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A Brisbane Reverie : March, 1873 single work poetry "As I sit beside my little study window, looking down"

Author:agent J. Brunton Stephens http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/stephens-j-brunton

Issue Details: First known date: 1873... 1873 A Brisbane Reverie : March, 1873

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Stephens contrasts the view of Brisbane he sees from his study window with an imagined view of the same scene before the coming of Europeans.

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The version which appeared in The Australian Town and Country Journal was untitled. The first line also varied slightly (i.e. 'As I sat beside my window - study window - looking down').

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y The Australian Town and Country Journal vol. 7 no. 180 14 June 1873 Z617664 1873 newspaper issue 1873
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1873
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pg. 753
Note: Appears in 'My First Visit to Queensland'.
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y The Queenslander 5 April 1873 Z1236786 1873 newspaper issue 1873
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1873
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pg. 7
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y The Black Gin and Other Poems J. Brunton Stephens , Melbourne : George Robertson , 1873 Z1294777 1873 selected work poetry Melbourne : George Robertson , 1873
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1873
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pg. 36-42
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y Miscellaneous Poems J. Brunton Stephens , Brisbane : Watson Ferguson , 1880 Z296044 1880 selected work poetry Brisbane : Watson Ferguson , 1880
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1880
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pg. 52-60
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y Convict Once and Other Poems J. Brunton Stephens , Melbourne : George Robertson , 1885 Z131897 1885 selected work poetry Melbourne : George Robertson , 1885
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1885
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pg. 154-160
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y The Poetical Works of Brunton Stephens J. Brunton Stephens , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1902 Z404893 1902 selected work poetry Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1902
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1902
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pg. 259 - 265

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y James Brunton Stephens Cecil Hadgraft , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1969 Z429563 1969 single work biography

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