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Bill Bludger — My Oath! [poem, 24 September 1899]

24 September 2014 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: A poem about the leader of a street gang. Published in The West Australian Sunday Times, 24 September 1899.] Bill Bludger — My Oath! Bill Bludger was the gamest bloke That ever donned a mitten, And though ’twas said in Waterloo He’d flattened out a Chow or … [Read more...] about Bill Bludger — My Oath! [poem, 24 September 1899]

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The Captain of the Push [poem by Henry Lawson]

28 June 2013 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Henry Lawson was published in Verses Popular and Humorous, 1900.] The Captain of the Push As the night was falling slowly down on city, town and bush, From a slum in Jones’ Alley sloped the Captain of the Push; And he scowled towards the North, and … [Read more...] about The Captain of the Push [poem by Henry Lawson]

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Louis Stone: His Sydney larrikin masterpiece [by Aidan de Brune, 11 March 1933]

29 April 2013 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article by Aidan de Brune was published in The Cairns Post, 17 March 1933.] Famous Australian authors. Louis Stone. His Sydney larrikin masterpiece. (By Aidan de Brune.) Louis Stone, the author of Jonah and Betty Wayside, is one of the most … [Read more...] about Louis Stone: His Sydney larrikin masterpiece [by Aidan de Brune, 11 March 1933]

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The Bastard from the Bush [poem, circa 1900]

12 May 2012 · 23 Comments

[Editor: This is an anonymously-authored bawdy rhyme, apparently from the early 1900s (or possibly the late 1890s). Some have attributed it to Henry Lawson; however, it is doubtful that he would be the author, given his reported aversion to swearing. The attribution to Lawson is … [Read more...] about The Bastard from the Bush [poem, circa 1900]

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