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How S.A. man wrote 8,500-line poem [by Rex Ingamells, 21 March 1951]

28 July 2020 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article by Rex Ingamells was published in The News (Adelaide, SA), 21 March 1951.] Australia is the hero of his epic verse How S.A. man wrote 8,500-line poem By Rex Ingamells I was given a Commonwealth Literary Fund Fellowship to aid me while writing … [Read more...] about How S.A. man wrote 8,500-line poem [by Rex Ingamells, 21 March 1951]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: Australianism, Rex Ingamells (author) (1913-1955), SourceTrove, year1951

Riding Once Again [poem, 18 January 1951]

28 October 2015 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: A poem published in The Western Mail, 18 January 1951.] Riding Once Again I dreamt old man that you and I Were riding once again Through fields of yellow Morrison, Along the open plain. Away along the scrubby bills; And o’er their sloping crest The grand … [Read more...] about Riding Once Again [poem, 18 January 1951]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: poem, SourceTrove, year1951

Section 6 [Because Men Went Hungry, by Rex Ingamells]

6 January 2014 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is a chapter from Because Men Went Hungry: An Essay on the Uncertainty of Australian Prestige (1951) by Rex Ingamells.] § 6. The certainty of Australian prestige Because of the Hunger Period at Sydney Cove, the Botany Bay Smear was applied so strongly to New … [Read more...] about Section 6 [Because Men Went Hungry, by Rex Ingamells]

Filed Under: chapters Tagged With: Because Men Went Hungry (Rex Ingamells 1951), Rex Ingamells (author) (1913-1955), SourceSLV, year1951

Section 5 [Because Men Went Hungry, by Rex Ingamells]

6 January 2014 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is a chapter from Because Men Went Hungry: An Essay on the Uncertainty of Australian Prestige (1951) by Rex Ingamells.] § 5. The uncertainty of Australian prestige Australia achieved a nominal united nationhood with Federation, on 1st January, 1901. Since … [Read more...] about Section 5 [Because Men Went Hungry, by Rex Ingamells]

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Section 4 [Because Men Went Hungry, by Rex Ingamells]

6 January 2014 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is a chapter from Because Men Went Hungry: An Essay on the Uncertainty of Australian Prestige (1951) by Rex Ingamells.] § 4. Australian sycophantism For over a century after original settlement, Australian communities markedly bore the aspect of colonialism. … [Read more...] about Section 4 [Because Men Went Hungry, by Rex Ingamells]

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Section 3 [Because Men Went Hungry, by Rex Ingamells]

6 January 2014 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is a chapter from Because Men Went Hungry: An Essay on the Uncertainty of Australian Prestige (1951) by Rex Ingamells.] § 3. The Short-circuit of Tradition Immigrants who, in a raw colonial society, maintain, as well as they can, the cultural refinements of … [Read more...] about Section 3 [Because Men Went Hungry, by Rex Ingamells]

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Section 2 [Because Men Went Hungry, by Rex Ingamells]

6 January 2014 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is a chapter from Because Men Went Hungry: An Essay on the Uncertainty of Australian Prestige (1951) by Rex Ingamells.] § 2. Pre-destined social evils The Botany Bay Smear not only prejudiced opinion concerning New South Wales, but it did this in such a way … [Read more...] about Section 2 [Because Men Went Hungry, by Rex Ingamells]

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Section 1 [Because Men Went Hungry, by Rex Ingamells]

6 January 2014 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is a chapter from Because Men Went Hungry: An Essay on the Uncertainty of Australian Prestige (1951) by Rex Ingamells.] § 1. The Botany Bay Smear Every Australian history book tells something of the troubles at Sydney Cove, when the first settlers existed in … [Read more...] about Section 1 [Because Men Went Hungry, by Rex Ingamells]

Filed Under: chapters Tagged With: Because Men Went Hungry (Rex Ingamells 1951), Rex Ingamells (author) (1913-1955), SourceSLV, year1951

Proem [Because Men Went Hungry, by Rex Ingamells]

6 January 2014 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is the preface from Because Men Went Hungry: An Essay on the Uncertainty of Australian Prestige (1951) by Rex Ingamells.] Proem Ever since its shores began to emerge from mystery into the knowledge of literate men, Australia has been the object of extremes … [Read more...] about Proem [Because Men Went Hungry, by Rex Ingamells]

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Because Men Went Hungry [by Rex Ingamells, 1951]

6 January 2014 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: Because Men Went Hungry: An Essay on the Uncertainty of Australian Prestige (1951) was written by Rex Ingamells.] Because Men Went Hungry An Essay on the Uncertainty of Australian Prestige by Rex Ingamells, B.A. Proem § 1. The Botany Bay Smear § 2. … [Read more...] about Because Men Went Hungry [by Rex Ingamells, 1951]

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