Lex McLennan Lex McLennan i(A29617 works by)
Born: Established: 27 May 1909 Taree, Taree area, Greater Taree, Mid North Coast, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 19 Oct 1969 Thangool, Biloela area, Biloela - Moura - Baralaba area, Central West Queensland, Queensland,
Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon McLennan's Way : bush ballads of Lex McLennan, 1909-1969 Lex McLennan , Victoria Park : Hesperian Press , 1994 Z1174199 1994 selected work poetry
1 The Great White Warrior i "Here where the story started, the morning chilled with fear,", Lex McLennan , 1957 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 13 November vol. 78 no. 4057 1957; (p. 19)
1 Meloonah i "Hers was the glowing legend that gilded my childhood years,", Lex McLennan , 1955 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 16 March vol. 76 no. 3918 1955; (p. 12)
1 Taipan i "Lighter is he than chocolate, yet duskier than gold,", Lex McLennan , 1950 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 1 November vol. 71 no. 3690 1950; (p. 13)
1 The Ride of Doc Lestrange i "Once by the long brown river when old Taroon was young", Lex McLennan , 1948 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 10 November vol. 69 no. 3587 1948; (p. 22)
1 Cock Robin i "Snatch of a tale from the long brown river,", Lex McLennan , 1948 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 30 June vol. 69 no. 3568 1948; (p. 22)
1 Empty Saddles i "Oh, faster now and faster he speeds toward his home,", Lex McLennan , 1948 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 23 June vol. 69 no. 3567 1948; (p. 29)
1 Old Fighter i "A children's pet is Caesar, and quiet the blue dog lies,", Lex McLennan , 1947 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 9 July vol. 68 no. 3517 1947; (p. 28)
1 The Last Bard i "There will be no last Bard of this blue distance", Lex McLennan , 1947 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 24 December vol. 68 no. 3541 1947; (p. 22)
1 A Widow of the West i "I have not met the lady who wrote to me to-day", Lex McLennan , 1946 single work poetry
— Appears in: The North Queensland Register , 21 December 1946; (p. 40)
1 Dawson's Daughters i "Oombabeer was a run forbidden", Lex McLennan , 1946 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 14 August vol. 67 no. 3470 1946; (p. 28)
1 Bubbles of Oombabeer i "Something that only the gods could give her,", Lex McLennan , 1946 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 25 September vol. 67 no. 3476 1946; (p. 28)
1 The Orphan i "Out on the bounds of Cranga, a fenceless world and wide", Lex McLennan , 1946 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 27 November vol. 67 no. 3485 1946; (p. 29)
1 Good-bye, My Warrior i "`He fell at Balik Papan, a bushman brown and lean", Lex McLennan , 1945 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 8 August vol. 66 no. 3417 1945; (p. 15)
1 The Unknown Rider i "Above Star Valley's stockyards they hung it high and clear;", Lex McLennan , 1945 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 1 August vol. 66 no. 3416 1945; (p. 12)
1 The Squatter's Tale i "When April sunsets redden and set the west aglow,", Lex McLennan , 1944 single work poetry
— Appears in: The North Queensland Register , 1 July 1944; (p. 26)
1 Gulf Road i "The old rough road, the Gulf road, its thousand miles were spread", Lex McLennan , 1944 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 28 June vol. 65 no. 3359 1944; (p. 12) The Queensland Centenary Anthology 1959; (p. 131)
1 The Lost Bells of Juandah i "Forbidding were the scrub-belts, the pastured miles were long,", Lex McLennan , 1944 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 26 July vol. 65 no. 3363 1944; (p. 12)
1 Powder i "Old Powder was a stockman bold, black as unshriven sin,", Lex McLennan , 1944 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 22 March vol. 65 no. 3345 1944; (p. 12)
1 With Feet of Clay i "As the dull red flush of dawn subsided,", Lex McLennan , 1943 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Spirit of the West, or, Ballads of Cattle Land 1943; (p. 70)
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