The Two Graves single work   poetry   "On her bold northern coast, where the Isle of the West"
Issue Details: First known date: 1865... 1865 The Two Graves
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Notes

  • Epigraph: 'Cut off from the land that bore us / Deceived by the land we find / The brightest are gone before us / And left but blanks behind!' - De Warrien
  • Author's note: 'Mulla Villa, N.S.W., March 24, 1865.'

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Empire 15 April 1865 Z1807893 1865 newspaper issue 1865 pg. 5
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Eliza Hamilton Dunlop : Writing from the Colonial Frontier Anna Johnston (editor), Elizabeth Webby (editor), Sydney : Sydney University Press , 2021 21649381 2021 anthology criticism poetry

    'Eliza Hamilton Dunlop (1796–1880) arrived in Sydney in 1838 and became almost immediately notorious for her poem “The Aboriginal Mother,” written in response to the infamous Myall Creek massacre. She published more poetry in colonial newspapers during her lifetime, but for the century following her death her work was largely neglected. In recent years, however, critical interest in Dunlop has increased, in Australia and internationally and in a range of fields, including literary studies; settler, postcolonial and imperial studies; and Indigenous studies.

    'This stimulating collection of essays by leading scholars considers Dunlop's work from a range of perspectives and includes a new selection of her poetry.'

    Source: Publisher's blurb.

         Sydney : Sydney University Press , 2021
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Works about this Work

Eliza Hamilton Dunlop — The Irish Australian Poet Who Shone a Light on Colonial Violence Anna Johnston , 2021 single work biography
— Appears in: The Conversation , 17 June 2021;

'Eliza Hamilton Dunlop’s poem The Aboriginal Mother was published in The Australian on December 13, 1838, five days before seven men were hanged for their part in the Myall Creek massacre.' (Introduction)
Eliza Hamilton Dunlop — The Irish Australian Poet Who Shone a Light on Colonial Violence Anna Johnston , 2021 single work biography
— Appears in: The Conversation , 17 June 2021;

'Eliza Hamilton Dunlop’s poem The Aboriginal Mother was published in The Australian on December 13, 1838, five days before seven men were hanged for their part in the Myall Creek massacre.' (Introduction)
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