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Alternative title: The Aboriginal Father : A Native Song of the Maneroo Tribe

Language: English

Notes:

Author's note: Versified from the original words.

Notes:

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).

Notes:

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.

Composer: Isaac Nathan

Publisher: Isaac Nathan

Sydney, New South Wales,: Isaac Nathan , 1843 .

Printed by T. Bluett

Link: U12333Full text document Digital copy of the 1843 edition.

Extent: 1 score (4p.)p.

Note/s:

For voice and piano.

Lithography: T. Bluett.

Series: y Australian Melodies Isaac Nathan (publisher), Sydney : Isaac Nathan , 1842- Z1799043 1842 series - publisher lyric/song Number in series: 7
Appears in:

y Eliza Hamilton Dunlop : Writing from the Colonial Frontier Anna Johnston (editor), Elizabeth Webby (editor), Sydney : Sydney University Press , 2021 21649381 2021 anthology criticism poetry Abstract
'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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2021
)

Notes:

Text published only.

Appears in:

y The Aboriginal Mother and Other Poems Eliza Hamilton Dunlop , Canberra : Mulini Press , 1981 Z116684 1981 selected work poetry Canberra : Mulini Press , 1981
(
1981
)
pg. 5
Note: At head of poem: 'A transliteration of the Maneroo dirge'
Appears in:

y The Turning Wave : Poems and Songs of Irish Australia Colleen Burke (editor), Vincent Woods (editor), Armidale : Kardoorair Press , 2001 Z929605 2001 anthology poetry Armidale : Kardoorair Press , 2001
(
2001
)
pg. 192
Note: Editor's note: Set to music by Isaac Nathan.
Appears in:

y An Anthology of Australian Poetry to 1920 John Kinsella (editor), Nedlands : University of Western Australia Library , 2007 Z1908582 2007 anthology poetry column prose Nedlands : University of Western Australia Library , 2007
(
2007
)
pg. 92
Appears in:

y The Penguin Anthology of Australian Poetry John Kinsella (editor), Camberwell : Penguin , 2009 Z1553543 2009 anthology poetry (taught in 16 units) Abstract
'This is a comprehensive survey of Australian poetic achievement, ranging from early colonial and indigenous verse to contemporary work, from the major poets to those who deserve to be better recognised.' (Provided by the publisher).
Camberwell : Penguin , 2009
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2009
)
pg. 34
Note: After title: 'A transliteration of the Maneroo dirge'

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