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Bushed [short story, by T. J. Cunningham, May 1904]

2 October 2022 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This short story, by T. J. Cunningham, was published in Recreation (New York, NY, USA), May 1904.] Bushed. T. J. Cunningham. Six of the niggers had been to the camp that afternoon, headed by their chief, Paddy, and with many grimaces and gestures had made … [Read more...] about Bushed [short story, by T. J. Cunningham, May 1904]

Filed Under: short stories and anecdotes Tagged With: 500x500, black trackers, short story, SourceArchiveOrg, T. J. Cunningham (author), year1904

New South Wales [October 1884]

8 August 2022 · Leave a Comment

The Scottish Review (October 1884)

[Editor: This article, which uses information taken from several books regarding the colony of New South Wales, was published in The Scottish Review (London), October 1884.] Art. I. — New South Wales. 1. New South Wales: Its Progress and Resources. Sydney: Thomas … [Read more...] about New South Wales [October 1884]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: 500x500, British publications 19th Century, census data, economics, federation of Australia, foreign convicts, Henry Parkes (1815-1896) (subject), national origin British, SourceArchiveOrg, year1884

Capture of Beersheba, Oct. 31 [report by General Sir Edmund H. H. Allenby, 1919]

31 October 2021 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article, regarding the Battle of Beersheba (1917), which took place during the First World War (1914-1918), is an extract from A Brief Record of the Advance of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force under the Command of General Sir Edmund H. H. Allenby G.C.B., G.C.M.G., … [Read more...] about Capture of Beersheba, Oct. 31 [report by General Sir Edmund H. H. Allenby, 1919]

Filed Under: book extracts Tagged With: 500x500, Battle of Beersheba (1917), Edmund Allenby (1861-1936) (author), extracts, Light Horsemen, SourceArchiveOrg, World War One (1914-1918), year1919

A White Australia: What it means [by Oswald P. Law and W. T. Gill, January 1904]

18 April 2021 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article by Oswald P. Law and W. T. Gill was published in The Nineteenth Century and After (London, England), Vol. 55 No. 323, January 1904.] A White Australia: What it means To the mind of Australians it is abundantly clear that the significance of the … [Read more...] about A White Australia: What it means [by Oswald P. Law and W. T. Gill, January 1904]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: Oswald P. Law (author), racial attitudes, racial purity (White Australia), SourceArchiveOrg, W. T. Gill (author), White Australia, year1904

The Western Road [poem by E. J. Brady]

29 December 2020 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] The Western Road. My camp was by the Western Road — so new and yet so old — The track the bearded diggers trod in roaring days of old; The road Macquarie and his wife, a hundred years … [Read more...] about The Western Road [poem by E. J. Brady]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Bells and Hobbles (E. J. Brady 1911), E. J. Brady (1869-1952) (author), poem, SourceArchiveOrg, year1911

Comrades [poem by E. J. Brady]

29 December 2020 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] Comrades. Comrade mine, beyond the Shadow, Lies our Land of Eldorado, Lies our Aidenn fair and free; All the wide Australia’s glory, All her nature-song and story, Shall belong to you and … [Read more...] about Comrades [poem by E. J. Brady]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Bells and Hobbles (E. J. Brady 1911), E. J. Brady (1869-1952) (author), poem, SourceArchiveOrg, year1911

The Doers [poem by E. J. Brady]

29 December 2020 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] The Doers. They gathered on the strand, with a hatchet in the hand — And the same was made of stone — They pointed mammoth spears at the Puzzle of the Years In the primal dusk alone. They … [Read more...] about The Doers [poem by E. J. Brady]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Bells and Hobbles (E. J. Brady 1911), E. J. Brady (1869-1952) (author), poem, SourceArchiveOrg, year1911

On Sand [poem by E. J. Brady]

29 December 2020 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] On Sand. An ebb-tide, falling, bared the white, Hard beach; where, in the sun, I walked betimes, in mood to write Of all my knowledge won, From life and death, one song which might At least … [Read more...] about On Sand [poem by E. J. Brady]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Bells and Hobbles (E. J. Brady 1911), E. J. Brady (1869-1952) (author), poem, SourceArchiveOrg, year1911

