The Aboriginal Father single work   lyric/song   "The shadow on thy brow my child"
Issue Details: First known date: 1843... 1843 The Aboriginal Father
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Alternative title: The Aboriginal Father : A Native Song of the Maneroo Tribe
Language: English
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Author's note: Versified from the original words.
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Composer's note: Respectfully inscribed to the Lady Mayoress.
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Text published in English and the language of the Maneroo people (probably Ngarigo/Ngarigu).
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Although dated [1844?] in the National Library of Australia's catalogue, reviews of The Aboriginal Father : A Native Song of the Maneroo Tribe are published in the New South Wales Magazine, or, Journal of General Politics, Literature, Science and the Arts 1.2 (February 1843): 90 and the Australasian Chronicle 4.500 (19 January 1843): 2. The same issues each carry an advertisement for the publication.
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Eliza Hamilton Dunlop : Writing from the Colonial Frontier Anna Johnston (editor), Elizabeth Webby (editor), Sydney : Sydney University Press , 2021 21649381 2021 anthology criticism poetry

    'Eliza Hamilton Dunlop (1796–1880) arrived in Sydney in 1838 and became almost immediately notorious for her poem “The Aboriginal Mother,” written in response to the infamous Myall Creek massacre. She published more poetry in colonial newspapers during her lifetime, but for the century following her death her work was largely neglected. In recent years, however, critical interest in Dunlop has increased, in Australia and internationally and in a range of fields, including literary studies; settler, postcolonial and imperial studies; and Indigenous studies.

    'This stimulating collection of essays by leading scholars considers Dunlop's work from a range of perspectives and includes a new selection of her poetry.'

    Source: Publisher's blurb.

    Sydney : Sydney University Press , 2021
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Text published only.

Works about this Work

New Publication 1843 single work review
— Appears in: Australasian Chronicle , 19 January vol. 4 no. 500 1843; (p. 2)

— Review of The Aboriginal Father Eliza Hamilton Dunlop , 1843 single work lyric/song
New Music 1843 single work review
— Appears in: The New South Wales Magazine, or, Journal of General Politics, Literature, Science and the Arts , February vol. 1 no. 2 1843; (p. 90)

— Review of The Aboriginal Father Eliza Hamilton Dunlop , 1843 single work lyric/song
New Music 1843 single work review
— Appears in: The New South Wales Magazine, or, Journal of General Politics, Literature, Science and the Arts , February vol. 1 no. 2 1843; (p. 90)

— Review of The Aboriginal Father Eliza Hamilton Dunlop , 1843 single work lyric/song
New Publication 1843 single work review
— Appears in: Australasian Chronicle , 19 January vol. 4 no. 500 1843; (p. 2)

— Review of The Aboriginal Father Eliza Hamilton Dunlop , 1843 single work lyric/song
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