby
, 1968 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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Luis de Torresi"Luis de Torres, on the Almiranta,",
single work
poetry
(p. 3)
Note: Includes annotations
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Untitledi"Cook was a captain of the Admiralty",
single work
poetry
(p. 3-5)
Note: With title: Captain Cook. Includes annotations.
- Burke and Willsi"So all men come at last to their Explorer's Tree,", single work poetry (p. 5-6)
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Old Botany Bayi"I'm old",
single work
poetry
(p. 7)
Note: First line: "I'm old
- The Shearer's Wifei"Before the glare o' dawn I rise", single work poetry (p. 8)
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Remittance Mani"The spendthrift, disinherited and graceless,",
single work
poetry
(p. 8-9)
Note: Includes annotations
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Riverina Memoryi"You dream of Roman galleys and the long-oared Viking ships;",
single work
poetry
(p. 9-10)
Note: With author name: Charles Shaw. Includes annotations
- The Roaring Daysi"The night too quickly passes,", single work poetry (p. 11-13)
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The Waradgeri Tribe
The Waragery Tribe
The Wadgery Tribe
The Waradgery Tribei"Harried we were, and spent,",
single work
poetry
(p. 14)
Note: Includes annotation: The name of this tribe, which was located in N.S.W., is also written variously as Waradjuri, Wiradhuri, Wuradjuri, and so on. During her childhood Mary Gilmore lived close to the Aborigines and witnessed their tragic decline.
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The Camp-Fires of the Pasti"A thousand, thousand camp-fires every night,",
extract
poetry
(p. 14-15)
Note: Editor's note: From The Great South Land . Includes annotations.
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The Last of His Tribei"He crouches, and buries his face on his knees,",
single work
poetry
(p. 15-16)
Note: Includes annotations
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Where the Pelican Builds Her Nest
Where the Pelican Buildsi"The horses were ready, the rails were down,",
single work
poetry
(p. 19)
Note: Includes annotations
- Miragei"Not that he'd go as some indeed would run", single work poetry (p. 20-21)
- Mangrove Swampi"Look how the slow, fat bubbles break in rings,", single work poetry (p. 21-22)
- Droughti"My road is fenced with the bleached, white bones", single work poetry (p. 22)
- Mallee Scenei"On the death-still plain", single work poetry (p. 23)
- The Bushi"Give us from dawn to dark", single work poetry (p. 24)
- September in Australiai"Grey Winter hath gone, like a wearisome guest,", single work poetry (p. 24-25)
- Bush Delights By Wood and Woldi"Lightly the breath of the spring wind blows,", single work poetry (p. 26)
- From a Hilltopi"No cloud in either heaven - for there are two -", single work poetry (p. 26)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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New Poetry
1969
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 42 1969; (p. 41-43)
— Review of Open at Random : Poems 1967 selected work poetry ; I Learn by Going : Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; The Autobiography of a Gorgon and Other Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; Silence into Song : An Anthology of Australian Verse 1968 anthology poetry extract ; A Voyage of Lions and Other Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; Australian Poetry 1968 1968 anthology poetry ; War Poems of a Non-Combatant : A Sequence of Twenty Four Sonnets 1967 sequence poetry
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New Poetry
1969
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 42 1969; (p. 41-43)
— Review of Open at Random : Poems 1967 selected work poetry ; I Learn by Going : Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; The Autobiography of a Gorgon and Other Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; Silence into Song : An Anthology of Australian Verse 1968 anthology poetry extract ; A Voyage of Lions and Other Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; Australian Poetry 1968 1968 anthology poetry ; War Poems of a Non-Combatant : A Sequence of Twenty Four Sonnets 1967 sequence poetry
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