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The man who wrote “Nine Miles from Gundagai” [29 January 1938]

12 July 2022 · Leave a Comment

Jack Moses (Pix, 29 January 1938)

[Editor: This article about Jack Moses was published in Pix (Sydney, NSW), 29 January 1938.] The man who wrote “Nine Miles from Gundagai” Everybody knows the lines — “The dog sat on the tucker box, nine miles from Gundagai.” Not everybody knows who … [Read more...] about The man who wrote “Nine Miles from Gundagai” [29 January 1938]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: @ graphics added, 500x500, Gundagai (NSW), HTML tables (side) div style, Jack Moses (1861-1945) (subject), poem, publication Pix (Sydney), SourceTrove, The Dog on the Tucker Box (Gundagai), year1938

Gundagai’s mysterious dog: Origin of “The Tucker Box” story unknown [7 April 1938]

12 July 2022 · Leave a Comment

The Pioneers' Monument

[Editor: This article was published in the Gundagai Independent (Gundagai, NSW), 7 April 1938.] Gundagai’s mysterious dog Origin of “The Tucker Box” story unknown Immortal tradition benefits Gundagai How did the story of “The Dog and the Tucker Box” come about, is … [Read more...] about Gundagai’s mysterious dog: Origin of “The Tucker Box” story unknown [7 April 1938]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: @ graphics added, 500x500, Gundagai (NSW), Jack Moses (1861-1945) (subject), SourceTrove, The Dog on the Tucker Box (Gundagai), year1938

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 (1888-1944) (author), 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 (1866-1939) (author), 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 (1873-1944) (subject), democracy, eugenics, Herbert William Gepp (1877-1954) (author), propaganda as a negative term, Rupert Brooke (1887-1915) (subject), 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 (1867-1938) (subject), 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 (1867-1938) (subject), 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 (1913-1955) (author), 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: book review, Editor’s notes additional, Henry Ernest Boote (1865-1949) (author), Herbert Vere Evatt (1894-1965) (subject), 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 (1872-1942) (author), 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 (1872-1942) (author), poem, SourceIACLibrary, year1938

Sunday Evening [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).] Sunday Evening Homeward, still homeward The calm folk ride, And the unsoiled children In dreams abide. Homeward, still homeward, Fond arms display Flowers and calm … [Read more...] about Sunday Evening [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

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

The Poor Can Feed the Birds [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).] The Poor Can Feed the Birds Ragged, unheeded, stooping, meanly shod, The poor pass to the pond: not far away The spires go up to God. Shyly they come from the … [Read more...] about The Poor Can Feed the Birds [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

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

He Saw the Jig [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).] He Saw the Jig He saw the jig, he said, an emerald thing With speech of love, whose blood is liberty: It lies beyond the fiddler and the string. Hotly it tells how … [Read more...] about He Saw the Jig [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

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

Golden Fugitive [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).] Golden Fugitive To a departing Smoker Parrot Moonlight and sunrise ran about your wing, Lightning and sundown, every joy in yellow Came for your raiment and your … [Read more...] about Golden Fugitive [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

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

The Time of Tumult [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).] The Time of Tumult Joy in the wilderness, joy in the mart: A mystery beats in at every door; The tender thoughts assail the tender heart; In the undimmed the little … [Read more...] about The Time of Tumult [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

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

The Long Week-end [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).] The Long Week-end Beauty she fought for, she had need to spend; The foreman that she feared in all her woes Leaves not a cloud. How fortunate she goes Upon the long … [Read more...] about The Long Week-end [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

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

Uncle to a Pirate [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).] Uncle to a Pirate Often at eventide we go To a tempestuous picture-show. Gently I hold his heedless hand In that preposterous Wonderland. Pistols we see and big blue … [Read more...] about Uncle to a Pirate [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

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

The Vine that is a Friend [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).] The Vine that is a Friend Arthur is old, and being overwise, He will not cease to taunt me night and day: He does my water-drinking much despise. He is monotonous and … [Read more...] about The Vine that is a Friend [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

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

The Crane is My Neighbour [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).] The Crane is My Neighbour The bird is my neighbour, a whimsical fellow and dim; There is in the lake a nobility falling on him. The bird is a noble, he turns to the sky … [Read more...] about The Crane is My Neighbour [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

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

The Road to the Hospital [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).] The Road to the Hospital (Over this road, running west through the Gardens to the Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, mothers carry their children day by day) This is the … [Read more...] about The Road to the Hospital [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

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

The Theme Eternal [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).] The Theme Eternal (Replying to a fellow rhymer who complains that a beautiful young girl is using cosmetics) Great is the theme, good brother, you have chosen; Sweet is … [Read more...] about The Theme Eternal [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

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

Publisher’s note [in “Beauty Imposes” (by John Shaw Neilson)]

25 March 2015 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This publisher’s note was published in Beauty Imposes: Some Recent Verse (1938).] Publisher’s note Recently there has been a marked awakening of interest in the work of Shaw Neilson, who has been hailed by competent literary critics as one of our most important … [Read more...] about Publisher’s note [in “Beauty Imposes” (by John Shaw Neilson)]

Filed Under: prefaces, dedications, introductions, miscellaneous sections Tagged With: Beauty Imposes (John Shaw Neilson 1938), SourceIACLibrary, year1938

Beauty Imposes: Some Recent Verse [by John Shaw Neilson, 1938]

25 March 2015 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This book of poetry by John Shaw Neilson was published in 1938. In this book, the poet gives his name simply as “Shaw Neilson”.] Beauty Imposes Some Recent Verse By Shaw Neilson Contents [Publisher’s note] The Theme Eternal The Road to the … [Read more...] about Beauty Imposes: Some Recent Verse [by John Shaw Neilson, 1938]

Filed Under: books booklets pamphlets Tagged With: Beauty Imposes (John Shaw Neilson 1938), book, John Shaw Neilson (1872-1942) (author), SourceIACLibrary, year1938

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