y separately published work icon The Story of Anzac Day : Told for Boys and Girls single work   non-fiction   children's   war literature  
Issue Details: First known date: 1920... 1920 The Story of Anzac Day : Told for Boys and Girls
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Notes

  • E. Morris Miller's Australian Literature from its Beginnings to 1935 (1940): 305 comments that the work includes 'an original and other poems.'
  • Includes [chapter] xviii 'A Selection of Poems Suitable for School Use' (pp.58-63). The poems are separately indexed.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Gordon and Gotch ,Returned Sailors' and Soldiers' Imperial League, Launceston Sub-Branch. , 1920 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Australiani"The skies that arched his land were blue", Will H. Ogilvie , single work poetry war literature (p. 58-59)
Note: Author note: A British officer who had witnessed the heroism of Australian soldiers at Gallipoli expressed his opinion that they were "the bravest things God ever made." On this utterance the poem is founded.
The Toast! For Anzac Dayi"The toast is ANZAC, gentlemen! To Anzac, by the sea,", C. H. Souter , single work poetry war literature (p. 60)
Men of Anzaci"Men of Anzac, rouse to battle,", Alfred Gwin Waterworth , single work poetry war literature (p. 61-62)
Note: Written as: A. G. Waterworth
Anzac - Not in Vaini"Men of Anzac! Not in vain", John Laurence Rentoul , single work poetry (p. 63)
Note: Written as Professor Rentoul

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