Frank the Poet : A Postscript single work   biography  
Issue Details: First known date: 1987... 1987 Frank the Poet : A Postscript
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    y separately published work icon Overland no. 107 June 1987 Z588675 1987 periodical issue 1987 pg. 62-66
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The Legend of Frank the Poet : Convict Heritage Recovered or Created? Jeff Brownrigg , 2016 single work criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Colonial History , no. 18 2016; (p. 1-22)

' In 1979, the then eminence grise of Australian folk music, John Meredith, with his co-researcher Rex Whalan, published what they claimed were the extant literary remains of 'Frank the Poet'. They gathered seventeen items of verse which they attributed to an Irish convict, Francis MacNamara, adding what appears to be a quite thorough investigation of surviving convict records to create a brief biography. Invited to write the foreword, the celebrated historian, Professor Russel Ward, offered a prediction.' (Introduction)
Frank the Poet - A Post Postscript John Meredith , 1988 single work criticism
— Appears in: Overland , October no. 112 1988; (p. 63)
The Less Rebellious Frank the Poet Philip Butterss , 1988 single work criticism
— Appears in: Overland , October no. 112 1988; (p. 58-63)
The Less Rebellious Frank the Poet Philip Butterss , 1988 single work criticism
— Appears in: Overland , October no. 112 1988; (p. 58-63)
Frank the Poet - A Post Postscript John Meredith , 1988 single work criticism
— Appears in: Overland , October no. 112 1988; (p. 63)
The Legend of Frank the Poet : Convict Heritage Recovered or Created? Jeff Brownrigg , 2016 single work criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Colonial History , no. 18 2016; (p. 1-22)

' In 1979, the then eminence grise of Australian folk music, John Meredith, with his co-researcher Rex Whalan, published what they claimed were the extant literary remains of 'Frank the Poet'. They gathered seventeen items of verse which they attributed to an Irish convict, Francis MacNamara, adding what appears to be a quite thorough investigation of surviving convict records to create a brief biography. Invited to write the foreword, the celebrated historian, Professor Russel Ward, offered a prediction.' (Introduction)
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