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Notes
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The title of this sequence was not given at the commencement of the first poem, so has been taken from the cover title of the selected work in which the sequence is contained, Brandah the Blackfellow and Other Poems.
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Author's note: 'A young friend, of not much above seven, asked me to "tell him a story." I started at random with "Mickie," and told him in some way suited to his child-like intelligence a great part of what I have written here. Later, some friend knowing that I had written poetry on other subjects suggested "you ought to write some lines on the Aborigines." This is the result.' (From the Preface of Brandah the Blackfellow and Other Poems)
Includes
- Prelude i "This is an Australian Story,", single work poetry
- Part I : Mickie of Durandur : Aboriginal Name, Brandah i "Mickie, black boy from the tribe of Durandur,", single work poetry
- Part II : The Bora Rite to Which Mickie Was Subjected i "Nudgee, a name in Blackman's talk", single work poetry
- Part III : Mickie Found the Lover's Lucky Stone i "So then was Mickie thus quite free to take,", single work poetry
- Part IV : A Story of Courtship and Matrimony i "Mickie thought with ecstasy,", single work poetry
- Part V : Brandah Loses His Bride, and Fights to Win Her Back i "The river was the boundary", single work poetry
- Postscript : "Aboriginal Superstitions" i ""There's one Great Spirit," this the Red Man's creed,", single work poetry
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