A Commentary, Written Currente Calamo, on the Rev. C. P. N. Wilton's Prize Poem, Published in the Australian Almanack, for the Current Year 1831 single work   poetry   "Hail to the learned Cantab of St John's,"
Composed: Sydney, New South Wales,
Issue Details: First known date: 1831... 1831 A Commentary, Written Currente Calamo, on the Rev. C. P. N. Wilton's Prize Poem, Published in the Australian Almanack, for the Current Year 1831
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'Wilton's poem was pro-Darling; this,of course, is very anti the Governor. Claims Wilton's verses lacked poetry and truth but were given the prize on their subject matter alone. [The second stanza] begins "Hail Australasia! Britain's bulkiest daughter!"' (Webby)

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    y separately published work icon The Sydney Monitor vol. 6 no. 340 8 January 1831 Z1604331 1831 newspaper issue 1831 pg. 3
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