y separately published work icon Farthest North and Other Verses selected work   poetry  
Issue Details: First known date: 1928... 1928 Farthest North and Other Verses
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'The Author's primary object in the compilation of this booklet is to record at least some of his impressions of North Queensland ... a land of incomparable physical beauty, boundless wealth and health-giving climate' (from the Preface).

Contents

* Contents derived from the Cairns, Cairns area, Ingham - Cairns area, Queensland,:Cairns Post Print , 1928 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Farthest Northi"Away before the stretching eyes", Victor Kennedy , single work poetry (p. 5-6)
This Northlandi"I know the glitter and the gleam", Victor Kennedy , single work poetry (p. 7-9)
Tropical Trioletsi"Though we come not again", Victor Kennedy , single work poetry (p. 10)
Queer Little Almond Eyesi"Queer little deep brown almond eyes", Victor Kennedy , single work poetry (p. 11)
The First Raini"Out across the bending cane", Victor Kennedy , single work poetry (p. 12)
World on the Wavesi"Our feet were kissed by the sea's white lips", Victor Kennedy , single work poetry (p. 13)
Obit : MCMXXIi"We are singing - singing sadly -", Victor Kennedy , single work poetry (p. 14-15)
Breaking the Barrieri"The coral spreads", Victor Kennedy , single work poetry (p. 16-19)
Awakenedi"Someone is passing the gate to-night;", Victor Kennedy , single work poetry (p. 23)
Bushland Callsi"The hills are rough and rugged, standing in the maze", Victor Kennedy , single work poetry (p. 24-25)
When It Shall Please Theei"Oh, Death, when it shall seize thee", Victor Kennedy , single work poetry (p. 26)
Questioningsi"The cold grey twilight and the gloom it brings,", Victor Kennedy , single work poetry (p. 27)
Encouragementi"Oh, Painter man, it cannot be", Victor Kennedy , single work poetry (p. 28)
Changesi"I watch the soft slow summer days depart,", Victor Kennedy , single work poetry (p. 29)
Disillusionmenti"We two on paths adjoining stand", Victor Kennedy , single work poetry (p. 30-31)
Thoughtsi"We sing no songs for the joys we squandered", Victor Kennedy , single work poetry (p. 32)
After-Thoughtsi"But perfumes linger of long lost roses", Victor Kennedy , single work poetry (p. 32)
Ambition's Songi"I sit with a heart that is heavy as children sit in the sun", Victor Kennedy , single work poetry (p. 33-34)
Singingi"The rhyme of the voices singing", Victor Kennedy , single work poetry (p. 35-36)
Namesi"I wrote our names upon the sand", Victor Kennedy , single work poetry (p. 37)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Untitled L. A. Sigsworth , 1933 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Central Queensland Herald , 12 October 1933; (p. 12)
This article records Victor Kennedy's Australian lecture tour on the Great Barrier Reef, and mentions his two works, Farthest North and By Range and River.
The West Countree : Cairns Girl in Bristol : Love of the North Audrey M. Absell , 1929 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Cairns Post , 13 August 1929; (p. 10)
Farthest North: A Little Group of Authors V. Kay , 1929 single work review
— Appears in: All About Books , 18 February vol. 1 no. 3 1929; (p. 95)

— Review of Farthest North and Other Verses Victor Kennedy , 1928 selected work poetry
Untitled 1929 single work review correspondence
— Appears in: The Cairns Post , 13 August 1929; (p. 9)

— Review of Farthest North and Other Verses Victor Kennedy , 1928 selected work poetry
Untitled 1929 single work review correspondence
— Appears in: The Cairns Post , 13 August 1929; (p. 9)

— Review of Farthest North and Other Verses Victor Kennedy , 1928 selected work poetry
Farthest North: A Little Group of Authors V. Kay , 1929 single work review
— Appears in: All About Books , 18 February vol. 1 no. 3 1929; (p. 95)

— Review of Farthest North and Other Verses Victor Kennedy , 1928 selected work poetry
Untitled L. A. Sigsworth , 1933 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Central Queensland Herald , 12 October 1933; (p. 12)
This article records Victor Kennedy's Australian lecture tour on the Great Barrier Reef, and mentions his two works, Farthest North and By Range and River.
The West Countree : Cairns Girl in Bristol : Love of the North Audrey M. Absell , 1929 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Cairns Post , 13 August 1929; (p. 10)
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