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Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 60 Classic Australian Poems for Children
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'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.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Random House Australia , 2009 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Andy's Gone with Cattlei"Our Andy's gone with cattle now-", Henry Lawson , single work poetry
The Ant Exploreri"Once a little sugar ant made up his mind to roam-", C. J. Dennis , single work poetry humour children's
The Australian Slanguagei"'Tis the everyday Australian", W. T. Goodge , single work poetry humour
A Ballad of Shearing Shearing at Castlereaghi"The bell is set a-ringing, and the engine gives a toot,", A. B. Paterson , single work poetry
Bell-Birdsi"By channels of coolness the echoes are calling,", Henry Kendall , single work poetry
Brumby's Runi"It lies beyond the western pines", A. B. Paterson , single work poetry
A Bush Christeningi"On the outer Barcoo where the churches are few", A. B. Paterson , single work poetry humour
A Bush Christmasi"The sun burns hotly thro' the gums", C. J. Dennis , single work poetry
The Circusi"Hey, there! Hoop - la! the circus is in town!", C. J. Dennis , single work poetry children's
Clancy of the Overflowi"I had written him a letter which I had, for want of better", A. B. Paterson , single work poetry
Days of Cobb and Co., 'Bill Bowyang' , single work column
The Digger's Songi"Scrape the bottom of the hole: gather up the stuff!", Barcroft Boake , single work poetry
An Exile's Farewelli"The ocean heaves around us still", Adam Lindsay Gordon , single work poetry
Freedom on the Wallabyi"Australia's a big country", Henry Lawson , single work poetry
According to Colin Roderick, the poem was inspired by shearing disputes in Western Queensland and written for William Lane, at this time editor of the Brisbane Worker. Several versions of the poem exist.
Fur and Feathersi"The emus formed a football team", A. B. Paterson , single work poetry humour
The Geebung Polo Clubi"It was somewhere up the country, in a land of rock and scrub,", A. B. Paterson , single work poetry humour
Going to Schooli"Did you see them pass today, Billy, Kate and Robin,", C. J. Dennis , single work poetry humour
Hist!, C. J. Dennis , Peter Gouldthorpe (illustrator), single work picture book children's

'Hist! … Hark! The night is very dark, And we’ve to go a mile or soAcross the Possum Park. Three children cross the dark and gloomy park to get home. Will they make it before their imaginary fears come to life?'  (Publication summary)
How M'Dougal Topped the Scorei"A peaceful spot is Piper's Flat. The folk that live around-", Thos. E. Spencer , single work poetry humour
The Last of His Tribei"He crouches, and buries his face on his knees,", Henry Kendall , single work poetry
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Alternative title: Classic Australian Poems
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Random House Australia , 2011 .
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      Extent: 162 p.p.
      Description: illus.
      Note/s:

      • Published 31st August 2011.

      ISBN: 9781742754185 (ebook), 9781742753621 (pbk)
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Works about this Work

Books Phil Brown , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Brisbane News , 15 -21 April no. 730 2009; (p. 22)
— Review of 60 Classic Australian Poems for Children 2009 anthology poetry ; Made in Queensland : A New History Ross Fitzgerald , Lyndon Megarrity , David Symons , 2009 multi chapter work criticism
60 Classic Australian Poems by Geoff Page Michael Sharkey , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: JASAL , no. 9 2009; The Poetic Eye : Occasional Writings 1982-2012 2016; (p. 563-569)
— Review of 60 Classic Australian Poems for Children 2009 anthology poetry 'Geoff Page's selection of 'classic Australian' poem's's is a brave effort to display the development and achievement of a body or work that will bear comparison with any in the anglosphere. Page also claims to focus on poems that strike him as "unequivocally enjoyable, even if that enjoyment is sometimes hard-won." I doubt that all his readers will entirely agree. The book occupies a space somewhere along the spectrum of middle-school poetry text and teach-yourself poetry-appreciation manual. The same might be said of his 80 Great Poems from Chaucer to Now. The structure of each is strikingly similar to Ruth Padel's 52 Ways of Looking at a Poem, a concatenation of poems with commentary culled from her UK weekly Independent on Sunday column. Page and Padel are enthusiastic teachers, but the whiff of the classroom is palpable in their methodological rigour and tone.' (Introduction) 
So Very Much Different Ruth Starke , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December 2009 - January 2010 no. 317 2009; (p. 73-74)
— Review of Lost! : A True Tale from the Bush Stephanie Owen Reeder , 2009 single work children's fiction ; 60 Classic Australian Poems for Children 2009 anthology poetry
So Very Much Different Ruth Starke , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December 2009 - January 2010 no. 317 2009; (p. 73-74)
— Review of Lost! : A True Tale from the Bush Stephanie Owen Reeder , 2009 single work children's fiction ; 60 Classic Australian Poems for Children 2009 anthology poetry
60 Classic Australian Poems by Geoff Page Michael Sharkey , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: JASAL , no. 9 2009; The Poetic Eye : Occasional Writings 1982-2012 2016; (p. 563-569)
— Review of 60 Classic Australian Poems for Children 2009 anthology poetry 'Geoff Page's selection of 'classic Australian' poem's's is a brave effort to display the development and achievement of a body or work that will bear comparison with any in the anglosphere. Page also claims to focus on poems that strike him as "unequivocally enjoyable, even if that enjoyment is sometimes hard-won." I doubt that all his readers will entirely agree. The book occupies a space somewhere along the spectrum of middle-school poetry text and teach-yourself poetry-appreciation manual. The same might be said of his 80 Great Poems from Chaucer to Now. The structure of each is strikingly similar to Ruth Padel's 52 Ways of Looking at a Poem, a concatenation of poems with commentary culled from her UK weekly Independent on Sunday column. Page and Padel are enthusiastic teachers, but the whiff of the classroom is palpable in their methodological rigour and tone.' (Introduction) 
Books Phil Brown , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Brisbane News , 15 -21 April no. 730 2009; (p. 22)
— Review of 60 Classic Australian Poems for Children 2009 anthology poetry ; Made in Queensland : A New History Ross Fitzgerald , Lyndon Megarrity , David Symons , 2009 multi chapter work criticism
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