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mining poetry

Hampton Plains: A Song of To-day and To-morrow [poem by “Dryblower” Murphy, 1919]

24 March 2021 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by “Dryblower” Murphy was published in The Golden West (Perth, WA), 1919.] Hampton Plains. A Song of To-day and To-morrow. [For The Golden West] By “Dryblower.” You are pegged from South of the Boulder To Feysville’s cyanide vats; From … [Read more...] about Hampton Plains: A Song of To-day and To-morrow [poem by “Dryblower” Murphy, 1919]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Dryblower Murphy (author) (1866-1939), mining poetry, poem, publication The Golden West (Perth), SourceSLWA, year1919

Heroes of the Underground [poem, 16 October 1898]

4 February 2017 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: A poem about miners who risked their lives to save their fellow miners. Published in The Sun (Kalgoorlie, WA), 16 October 1898.] Heroes of the Underground. How he did it? Same old story, Writ in blood-gouts grim and large, Of a treacherous fuse slow … [Read more...] about Heroes of the Underground [poem, 16 October 1898]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: mining poetry, poem, SourceTrove, year1898

Special Report from Cape River Gold-Fields [poem, 7 November 1868]

17 March 2014 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: A poem published in The Queenslander, 7 November 1868.] Special Report from Cape River Gold-Fields. Dear Sir: You say you’d like to know How things go on up here, And if a chap would “stand a show,” If this way he should steer. Well, as I have nothing else to … [Read more...] about Special Report from Cape River Gold-Fields [poem, 7 November 1868]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: mining poetry, poem, racial poetry, SourceTrove, year1868

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