The Bushland Call [poem by E. J. Brady]

29 December 2020 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] The Bushland Call. To-night, dear heart, I hear the Call, The Call that never leaves me. The old Bush lullabies and all The song that glads, yet grieves me. In bitter joy, in pleasant … [Read more...] about The Bushland Call [poem by E. J. Brady]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Bells and Hobbles (E. J. Brady 1911), E. J. Brady (1869-1952) (author), poem, SourceArchiveOrg, year1911

Maid of Gerringong [poem by E. J. Brady]

29 December 2020 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] Maid of Gerringong. She was riper than a cherry on the far New England slopes; She was brighter than the vision of a poet’s virgin hopes, And the days were all a picture, and the nights were … [Read more...] about Maid of Gerringong [poem by E. J. Brady]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Bells and Hobbles (E. J. Brady 1911), E. J. Brady (1869-1952) (author), good poetry, poem, SourceArchiveOrg, year1911

The Beach [poem by E. J. Brady]

29 December 2020 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] The Beach. Like Cleopatra’s neck incurved, Or Phryne’s arms of snow, From Bastion Rock to Gabo swerved And bended as a bow; It offers to the Austral sun It’s miles of silvern sand, In … [Read more...] about The Beach [poem by E. J. Brady]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Bells and Hobbles (E. J. Brady 1911), E. J. Brady (1869-1952) (author), poem, SourceArchiveOrg, year1911

South of Gabo [poem by E. J. Brady]

29 December 2020 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] South of Gabo. The young gales hatch below the Snares; As fledglings wild, uncouth, A fierce Antarctic dam prepares Their flight of fear and ruth. From icy nests on crags forlorn, And … [Read more...] about South of Gabo [poem by E. J. Brady]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Bells and Hobbles (E. J. Brady 1911), E. J. Brady (1869-1952) (author), poem, SourceArchiveOrg, year1911

Yamba [poem by E. J. Brady]

29 December 2020 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] Yamba. High Northern suns their brazen shields, Like warriors, hang above the fields Where Sultan Summer frankly yields His plenteous boon; Like nautch girls dance the naked days Down … [Read more...] about Yamba [poem by E. J. Brady]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Bells and Hobbles (E. J. Brady 1911), E. J. Brady (1869-1952) (author), poem, SourceArchiveOrg, year1911

White Rose [poem by E. J. Brady]

29 December 2020 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] White Rose. Once in a garden wondrous fair — Do you remember yet? — We drank the sweet, seductive air Of musk and mignonette. For you and me the flowers and The leaves their glories … [Read more...] about White Rose [poem by E. J. Brady]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Bells and Hobbles (E. J. Brady 1911), E. J. Brady (1869-1952) (author), poem, SourceArchiveOrg, year1911

The Quest of No Avail [poem by E. J. Brady]

29 December 2020 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] The Quest of No Avail. It was starlight on Euphrates, o’er a thousand years ago, And a Dreamer by the River watched its silken, silver flow. “Give,” he cried, “my Idol to me, from thy … [Read more...] about The Quest of No Avail [poem by E. J. Brady]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Bells and Hobbles (E. J. Brady 1911), E. J. Brady (1869-1952) (author), poem, SourceArchiveOrg, year1911

Keira [poem by E. J. Brady]

29 December 2020 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] Keira. When Youth, a callow Knight untried, With golden spurs to win, Rode bright in armor at his side, And, all his Soul within, Love sang him on a harp apart A song of young desire — He, … [Read more...] about Keira [poem by E. J. Brady]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Bells and Hobbles (E. J. Brady 1911), E. J. Brady (1869-1952) (author), poem, SourceArchiveOrg, year1911

The Dead Tree [poem by E. J. Brady]

