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Charles Gilbert [advertisement poem for the Charles Gilbert store, 27 October 1897]

12 March 2022 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem, an advertisement for the Charles Gilbert store (tailoring and outfitting) in Brisbane, was published in The Brisbane Courier (Brisbane, Qld.), 27 October 1897.] Charles Gilbert Is the merchantman of credit and renown, who dwells hard by Victoria … [Read more...] about Charles Gilbert [advertisement poem for the Charles Gilbert store, 27 October 1897]

Filed Under: advertisements, poetry Tagged With: advertisement, advertising poetry, poem, SourceTrove, year1897

“——!”: The Great Australian Adjective [poem by “The Colonel” (W. T. Goodge), 11 December 1897]

20 April 2019 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by W. T. Goodge was published in The Bulletin (Sydney), 11 December 1897. It’s authorship was originally credited to Goodge’s pseudonym of “The Colonel”. The missing word in this poem, one not spoken in polite society at that time, was … [Read more...] about “——!”: The Great Australian Adjective [poem by “The Colonel” (W. T. Goodge), 11 December 1897]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: poem, publication The Bulletin (Sydney), SourceTrove, swearing, W. T. Goodge (author) (1862-1909), year1897

The Chinese question [22 December 1897]

19 October 2014 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: An article expressing concerns over defence matters facing Australia if several European countries were to take over parts of China. Published in The National Advocate, 22 December 1897.] The Chinese question. A few years ago the Chinese problem that troubled … [Read more...] about The Chinese question [22 December 1897]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: defence, SourceTrove, year1897

Clancy’s Reply [poem by Thomas Gerald Clancy, 1897]

22 March 2014 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: A poem by “Clancy” (Thomas Gerald Clancy), written as a reply to Banjo Paterson’s poem, “Clancy of the Overflow”.] Clancy’s Reply ’Neath the star-spangled dome Of my Austral home, When watching by the camp fire’s ruddy glow, Oft in the flickering blaze Is … [Read more...] about Clancy’s Reply [poem by Thomas Gerald Clancy, 1897]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: @ original source unknown, @ yearTBA, year1897

The Christmas Angel [poem by Mary Hannay Foott, 21 December 1897]

29 October 2012 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: A poem by Mary Hannay Foott. Published in The Warwick Argus, 21 December 1897.] The Christmas Angel. Through skies of midnight swift he swept, His earthward voyage holding — Our year-long exile — whilst we slept His wings besides as folding. O Christmas, … [Read more...] about The Christmas Angel [poem by Mary Hannay Foott, 21 December 1897]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Christmas, Mary Hannay Foott (author) (1846-1918), poem, SourceTrove, year1897

Unclasped [poem by Philip D. Lorimer, 21 December 1897]

29 October 2012 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: Poem by Philip Durham Lorimer.] Unclasped Uttered — and they fell, Deep into sighing hearts, Deadlier than poisoned darts, Bringing their death knell. Echoes through dark blue weeping eyes, In painful silence, earth’s good-byes, In evening’s gloaming … [Read more...] about Unclasped [poem by Philip D. Lorimer, 21 December 1897]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Philip Durham Lorimer, poem, SourceTrove, year1897

Death of a bush poet [re. Philip D. Lorimer , 17 November 1897]

29 October 2012 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: About the life of Philip Durham Lorimer.] Death of a bush poet. Mr. Philip D. Lorimer, whose death was announced on Friday (says Monday’s “S. D. Telegraph”), was known right through the country and Queensland and Victoria as “the Australian bush poet.” “Old … [Read more...] about Death of a bush poet [re. Philip D. Lorimer , 17 November 1897]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: Philip Durham Lorimer, SourceTrove, year1897

The white man for a pinch [2 January 1897]

26 May 2012 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article is from the “Bystanders’ Notebook” column, published in The Worker (Brisbane, Qld.), 2 January 1897.] The white man for a pinch Now that the Southern colonies is fighting the battle of “white Australia” against the coloured labour Government of … [Read more...] about The white man for a pinch [2 January 1897]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: colonial White Australia policies, SourceTrove, sugar industry, year1897

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