[Editor: This article by Rex Ingamells was published in Venture: Jindyworobak Quarterly Pamphlet (Adelaide), April 1939.] Editorial The Jindyworobaks stand for a precise cultural movement. While we realize that culture springs from varied sources, we insist that a … [Read more...] about Editorial [by Rex Ingamells, April 1939]
Rex Ingamells (author) (1913-1955)
Outback [poem by Rex Ingamells, 1938]
[Editor: This poem by Rex Ingamells was published in the Jindyworobak Anthology, 1938.] Rex Ingamells Outback All the unhallowed beauty I have found; All free-discordant shrills and form-defying wonders above ground, like writhen trees with draggled … [Read more...] about Outback [poem by Rex Ingamells, 1938]
How S.A. man wrote 8,500-line poem [by Rex Ingamells, 21 March 1951]
[Editor: This article by Rex Ingamells was published in The News (Adelaide, SA), 21 March 1951.] Australia is the hero of his epic verse How S.A. man wrote 8,500-line poem By Rex Ingamells I was given a Commonwealth Literary Fund Fellowship to aid me while writing … [Read more...] about How S.A. man wrote 8,500-line poem [by Rex Ingamells, 21 March 1951]
Garchooka, the Cockatoo [poem by Rex Ingamells, July 1937]
[Editor: This poem by Rex Ingamells was published in Venture: An Australian Literary Quarterly (Adelaide), July 1937.] Garchooka, the Cockatoo. While now the waters, wind-stirred and red-glowing, Shadowed by the evening gloom of gums, Bend in their banks the way the day … [Read more...] about Garchooka, the Cockatoo [poem by Rex Ingamells, July 1937]
Editorial: Concerning environmental values [by Rex Ingamells, July 1937]
[Editor: This article by Rex Ingamells was published in Venture: An Australian Literary Quarterly (Adelaide), July 1937.] Editorial. Concerning environmental values. § 1. The natural distinctiveness of the Australian continent from other lands of the world is too … [Read more...] about Editorial: Concerning environmental values [by Rex Ingamells, July 1937]
Bibliography [From Phillip to McKell, by Rex Ingamells]
[Editor: This is the bibliography section of From Phillip to McKell: The Story of Australia (1949) by Rex Ingamells.] Books consulted in the writing of the article Barton, G. B., History of New South Wales from The Records, Vol. I — Governor Philip. Brown, P. L. (Ed.), … [Read more...] about Bibliography [From Phillip to McKell, by Rex Ingamells]
Section 5 [From Phillip to McKell, by Rex Ingamells]
[Editor: This is section 5 of From Phillip to McKell: The Story of Australia (1949) by Rex Ingamells.] The Commonwealth In the first half of the Twentieth Century, Australia has advanced to undoubted nationhood through decades chequered and underlined with issues, events … [Read more...] about Section 5 [From Phillip to McKell, by Rex Ingamells]
Section 4 [From Phillip to McKell, by Rex Ingamells]
[Editor: This is section 4 of From Phillip to McKell: The Story of Australia (1949) by Rex Ingamells.] Golden democracy W. C. Wentworth and the son of John Macarthur, leaders respectively of Emancipists and Exclusives, appeared on the same public platform in a campaign to … [Read more...] about Section 4 [From Phillip to McKell, by Rex Ingamells]
Section 3 [From Phillip to McKell, by Rex Ingamells]
[Editor: This is section 3 of From Phillip to McKell: The Story of Australia (1949) by Rex Ingamells.] The wool industry Ex-officers of the Corps who remained in New South Wales took their place among the Exclusives, that class of free-born settlers opposed to the … [Read more...] about Section 3 [From Phillip to McKell, by Rex Ingamells]
Section 2 [From Phillip to McKell, by Rex Ingamells]
[Editor: This is section 2 of From Phillip to McKell: The Story of Australia (1949) by Rex Ingamells.] Convict colonies That Phillip had bright visions of Australia’s future did not alter the nature of the settlement he had to manage. He was Governor of a prison … [Read more...] about Section 2 [From Phillip to McKell, by Rex Ingamells]
Section 1 [From Phillip to McKell, by Rex Ingamells]
[Editor: This is section 1 of From Phillip to McKell: The Story of Australia (1949) by Rex Ingamells.] Europe comes to Australia Spanish and Portuguese sailors pioneered Europe’s oceanic trade with the Philippines and the Spice Islands, the Spaniards sailing from the … [Read more...] about Section 1 [From Phillip to McKell, by Rex Ingamells]
Introduction [From Phillip to McKell, by Rex Ingamells]
[Editor: This is the introduction section of From Phillip to McKell: The Story of Australia (1949) by Rex Ingamells.] From Phillip to McKell Settlement of New South Wales, in 1788, was but the culminating event of almost three centuries of European approach to Australia. … [Read more...] about Introduction [From Phillip to McKell, by Rex Ingamells]
From Phillip to McKell: The Story of Australia [by Rex Ingamells, 1949]
