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Roderic Quinn Roderic Quinn i(A1072 works by) (birth name: Roderic Joseph Quinn)
Also writes as: Brigalow ; Thomas Finlayson ; R. Q.
Born: Established: 26 Nov 1867 Surry Hills, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 15 Aug 1949 Darlinghurst, Kings Cross area, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,
Gender: Male
Heritage: Irish
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1 The Lazy Day i "Leisured and lazy are all things here,", Roderic Quinn , single work poetry
1 The Groove i "Though restless souls there be who plan", Roderic Quinn , single work poetry
1 The Sea's Bride i "The rose is faded on the tree,", Roderic Quinn , single work poetry
1 Untitled i "Hither they quested the young and the eager,", Roderic Quinn , 2002 extract poetry (The Golden Yesterday)
— Appears in: An Australian Treasury of Popular Verse 2002; (p. 262-263)
1 Noon on the Barrier Ranges i "The horseman riding with a slackened rein", Roderic Quinn , 2001 extract poetry (Noon on the Barrier Ranges)
— Appears in: The Turning Wave : Poems and Songs of Irish Australia 2001; (p. 171)
1 Untitled i "Whenever I read your lines", Roderic Quinn , 1957 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 27 November vol. 78 no. 4059 1957; (p. 15)
1 The Men Who Try i "O, I remember days of joy", Roderic Quinn , 1950 1950 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Worker [Wagga] , 16 December 1907; (p. 14) The Oxford Book of Australasian Verse 1950; (p. 123-125)
1 Society [The Bulletin, 25 May 1949] Roderic Quinn , 1949 single work column biography
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 25 May vol. 70 no. 3615 1949; (p. 9)
1 The Pekinese i "I have not the greyhound's peerless speed", Roderic Quinn , 1948 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 24 November vol. 69 no. 3589 1948; (p. 28)
1 Our Kelpie i "We sit by a winter hearth", Roderic Quinn , 1947 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 3 September vol. 68 no. 3525 1947; (p. 28)
1 The Green Sea i "When, like to some lagoon or lake,", Roderic Quinn , 1945 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 16 May vol. 66 no. 3405 1945; (p. 14)
1 My Neighbor i "As down to the city and homeward again", Roderic Quinn , 1945 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 20 June vol. 66 no. 3410 1945; (p. 12)
1 Night Nurse at St Vincent's i "A shaded lamp in the long ward burns,", Roderic Quinn , 1945 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 21 March vol. 66 no. 3397 1945; (p. 13)
1 At Christmas i "As idly I strolled through the mist on the range,", Roderic Quinn , 1944 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 20 December vol. 65 no. 3384 1944; (p. 12)
1 A Letter i "A bounteous fall of rain has blest", Roderic Quinn , 1944 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 29 November vol. 65 no. 3381 1944; (p. 12)
1 Follow the Wind! i "When I stepped out from my door today", Roderic Quinn , 1944 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 15 November vol. 65 no. 3379 1944; (p. 14)
1 The Highway i "In a house beside a creek", Roderic Quinn , 1944 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 25 October vol. 65 no. 3376 1944; (p. 14)
1 The Black Range i "Where mountains wander north and south,", Roderic Quinn , 1944 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 16 August vol. 65 no. 3366 1944; (p. 15) A poem about a man who camps in the shadow of a mountain range and becomes overwhelmed by a sense of strangeness in the land about him. Overcome with loneliness and anxiety, he cannot sleep due to the feeling of 'weird presences' and peculiar noises through the night.  
1 Bush Magpies i "As I opened my eyes this morning", Roderic Quinn , 1944 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 20 September vol. 65 no. 3371 1944; (p. 12)
1 The Cattlemen i "Mid hills that westward trended", Roderic Quinn , 1944 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 2 February vol. 65 no. 3338 1944; (p. 12)
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