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Notes

This poem appeared in the Australian Town and Country Journal in March 1878 with typographical errors in both the title and dedication/subtitle, ie.: 'The Nemas Upon the Stone (Inscribed to G.A.F.)'. The typographical errors have been corrected on the clipping of the poem that appears in Kendall's scrap book (held at the Mitchell Library, Sydney). The subtitle/dedication is to Kendall's friend, George Lamb Fagan.
'The poem concerns the carving of initials on a rock near Brisbane Water [near Gosford, new South Wales], now known as Kendall's Rock and Falls. C.H. Bertie obtained the following statement from George Fagan and transmitted it to me: "On Christmas Day 1874 after dinner George Fagan and Henry Kendall went for a walk and when they came to the stone Kendall took Fagan's tomahawk and cut his initials on the rock and under them put X74". The rock lies at the source of Cooranbean Creek' - Reed (1966), p. 226.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Appears in:

y The Australian Town and Country Journal vol. 17 no. 425 2 March 1878 Z659112 1878 newspaper issue 1878
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1878
)
pg. 413
Note: With title: 'The Nemas Upon the Stone (Inscribed to G.A.F.)'
Appears in:

y Songs from the Mountains Henry Kendall , Sydney London : William Maddock Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington , 1880 Z241194 1880 selected work poetry Sydney London : William Maddock Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington , 1880
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1880
)
pg. 213-217
Note: With title: 'Names upon a Stone : Inscribed to G. L. Fagan, Esq.'
Composer: Varney Monk

Publisher: Nicholson's

Sydney, New South Wales,: Nicholson's , 1938 .

Link: U2102Digital copy

Extent: 1 score (6p.)p.

Note/s:

Musical setting of Kendall's poem.
Appears in:

y Selected Poems of Henry Kendall Henry Kendall , T. Inglis Moore (editor), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1957 Z407547 1957 selected work poetry Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1957
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1957
)
pg. 54-55
Appears in:

y The Poetical Works of Henry Kendall Henry Kendall , Thomas Thornton Reed (editor), Adelaide : Libraries Board of South Australia , 1966 Z571473 1966 selected work poetry Abstract This critical edition includes 90 previously uncollected poems and collates manuscripts of the poems and their appearances in periodicals and newspapers during the poet's life-time. There are copious biographical and critical notes, indexes and a bibliography. Adelaide : Libraries Board of South Australia , 1966
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1966
)
pg. 226-228
Note: With title : 'Names Upon a Stone : Inscribed to G. L. Fagan, Esq.'
Appears in:

y Selected Poems of Henry Kendall Henry Kendall , T. Inglis Moore (editor), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1957 Z407547 1957 selected work poetry Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1988
(
1988
)
pg. 54-55
Appears in:

y Henry Kendall : Poetry, Prose and Selected Correspondence Henry Kendall , Michael Ackland (editor), St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1993 Z85494 1993 selected work prose poetry correspondence St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1993
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1993
)
pg. 137-138