[Editor: This poem was published in The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales (Taree, NSW), 22 April 1913.] Old Bar Telephone. “A splendid thing,” the captain cries, “Now I can ring up for supplies — And if there’s half a chance of wreck The Taree Corps shall […]
Alderman Harris: An Ultimo Ultimatum [poem, 6 July 1913]
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[Editor: A poem regarding a member of a local council. Published in Truth (Sydney), 6 July 1913.] Alderman Harris. An Ultimo Ultimatum. A right good chip of a tough old block; A man with his father’s nerve. He takes his stand as firm as a rock, With neither flinch nor swerve. Son of a fighting […]
The Wattle Federation [17 January 1913]
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[Editor: An article about the inauguration of the Wattle Federation of Australasia. Published in The Examiner, 17 January 1913.] The Wattle Federation. Amongst the inward passengers by the Loongana yesterday was Miss Faehse, of Adelaide, who is passing through to the South. Miss Faehse attended the Science Congress in Melbourne, and took part in a […]
The Wild Colonial Boy [song, 22 August 1913]
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[Editor: An extract from the “On the Wallaby” column, published in The Northern Miner, 22 August 1913.] [The Wild Colonial Boy] We have often been asked, and several friends have asked us recently again, for the words of that one-time — long, long ago — most popular of all bush songs, “The Wild Colonial Boy.” […]
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