29 December 2020 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] The Dead Tree. It knew a life of leaf and bough That sapless stands, laid naked now To Time’s cold scorning. Once, in its deep, ambrosial shade, The Wind, a wizard Harper, played By night … [Read more...] about The Dead Tree [poem by E. J. Brady]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Bells and Hobbles (E. J. Brady 1911), E. J. Brady (1869-1952) (author), poem, SourceArchiveOrg, year1911

Daughter of the North [poem by E. J. Brady]

29 December 2020 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] Daughter of the North. ’Tis pleasant where the Harbor meets These Southern waters blue; There’s joy of life in Melbourne streets, From Carlton unto Kew. Fair Adelaide, beneath her … [Read more...] about Daughter of the North [poem by E. J. Brady]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Bells and Hobbles (E. J. Brady 1911), E. J. Brady (1869-1952) (author), poem, SourceArchiveOrg, year1911

Dreamers too [poem by E. J. Brady]

29 December 2020 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] Dreamers too. We have lived long years for a white-robed dream — The dream of Australia fair, With the vine and corn by her hill and stream, And the sunshine in her hair; And the plain and … [Read more...] about Dreamers too [poem by E. J. Brady]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Bells and Hobbles (E. J. Brady 1911), E. J. Brady (1869-1952) (author), poem, SourceArchiveOrg, year1911

Incentive [poem by E. J. Brady]

29 December 2020 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] Incentive. Let lean Ambition seek its goal; fat Wealth its hoard increase, Sour Vanity achieve its gauds, and social triumphs please Dyspeptic dames and feline fops; — beneath the aching … [Read more...] about Incentive [poem by E. J. Brady]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Bells and Hobbles (E. J. Brady 1911), E. J. Brady (1869-1952) (author), poem, SourceArchiveOrg, year1911

Mordialloc [poem by E. J. Brady]

29 December 2020 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] Mordialloc. The haze along the hillsides, the sparkle on the Bay Marconi forth the message of Spring’s advance to-day. Now all the fields are blazoned with epaulettes of gold; Now all the … [Read more...] about Mordialloc [poem by E. J. Brady]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Bells and Hobbles (E. J. Brady 1911), E. J. Brady (1869-1952) (author), good poetry, poem, SourceArchiveOrg, year1911

The Flame Tree [poem by E. J. Brady]

29 December 2020 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] The Flame Tree. Drab-feathered birds of sorrow Droop no dull wings of Care; Nor doth a sere To-morrow, Red droughts, malign, prepare When Spring with Illawarra Makes compact green and … [Read more...] about The Flame Tree [poem by E. J. Brady]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Bells and Hobbles (E. J. Brady 1911), E. J. Brady (1869-1952) (author), poem, SourceArchiveOrg, year1911

Ringy Ringy Rosy [poem by E. J. Brady]

29 December 2020 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] Ringy Ringy Rosy. “Ringy ringy rosy,” the morning skies are blue, And yonder by the slip-rails your sweetheart waits for you. The lizards on the fences are basking in the sun, The Wintertime … [Read more...] about Ringy Ringy Rosy [poem by E. J. Brady]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Bells and Hobbles (E. J. Brady 1911), E. J. Brady (1869-1952) (author), poem, SourceArchiveOrg, year1911

Far and Wide [poem by E. J. Brady]

29 December 2020 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] Far and Wide. I’ll call you to the Beaches, And you shall bide with me, Along the river reaches And by the open Sea. Far and wide I have to wander, Far and wide and to and fro; ’Cross … [Read more...] about Far and Wide [poem by E. J. Brady]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Bells and Hobbles (E. J. Brady 1911), E. J. Brady (1869-1952) (author), poem, SourceArchiveOrg, year1911

O’Meara’s Well [poem by E. J. Brady]

29 December 2020 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] O’Meara’s Well. Twenty miles from any township, twenty miles on either track, Lay the holding of O’Meara, in the myall, ’way out back; Five and fifty hundred acres “dogleg” fenced and partly … [Read more...] about O’Meara’s Well [poem by E. J. Brady]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Bells and Hobbles (E. J. Brady 1911), E. J. Brady (1869-1952) (author), poem, SourceArchiveOrg, year1911

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