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“The Blood Vote” [by R.J.C., 30 October 1919]

8 October 2020 by IAC · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article is about “The Blood Vote”, a significant anti-conscription poem of the First World War. Published in The Australian Worker (Sydney, NSW), 30 October 1919.] “The Blood Vote.” The Big War produced very little Great Poetry. True, it gave rise to a great deal of verse, and a still larger quantity of doggerel. […]

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“Digger yabber” described: The lingo the Aussie talks [9 March 1919]

8 August 2015 by IAC · Leave a Comment

[Editor: An article about the slang of Australian soldiers from World War One. Published in The Sunday Times (Perth, WA), 9 March 1919.] “Digger yabber” described The lingo the Aussie talks A glossary of the comprehensive kind (For “The Sunday Times,” by “Lieutenant.”) He is coming back in his hundreds and his thousands, and amongst […]

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Kookaburra’s Rhymes [poem by “Kookaburra”, 14 March 1919]

8 October 2014 by · Leave a Comment

[Editor: A poem by “Kookaburra”. Published in The Eltham and Whittlesea Shires Advertiser and Diamond Creek Valley Advocate, 14 March 1919.] Kookaburra’s Rhymes. They are only simple verses Written by a farming man, So be lenient with your curses If you do not like his plan. He is just engaged at farming In an ordinary […]

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Australia’s Flag [song by “Kookaburra”, 31 January 1919]

8 October 2014 by · Leave a Comment

[Editor: A song by “Kookaburra”. Published in The Eltham and Whittlesea Shires Advertiser and Diamond Creek Valley Advocate, 31 January 1919.] Australia’s Flag. Hark, how the dogs of war do bark, The cannons loudly roar, Though many thousands do embark; They’re calling still for more, So to the cities and the towns, And to the […]

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The Dream is Deep [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

29 July 2014 by · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by John Shaw Neilson was published in Heart of Spring (1919) and Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934).] The Dream is Deep Sing me the song that never dies, Of little Love blinded and bold, Blossoms unblemished and blue skies And the green going into gold. All the uproarious pipes we […]

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