[Editor: This Introduction was published in Old Bush Songs: Composed and Sung in the Bushranging, Digging, and Overlanding Days (8th edition, 1932), edited by Banjo Paterson.] Introduction “All human beings not utterly savage long for some information about past times, … [Read more...] about Introduction (Old Bush Songs, edited by Banjo Paterson) [1932]
prefaces, dedications, introductions, miscellaneous sections
Preface (Old Bush Songs, edited by Banjo Paterson) [1932]
[Editor: This Preface was published in Old Bush Songs: Composed and Sung in the Bushranging, Digging, and Overlanding Days (8th edition, 1932), edited by Banjo Paterson.] Preface The object of the present publication is to gather together all the old bush songs that are … [Read more...] about Preface (Old Bush Songs, edited by Banjo Paterson) [1932]
Index [A Short History of Australia, by Ernest Scott]
[Editor: This is the index from A Short History of Australia (6th edition, 1936) by Ernest Scott (1867-1939).] Index A’Beckett, Chief Justice, 219 Aboriginals, 28, 31, 92, 185; Bass and Flinders among, 80; Pamphlet among the, 123; Lockyer and the, 123; West Australia, … [Read more...] about Index [A Short History of Australia, by Ernest Scott]
List of Maps [A Short History of Australia, by Ernest Scott]
[Editor: This list of maps is from A Short History of Australia (6th edition, 1936) by Ernest Scott (1867-1939).] List of Maps Robert Thorne’s Map, 1527 Map Published at Paris, 1587 Plancius’s Map (Amsterdam), 1594 Hondius’s Map, 1595 Map of Jave la Grande, … [Read more...] about List of Maps [A Short History of Australia, by Ernest Scott]
Preface [A Short History of Australia, by Ernest Scott]
[Editor: This is a chapter from A Short History of Australia (6th edition, 1936) by Ernest Scott (1867-1939).] Preface This Short History of Australia begins with a blank space on the map, and ends with the record of a new name on the map, that of Anzac. It endeavours to … [Read more...] about Preface [A Short History of Australia, by Ernest Scott]
Foreword [to The Singing Garden, by J. McRae]
[Editor: This foreword by C. J. Dennis was published in The Singing Garden (1935).] Foreword The versatile C. J. Dennis has done it again! And this time he veritably couldn’t help it! For, after revealing himself as a great lover of mankind by his sympathetic presentation … [Read more...] about Foreword [to The Singing Garden, by J. McRae]
Introduction [From Phillip to McKell, by Rex Ingamells]
[Editor: This is the introduction section of From Phillip to McKell: The Story of Australia (1949) by Rex Ingamells.] From Phillip to McKell Settlement of New South Wales, in 1788, was but the culminating event of almost three centuries of European approach to Australia. … [Read more...] about Introduction [From Phillip to McKell, by Rex Ingamells]
Preface [The Earthen Floor, by E. J. Brady]
[Editor: This preface by E. J. Brady was published in The Earthen Floor (1902).] Preface. Much of the work included in this Booklet has been published in the Sydney Bulletin; some in the Sunday Times, The Grip, and the Australasian Dramatic Annual. The rest is new to … [Read more...] about Preface [The Earthen Floor, by E. J. Brady]
Note [The Yellow Wave, by Kenneth Mackay, 1895]
[Editor: This is the acknowledgements section from The Yellow Wave: A Romance of the Asiatic Invasion of Australia (1895) by Kenneth Mackay.] Note For my facts with regard to the Russian advance on India I have drawn on the writings of Mr. Charles Marvin and Professor … [Read more...] about Note [The Yellow Wave, by Kenneth Mackay, 1895]
To the Memory of Adam Lindsay Gordon [poem by Kenneth Mackay]
[Editor: This poem by Kenneth Mackay was published in Stirrup Jingles from the Bush and the Turf and Other Rhymes (1887).] Dedication To the Memory of Adam Lindsay Gordon. To your dear memory, poet horseman lying In that calm realm of deep and dreamless … [Read more...] about To the Memory of Adam Lindsay Gordon [poem by Kenneth Mackay]