[Editor: A poem by “Kookaburra”. Published in The Advertiser (Hurstbridge, Vic.), 30 January 1931.] Here and There. Note. — One of our friends writes these lines under the nom de plume of “Kookaburra.” He is well known in his district, but his retiring modesty causes him to shrink from being dubbed the “Poet Laureate” of […]

[Editor: A poem by “Kookaburra”. Published in The Advertiser (Hurstbridge, Vic.), 24 October 1930.] “The Country’s Broke.” (With Variations). (From “The Countryman.”) I went to the show, as I always do, My friends to meet and the sights to view; And the things I saw and the things I heard Were sometimes queer and sometimes […]

[Editor: A poem by “Kookaburra”. Published in The Eltham and Whittlesea Shires Advertiser and Diamond Creek Valley Advocate, 24 December 1925.] Skitlets. The elections are over. Some language was plain; Like the barking of Rover ’Twas mostly in vain. Stan Bruce and his party Did well at the poll, While Walsh’s grand army Got bogged […]