The Flight from the Buckland single work   poetry   "A bevy of Chinaman would make tracks"
Issue Details: First known date: 1861... 1861 The Flight from the Buckland
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Notes

  • This poem refers to the anti-Chinese riots in 1857 at Buckland Diggings in Victoria.
  • Author's note: 'Suggested by some Lines published in the London Times of 1812'.
  • Epigraph: 'Bootless is flight; they follow as with wings, / And weak are we, and cannot shun pursuit'. William Shakespeare. Henry VI, 2 - 3.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Southern Courier vol. 2 no. 73 26 July 1861 Z1740854 1861 newspaper issue 1861 pg. 2
    Note: Editor's note: from the Constitution July 1857.
Last amended 10 Nov 2010 13:32:59
Subjects:
  • Buckland, North East Victoria, Victoria,
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