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Issue Details: First known date: 1981... 1981 The Aboriginal Mother and Other Poems
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Canberra, Australian Capital Territory,:Mulini Press , 1981 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Biographical Note, Elizabeth Webby , single work biography (p. 1-2)
The Aboriginal Mother (from Myall's Creek) The Aboriginal Motheri"Oh! hush thee - hush my baby,", Eliza Hamilton Dunlop , single work poetry (p. 3-4)
The Aboriginal Fatheri"The shadow on thy brow my child", Eliza Hamilton Dunlop , single work lyric/song (p. 5)
Note: At head of poem: 'A transliteration of the Maneroo dirge'
The Eagle Chiefi"Hark to the sound! along the green hill side,", Eliza Hamilton Dunlop , Isaac Nathan (composer), single work lyric/song (p. 6)
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Includes author's notes on the text.

Text only.
"Our home is the gibber-gunyah," Native Poetryi"Nung-Ngnun", Wullati , Eliza Hamilton Dunlop (translator), single work poetry (p. 7-8)
Pialla Wollombi "Our home is the gibher-gunyah," Native Poetryi"Nung-Ngnun", Wullati , Eliza Hamilton Dunlop (translator), single work poetry (p. 9)
Rosetta Nathan's Dirgei"Way for my grief - give way -", Eliza Hamilton Dunlop , single work poetry (p. 10)
Songs of an Exile : Go Dia Leat Slan (Irish Song)i"The fragrant and west-wind sighs", Eliza Hamilton Dunlop , single work poetry (p. 11)
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