Issue Details: First known date: 1943... 1943 The Bridge Party at Boyanup and Other Verses
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Notes

  • Dedication: To my little daughter Catherine.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:J. Roy Stevens , 1943 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Bush is What You Make Iti"O dominion of weird fascination --", Cyril E. Goode , single work poetry (p. 12)
The Bridge Party at Boyanupi"'Twas in the south-west portion of Australia's Western State,", Cyril E. Goode , single work poetry (p. 13)
Mulga Branches against the Mooni"You may sing of the beauty of poplars tall,", Cyril E. Goode , single work poetry (p. 14)
The Man from Turkey Hilli"Now, when Southern Cross was changing from a mining town to wheat,", Cyril E. Goode , single work poetry (p. 15)
The Power Farmer's Soliloquyi"(Lone vigils make poor subject matter --", Cyril E. Goode , single work poetry (p. 16)
The Race to Koolyanobbingi"Forty miles from nearest siding lay the sandal-wooders' camp,", Cyril E. Goode , single work poetry (p. 17-18)
The Valley of the Sow's Eari"'Im a journalist on a vacation;", Cyril E. Goode , single work poetry (p. 19-20)
The Mecca of the Westi"When the gleams of Stars of Fortune", Cyril E. Goode , single work poetry (p. 21)
Derelict's Dawni"Ah, dark weird bush and silent stars that gleam", Cyril E. Goode , single work poetry (p. 22)
The Old Homesteadi"Where morning mist clings to the forested mountains", Cyril E. Goode , single work poetry (p. 23)
From the Garden of Youthi"I dreamed last night that in moonlit bowers", Cyril E. Goode , single work poetry (p. 24)
The Careless Axemani"It was early morn in the Gippsland Hills - the air was chill and damp,", Cyril E. Goode , single work poetry (p. 25)
The Stream of Lifei"We are only little bubbles", Cyril E. Goode , single work poetry (p. 26)
The Swagman's Revengei"From the land where the salt bush plains extend and big sheep stations lie,", Cyril E. Goode , single work poetry (p. 27-28)
Music of the Wildi"In broken runes which the wind attunes", Cyril E. Goode , single work poetry (p. 29)
The Ballad of the Lost Childreni"Long years ago when wild Blacks roamed this land from shore to shore,", Cyril E. Goode , single work poetry (p. 30-31)
Through the Gumsi"The sunset colors penetrate the gums", Cyril E. Goode , single work poetry (p. 32)
The Ballad of Sheoak Gullyi"The old selection lay scorched and bare in the grip of an awful drought,", Cyril E. Goode , single work poetry (p. 33)
Fantasy in the First Personi"I set out to walk from the township,", Cyril E. Goode , single work poetry (p. 34)
The Ballad of the Missing Micrometersi"A man blew in from the outback plains as wild as a brumby foal,", Cyril E. Goode , single work poetry (p. 35)

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