y separately published work icon The Australian Alphabet single work   picture book   children's  
Issue Details: First known date: 1905... 1905 The Australian Alphabet
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A delightfully illustrated humourous alphabet book that depicts rural life in Australia in the early Twentieth Century. Some examples of the controversial nature of the verses are:

A stands for Aboriginal
The settler out back
Were [sic] wise to avoid him
Or things will look "black".
(p. 1)

K stands for Kangaroo
As swift as the gale
There's a price on his head
For the soup in his tail.
(p. 11)

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