[Editor: An eight-page booklet of an anonymously-authored poem regarding the Burke and Wills expedition.] The Burke and Wills Expedition. One of a Series of Poems, by A Native of Australia. Melbourne: Printed and published by Henry S. Ward, 89, Little … [Read more...] about The Burke and Wills Expedition: One of a Series of Poems [poem, by a Native of Australia, 1863]
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This Southern Land of Ours [poem by Charles Harpur, ca. 1863]
[Editor: A poem by Charles Harpur.] This Southern Land of Ours With alien hearts to frame our laws And cheat us as of old, In vain our soil is rich, in vain ’Tis seamed with virgin gold: But the present only yields us nought, The future only lours Till we dare to be … [Read more...] about This Southern Land of Ours [poem by Charles Harpur, ca. 1863]
The Stockman’s Song [song, 3 June 1863]
[Editor: This song was published in The Empire (3 June 1863). It was also included in Banjo Paterson’s collection, The Old Bush Songs (1905), under the title of “The Australian Stockman”, with minor variations.] The Stockman’s Song The sun peers o’er the wooded ridge, … [Read more...] about The Stockman’s Song [song, 3 June 1863]
The Australian Stockman [song, 1905]
[Editor: This song was published in The Old Bush Songs (1905), edited by Banjo Paterson. It was previously published (with minor variations), under the title of “The Stockman’s Song”, in The Empire, 3 June 1863.] The Australian Stockman The sun peers o’er yon wooded ridge … [Read more...] about The Australian Stockman [song, 1905]
John Gilbert (Bushranger) [song, 1905]
[Editor: This song was published in The Old Bush Songs (1905), edited by Banjo Paterson. It was previously published (with minor variations) in Bell’s Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle, 7 November 1863, which cites the Melbourne Punch as its source.] John Gilbert … [Read more...] about John Gilbert (Bushranger) [song, 1905]