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An Aboriginal Mother’s Lament [poem by Charles Harpur]

12 September 2016 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Charles Harpur was published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853).] An Aboriginal Mother’s Lament. O I would further fly, my child, to make thee safer yet From the unsparing White Man’s dread hand all murder wet, Yet bear … [Read more...] about An Aboriginal Mother’s Lament [poem by Charles Harpur]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Charles Harpur (author) (1813-1868), conflict Whites vs Aborigines, poem, SourceSLV, The Bushrangers (Charles Harpur 1853), year1853

Black against White [27 June 1936]

20 September 2014 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: A report on a lecture given by the Chief Protector of Aborigines, Auber Octavius Neville. Published in The West Australian, 27 June 1936.] Black against White History of Aborigines. Address by Chief Protector. An interesting survey of the relations between … [Read more...] about Black against White [27 June 1936]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: Auber Octavius Neville (1875-1954) (subject), conflict Aborigines vs Whites, conflict Whites vs Aborigines, SourceTrove, year1936

Willy Ah Foo [by P. R. Stephensen]

18 April 2014 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is a short story from The Bushwhackers: Sketches of Life in the Australian Outback (1929) by P. R. Stephensen.] Willy Ah Foo We lads thought it particularly noble to steal peanuts from Willy Ah Foo, for the peanuts of Willy Ah Foo were not only remarkably … [Read more...] about Willy Ah Foo [by P. R. Stephensen]

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An Aboriginal Mother’s Lament [poem by Charles Harpur; in an anthology of poetry, 1888]

3 June 2012 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: A poem by Charles Harpur. Published in Australian Ballads and Rhymes: Poems Inspired by Life and Scenery in Australia and New Zealand (1888).] An Aboriginal Mother’s Lament. Still farther would I fly, my child, To make thee safer yet, From the unsparing white … [Read more...] about An Aboriginal Mother’s Lament [poem by Charles Harpur; in an anthology of poetry, 1888]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: A Century of Australian Song [1888], Australian Ballads and Rhymes (1888), Charles Harpur (author) (1813-1868), conflict Whites vs Aborigines, poem, poetry about Aborigines, SourceArchiveOrg, year1888

Domestic intelligence [3 February 1827]

22 May 2012 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: Some extracts from the Australian news section of the The Monitor, 3 February 1827.] Domestic intelligence It is discovered that greasy wool will attract and destroy weevils in wheat — where this destructive insect therefore, is suspected to engender, it is … [Read more...] about Domestic intelligence [3 February 1827]

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