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racial poetry

Song of Anti-White [song by Mary Gilmore, 8 April 1920]

31 August 2020 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This song by Mary Gilmore was published in the “For Worker Women” column (“Conducted by Mary Gilmore”), in The Australian Worker (Sydney, NSW), 8 April 1920.] Song of Anti-White. (With special reference to the “Sydney Morning Herald” and other papers with a cold … [Read more...] about Song of Anti-White [song by Mary Gilmore, 8 April 1920]

Filed Under: songs Tagged With: Mary Gilmore (1865-1962) (author), racial attitudes, racial poetry, republicanism, song, SourceTrove, William Morris Hughes (1862-1952) (subject), year1920

When the Nigger Saw the Train [poem, 28 April 1894]

27 October 2015 · Leave a Comment

When the Nigger Saw the Train (1894 poem)

[Editor: This poem was published in The Bird O' Freedom (Sydney, NSW), 28 April 1894. Designed to be read as a humorous poem, the poem is about an Aboriginal man’s first contact with a train.] When the Nigger Saw the Train. In the guileless, simple savage there was … [Read more...] about When the Nigger Saw the Train [poem, 28 April 1894]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: @ graphics added, 500x500, poem, poetry about Aborigines, racial poetry, SourceTrove, year1894

Keep Australia White! [song by P. F. Collins, circa 1901-1918]

23 September 2015 · 2 Comments

[Editor: A song by P. F. Collins. Published as a single-sided song sheet, ca. 1901-1918.] Australia’s song Keep Australia White! You sons of young Australia, Come listen to my song, I’ll tell you a little story That won’t detain you long: We’ve had good statesmen … [Read more...] about Keep Australia White! [song by P. F. Collins, circa 1901-1918]

Filed Under: songs Tagged With: @ yearTBA, P. F. Collins, racial poetry, song, SourceNLA

Give Our Own a Show! [poem, 2 February 1906]

18 April 2015 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: A poem published in Peak Hill Express, 2 February 1906.] Give Our Own a Show! Dedicated to All Anti-White Australians. Why waste your time in howling For the yellow man or black, Just pull yourself together and Look straight along the track And ask … [Read more...] about Give Our Own a Show! [poem, 2 February 1906]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: poem, racial poetry, SourceTrove, year1906

What “Dryblower” said: The Aliens [poem by “Dryblower” Murphy, 17 November 1935]

22 March 2014 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: A poem by “Dryblower” Murphy, published in the “Verse and Worse” column in The Sunday Times, 17 November 1935.] What “Dryblower” said. The following poem, written by “Dryblower” a long way over 30 years ago, is as true to-day as then. The slow, insidious creep-in … [Read more...] about What “Dryblower” said: The Aliens [poem by “Dryblower” Murphy, 17 November 1935]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Dryblower Murphy (1866-1939) (author), poem, racial poetry, SourceTrove, year1935

The Aliens [poem by “Dryblower” Murphy, 8 May 1904]

22 March 2014 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: A poem by “Dryblower” Murphy, published in the “Verse and Worse” column in The Sunday Times, 8 May 1904.] The Aliens. By Dryblower. They come not as an open foe To loot the land with steel and fire, No barricades to dust they blow, Or make each home a lurid … [Read more...] about The Aliens [poem by “Dryblower” Murphy, 8 May 1904]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Dryblower Murphy (1866-1939) (author), Editor’s notes additional, poem, racial poetry, SourceTrove, year1901

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

Brothers [poem by C.J. Dennis, 22 August 1929]

2 May 2013 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem, attributed to C.J. Dennis, satirically attacks a Russian communist newspaper’s criticism of Australian workers supporting a White Australia. Published in The Register (Adelaide, SA), 22 August 1929.] Brothers (By Den) Pravda, Russia’s Soviet … [Read more...] about Brothers [poem by C.J. Dennis, 22 August 1929]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: C. J. Dennis (1876-1938) (author), poem, racial poetry, SourceTrove, year1929

White Australia [poem, 12 August 1914]

28 October 2012 · Leave a Comment

White Australia. The shocking revelations made in the Perth Police Court the other day don’t say much for the vaunted policy of a “White Australia,” while it provides a good argument against the maunderings of the “let-’em-all-come brigade.” We’ve fashioned ourselves a … [Read more...] about White Australia [poem, 12 August 1914]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: poem, racial poetry, SourceTrove, year1914

When the Niggers Own the Land [poem, 16 June 1931]

16 October 2012 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: An example of anti-Aboriginal sentiment, this poem criticizes what the author views as the overly-soft treatment of Aborigines in the Northern Territory. In earlier days, the word “nigger” did not have the same stigma as is attached to it in modern times, as it was often … [Read more...] about When the Niggers Own the Land [poem, 16 June 1931]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: poem, poetry about Aborigines, racial poetry, SourceTrove, year1931

The Australian Nation — When? [poem, 13 October 1894]

16 October 2012 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: A poem from the Boomerang, reprinted in The Worker, 1894.] The Australian Nation — When? When the Govnah’s hauty aides, Who go chasing married ladies, And the Colonel who gives ordahs to fire low upon the crowd Have surrendered to the sabre In the horny fists … [Read more...] about The Australian Nation — When? [poem, 13 October 1894]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: poem, racial poetry, SourceTrove, year1894

Vote for Labour [poem, 30 March 1901]

29 May 2012 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem is from the “Editorial Mill” column, published in The Worker, 30 March 1901.] Vote for Labour. Come forth from the Valley, come forth from Spring Hill, Come forth from the factory, the shop, and the mill, From pleasure or slumber, from study or … [Read more...] about Vote for Labour [poem, 30 March 1901]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: poem, racial poetry, SourceTrove, year1901

A Last Word [poem, 30 March 1901]

26 May 2012 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem is from the “Editorial Mill” column, published in The Worker (Brisbane, Qld.), 30 March 1901. The poem was a call to vote for the Labor Party and a White Australia in the first federal election in Australia (held on Friday 29 and Saturday 30 March … [Read more...] about A Last Word [poem, 30 March 1901]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: labour poetry, poem, racial poetry, SourceTrove, year1901

Australia for the Australians [poem, 24 December 1898]

26 May 2012 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: A poem published in The Warwick Argus, 24 December 1898.] Australia for the Australians. Shall the yellow man pick, From our Eden the fruit? Must we yield our fair fields Like a dumb driven brute? Shall our children learn trades And be forced to … [Read more...] about Australia for the Australians [poem, 24 December 1898]

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

The Italian Farmer [poem, 3 September 1932]

22 May 2012 · Leave a Comment

The Italian Farmer Specially dedicated by us to the gentlemen of the B. P. L. (British Preference League) Now, here am I in this lovely land, And what do I ask of you? Only the grip of a friendly hand And a job of work to do. Only that freedom and happiness Which is … [Read more...] about The Italian Farmer [poem, 3 September 1932]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: poem, racial poetry, SourceTrove, year1932

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