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The Bandicoot-God [poem by Rex Ingamells]

2 July 2013 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Rex Ingamells was published in Gumtops (1935).] The Bandicoot-God The Bandicoot-god, In sacred deeps ’Neath the plain’s thick crust, Through all time sleeps. Undreaming he lies Long nights and days, From stars far-hidden And the sun’s hot … [Read more...] about The Bandicoot-God [poem by Rex Ingamells]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Gumtops (Rex Ingamells 1935), poem, Rex Ingamells (1913-1955) (author), year1935

Comet and the Mountain Kangaroo [poem by Rex Ingamells]

2 July 2013 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Rex Ingamells was published in Gumtops (1935).] Comet and the Mountain Kangaroo The Mountain Kangaroo, In the night-time dim and cool, Comes down from the hills to the plain, To the lone rock pool. As tall is Comet, as strong, As the Mountain … [Read more...] about Comet and the Mountain Kangaroo [poem by Rex Ingamells]

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Excited Crows [poem by Rex Ingamells]

2 July 2013 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Rex Ingamells was published in Gumtops (1935).] Excited Crows In the MacDonnells once I saw, Where gums stood stark Against the first stars in the purpling dark, A noisy concourse of excited crows Burst from the glooming clouds of silent … [Read more...] about Excited Crows [poem by Rex Ingamells]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Gumtops (Rex Ingamells 1935), poem, Rex Ingamells (1913-1955) (author), year1935

Billy Gray [poem by Rex Ingamells]

2 July 2013 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Rex Ingamells was published in Gumtops (1935).] Billy Gray With two sturdy camels, A life ago, Billy Gray struck westward Where sunset’s glow Gave promises fine, In fiery stains, Of easily rifted Opal-veins. The months moved slowly Above … [Read more...] about Billy Gray [poem by Rex Ingamells]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Gumtops (Rex Ingamells 1935), poem, Rex Ingamells (1913-1955) (author), year1935

The Land of the Crow [poem by Rex Ingamells]

2 July 2013 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Rex Ingamells was published in Gumtops (1935).] The Land of the Crow Each dawn the sun with silver sheens The black crow’s wing, In far-off desert places, but No sweet notes ring. At eve the sun on sallow hills Flings flames of rose, And … [Read more...] about The Land of the Crow [poem by Rex Ingamells]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Gumtops (Rex Ingamells 1935), poem, Rex Ingamells (1913-1955) (author), year1935

Camels [poem by Rex Ingamells]

2 July 2013 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Rex Ingamells was published in Gumtops (1935).] Camels The mighty desert country Is treeless and quite bare, Except for clumps of saltbush stumps And spinifex and glare; Yet swart and turbanned Afghans, Lean Afghans, brown and strong, With … [Read more...] about Camels [poem by Rex Ingamells]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Gumtops (Rex Ingamells 1935), poem, Rex Ingamells (1913-1955) (author), year1935

The Afghans [poem by Rex Ingamells]

2 July 2013 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Rex Ingamells was published in Gumtops (1935).] The Afghans Four Afghans sit in evening light, With features dusked by turbans white, But eyes like sun-glow I’ve seen smoulder On a lonely desert boulder. In circle, cross-legged, they … [Read more...] about The Afghans [poem by Rex Ingamells]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Gumtops (Rex Ingamells 1935), poem, Rex Ingamells (1913-1955) (author), year1935

Forlorn Beauty [poem by Rex Ingamells]

2 July 2013 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Rex Ingamells was published in Gumtops (1935).] Forlorn Beauty O I have seen one flaming peak at dawn Across a sea of sand. Alone it stood, And bare of all but colour; no great wood Had up its sides a shaggy mantle drawn. Seared by the desert … [Read more...] about Forlorn Beauty [poem by Rex Ingamells]

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The Old Telegraph Station, Strangways [poem by Rex Ingamells]

2 July 2013 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Rex Ingamells was published in Gumtops (1935).] The Old Telegraph Station, Strangways It is the most unhappy place these eyes Have seen: forlorn old ruins crown A sandy knoll, whose ugly sides reach down To blazing desert under blazing … [Read more...] about The Old Telegraph Station, Strangways [poem by Rex Ingamells]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Gumtops (Rex Ingamells 1935), poem, Rex Ingamells (1913-1955) (author), year1935

A Boomerang [poem by Rex Ingamells]

2 July 2013 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Rex Ingamells was published in Gumtops (1935).] A Boomerang This piece of hardwood, cunningly shaped, Was curved so evenly while picaninnies gaped At a Warrior who chipped at it with pieces of flint, And formed it by meticulous dint upon … [Read more...] about A Boomerang [poem by Rex Ingamells]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Gumtops (Rex Ingamells 1935), poem, Rex Ingamells (1913-1955) (author), year1935

Foreword [to “Gumtops” by L. F. Giblin]

2 July 2013 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This foreword by L. F. Giblin was published in Gumtops (1935).] Foreword Some individuality of character and habit have developed in Australia in the last 150 years, and the face of nature has always had an unique distinction. But this individuality and … [Read more...] about Foreword [to “Gumtops” by L. F. Giblin]

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Gumtops [by Rex Ingamells, 1935]

2 July 2013 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This book of poetry by Rex Ingamells was published in 1935.] Gumtops By Rex Ingamells Contents Foreword by L. F. Giblin The Land of the Crow A Boomerang The Old Telegraph Station, Strangways Forlorn Beauty The Afghans Camels The … [Read more...] about Gumtops [by Rex Ingamells, 1935]

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Not what he thought [31 January 1935]

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[Editor: This anecdote is from the “So They Say” column in the The Queenslander.] Not what he thought An old Western identity, whom I will call Tom Blank, was having a spree at an hotel and went to sleep in the bar. We picked him up and laid him on the sofa in the … [Read more...] about Not what he thought [31 January 1935]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: humour and humourous stories, SourceTrove, year1935

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