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y separately published work icon Australia: A Charcoal Sketch single work   poetry   "A Saunterer: poetic, philosophic, fanciful, facetious, or grotesque, as time and chance and circumstance determine: on the wallaby a second time around the world"
Issue Details: First known date: 1886... 1886 Australia: A Charcoal Sketch
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A strange, long poem that describes in poetic language many features of the Australian landscape, fauna and flora, its people and particular words. Each section is prefaced with the words: 'I see and sing'.

Notes

  • Dedication: To the venerable Dr George Bennett, F.L.S., F.Z.S., etc., of Sydney, New South Wales: to whom the world is indebted for much that is known of Australia; and to whom the world bows in grateful recognition.
  • A notes section at end of book reproduces the poem 'Australia' by Richard Whately.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Greensburg, Pennsylvania,
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United States of America (USA),
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Americas,:Frank Cowan , 1886 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Australiai"Three centuries have scarcely rolled along", Richard Whately , single work poetry (p. 35-36)
Note: Appears in the notes section.
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New Publications : Australia : A Charcoal Sketch 1886 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Mail , 31 July vol. 42 no. 1360 1886; (p. 216)
— Review of Australia: A Charcoal Sketch Frank Cowan , 1886 single work poetry '...a semi-political outline history of the Australian continent...There are many clever things in the pamphlet, but the style is so fantastic that it is calculated to deter rather than attract the public.'
New Publications : Australia : A Charcoal Sketch 1886 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Mail , 31 July vol. 42 no. 1360 1886; (p. 216)
— Review of Australia: A Charcoal Sketch Frank Cowan , 1886 single work poetry '...a semi-political outline history of the Australian continent...There are many clever things in the pamphlet, but the style is so fantastic that it is calculated to deter rather than attract the public.'
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