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The real Australian tongue [by P. I. O’Leary, 11 August 1938]

12 April 2021 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article about the languages of the Australian Aborigines, by P. I. O’Leary, was published in The Advocate (Melbourne, Vic.), 11 August 1938.] The real Australian tongue Too true it is, alas, that the Australian Aborigines are becoming fewer and fewer. Will … [Read more...] about The real Australian tongue [by P. I. O’Leary, 11 August 1938]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: Aboriginal words, Australian Aborigines, Patrick Ignatius O'Leary (author) (1888-1944), SourceTrove, year1938

A Rhyme of the Ragged Thirteen: A Back-to-the-Goldfields Ballad [poem by “Dryblower” Murphy, 21 August 1938]

25 March 2021 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by “Dryblower” Murphy was published in The Sunday Times (Perth, WA), 21 August 1938.] A Rhyme of the Ragged Thirteen A Back-to-the-Goldfields Ballad (By Dryblower.) The cases of fizz are on the ice, the table turkey’s trussed (Hang the bother and … [Read more...] about A Rhyme of the Ragged Thirteen: A Back-to-the-Goldfields Ballad [poem by “Dryblower” Murphy, 21 August 1938]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Dryblower Murphy (author) (1866-1939), poem, SourceTrove, the Ragged Thirteen, year1938

Young Australia: “Carry on our heritage”: Plea for democracy [by Herbert Gepp, 3 September 1938]

2 February 2021 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article by Herbert Gepp was published in the Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’ Advocate (Newcastle, NSW), 3 September 1938.] Young Australia “Carry on our heritage” Plea for democracy (By Sir Herbert Gepp) Youth may be defined as elasticity, as … [Read more...] about Young Australia: “Carry on our heritage”: Plea for democracy [by Herbert Gepp, 3 September 1938]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: Alexis Carrel (subject) (1873-1944), democracy, eugenics, Herbert William Gepp (author) (1877-1954), Rupert Brooke (subject) (1887-1915), SourceTrove, year1938

Ald. Robert G. Kilgour [obituary, 31 March 1938]

4 January 2021 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article was published in The Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser (Raymond Terrace, NSW), 31 March 1938.] Ald. Robert G. Kilgour The death occurred on Sunday 20th, of Ald. R. G. Kilgour for a long period one of Newcastle’s … [Read more...] about Ald. Robert G. Kilgour [obituary, 31 March 1938]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: obituaries, Robert George Kilgour (subject) (1867-1938), SourceTrove, year1938

Ald. R. Kilgour: Death ends long career: Seven times mayor [obituary, 21 March 1938]

4 January 2021 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article was published in Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’ Advocate (Newcastle, NSW), 21 March 1938.] Ald. R. Kilgour Death ends long career Seven times mayor Ald. Robert George Kilgour, seven times Mayor of Newcastle, and a man with an outstanding … [Read more...] about Ald. R. Kilgour: Death ends long career: Seven times mayor [obituary, 21 March 1938]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: obituaries, Robert George Kilgour (subject) (1867-1938), SourceTrove, year1938

Outback [poem by Rex Ingamells, 1938]

28 July 2020 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Rex Ingamells was published in the Jindyworobak Anthology, 1938.] Rex Ingamells Outback All the unhallowed beauty I have found; All free-discordant shrills and form-defying wonders above ground, like writhen trees with draggled … [Read more...] about Outback [poem by Rex Ingamells, 1938]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Jindyworobak Anthology, poem, Rex Ingamells (author) (1913-1955), SourceIACLibrary, year1938

Australia in the making: The sensational story of Bligh and Macarthur [3 August 1938]

2 May 2016 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: A review of H. V. Evatt’s book on the Rum Rebellion. Published in The Australian Worker (Sydney), 3 August 1938.] Australia in the making The sensational story of Bligh and Macarthur A review of Mr. Justice Evatt’s book, “Rum Rebellion” There are few … [Read more...] about Australia in the making: The sensational story of Bligh and Macarthur [3 August 1938]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: Editor’s notes additional, Henry Ernest Boote (author) (1865-1949), Herbert Vere Evatt (1894-1965) (review), John Macarthur, Rum Rebellion, SourceTrove, William Bligh (1754-1817), year1938

Kinship [poem, 15 January 1938]

21 September 2015 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: A poem by Frida Allen Phillips. Published in The Methodist, 15 January 1938.] Kinship No level stretch of snowy white Greets our awak’ning eyes, But under Summer’s shimmering sun Our Christmas landscape lies. No brightly breasted robin waits Our kindly … [Read more...] about Kinship [poem, 15 January 1938]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Frida Allen Phillips, poem, SourceTrove, year1938

Beauty Imposes [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

25 March 2015 · 1 Comment

[Editor: This poem by John Shaw Neilson was published in Beauty Imposes: Some Recent Verse (1938).] Beauty Imposes Beauty imposes reverence in the Spring. Grave as the urge within the honeybuds, It wounds us as we sing. Beauty is joy that stays not overlong. Clad in … [Read more...] about Beauty Imposes [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Beauty Imposes (John Shaw Neilson 1938), John Shaw Neilson (author) (1872-1942), poem, SourceIACLibrary, year1938

I Spoke to the Violet [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

25 March 2015 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by John Shaw Neilson was published in Beauty Imposes: Some Recent Verse (1938).] I Spoke to the Violet Shy one, I said, you can take me away in a breath, But I like not the coat that you come in — the colour of death. The silence you come with is … [Read more...] about I Spoke to the Violet [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Beauty Imposes (John Shaw Neilson 1938), John Shaw Neilson (author) (1872-1942), poem, SourceIACLibrary, year1938

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