[Editor: This booklet by Rex Ingamells was published in 1949. As this publication did not have a contents page, a list of the contents has been provided so as to enable easier access to the text.] From Phillip to McKell The Story of Australia By Rex Ingamells, … [Read more...] about From Phillip to McKell: The Story of Australia [by Rex Ingamells, 1949]
Section 6 [Because Men Went Hungry, by Rex Ingamells]
[Editor: This is a chapter from Because Men Went Hungry: An Essay on the Uncertainty of Australian Prestige (1951) by Rex Ingamells.] § 6. The certainty of Australian prestige Because of the Hunger Period at Sydney Cove, the Botany Bay Smear was applied so strongly to New … [Read more...] about Section 6 [Because Men Went Hungry, by Rex Ingamells]
Section 5 [Because Men Went Hungry, by Rex Ingamells]
[Editor: This is a chapter from Because Men Went Hungry: An Essay on the Uncertainty of Australian Prestige (1951) by Rex Ingamells.] § 5. The uncertainty of Australian prestige Australia achieved a nominal united nationhood with Federation, on 1st January, 1901. Since … [Read more...] about Section 5 [Because Men Went Hungry, by Rex Ingamells]
Section 4 [Because Men Went Hungry, by Rex Ingamells]
[Editor: This is a chapter from Because Men Went Hungry: An Essay on the Uncertainty of Australian Prestige (1951) by Rex Ingamells.] § 4. Australian sycophantism For over a century after original settlement, Australian communities markedly bore the aspect of colonialism. … [Read more...] about Section 4 [Because Men Went Hungry, by Rex Ingamells]
Section 3 [Because Men Went Hungry, by Rex Ingamells]
[Editor: This is a chapter from Because Men Went Hungry: An Essay on the Uncertainty of Australian Prestige (1951) by Rex Ingamells.] § 3. The Short-circuit of Tradition Immigrants who, in a raw colonial society, maintain, as well as they can, the cultural refinements of … [Read more...] about Section 3 [Because Men Went Hungry, by Rex Ingamells]
Section 2 [Because Men Went Hungry, by Rex Ingamells]
[Editor: This is a chapter from Because Men Went Hungry: An Essay on the Uncertainty of Australian Prestige (1951) by Rex Ingamells.] § 2. Pre-destined social evils The Botany Bay Smear not only prejudiced opinion concerning New South Wales, but it did this in such a way … [Read more...] about Section 2 [Because Men Went Hungry, by Rex Ingamells]
Section 1 [Because Men Went Hungry, by Rex Ingamells]
[Editor: This is a chapter from Because Men Went Hungry: An Essay on the Uncertainty of Australian Prestige (1951) by Rex Ingamells.] § 1. The Botany Bay Smear Every Australian history book tells something of the troubles at Sydney Cove, when the first settlers existed in … [Read more...] about Section 1 [Because Men Went Hungry, by Rex Ingamells]
Proem [Because Men Went Hungry, by Rex Ingamells]
[Editor: This is the preface from Because Men Went Hungry: An Essay on the Uncertainty of Australian Prestige (1951) by Rex Ingamells.] Proem Ever since its shores began to emerge from mystery into the knowledge of literate men, Australia has been the object of extremes … [Read more...] about Proem [Because Men Went Hungry, by Rex Ingamells]
Because Men Went Hungry [by Rex Ingamells, 1951]
[Editor: Because Men Went Hungry: An Essay on the Uncertainty of Australian Prestige (1951) was written by Rex Ingamells.] Because Men Went Hungry An Essay on the Uncertainty of Australian Prestige by Rex Ingamells, B.A. Proem § 1. The Botany Bay Smear § 2. … [Read more...] about Because Men Went Hungry [by Rex Ingamells, 1951]
The Valley [poem by Rex Ingamells]
[Editor: This poem by Rex Ingamells was published in Forgotten People (1936).] The Valley Ages of moonlight have flooded down the valley, Whitening and shadowing the gaunt, stark mallee Ages of moonlight . . . And how can I speak Of its hueless glare on the sands of … [Read more...] about The Valley [poem by Rex Ingamells]
Evening in the MacDonnells [poem by Rex Ingamells]
[Editor: This poem by Rex Ingamells was published in Forgotten People (1936).] Evening in the MacDonnells Look at the rocky range, wallowing in the sun’s glow. The fierce white sun sinks, regretted by the black crow. The black crows are calling, forlornly crying … [Read more...] about Evening in the MacDonnells [poem by Rex Ingamells]
Loveliness [poem by Rex Ingamells]
[Editor: This poem by Rex Ingamells was published in Forgotten People (1936).] Loveliness Loveliness swims In the lake as the light dims, Skims, With vague form, In the warm Gold waves, far out — Where black duck silently drift about Before they rise with a dark … [Read more...] about Loveliness [poem by Rex Ingamells]
Parrots [poem by Rex Ingamells]
[Editor: This poem by Rex Ingamells was published in Forgotten People (1936).] Parrots Parrots are flying and crying in the bush: Their colours and their shrillness sweep veering through the gumtrees. Green leaves and green birds. Golden leaves and golden … [Read more...] about Parrots [poem by Rex Ingamells]