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According to Colin Roderick, the poem was inspired by shearing disputes in Western Queensland and written for William Lane, at this time editor of the Brisbane Worker. Several versions of the poem exist.

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Notes:

This version of the poem has five stanzas.

Appears in:

y The Worker 16 May 1891 Z662208 1891 newspaper issue 1891
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1891
)
pg. 8
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y The Worker 29 September 1894 Z617558 1894 newspaper issue 1894
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1894
)
Appears in:

y Freedom on the Wallaby : Poems of the Australian People Marjorie Pizer (editor), Sydney : Pinchgut Press , 1953 Z58626 1953 anthology poetry Sydney : Pinchgut Press , 1953
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1953
)
pg. 66
Appears in:

y Songs from Lawson Henry Lawson , John Meredith (editor), Woolloomooloo : Bush Music Club , 1957 Z172253 1957 selected work poetry Abstract Musical settings for twelve Lawson poems issued to commemorate the 90th anniversary of his birth. Poems are set to both traditional tunes and new music by various composers. Woolloomooloo : Bush Music Club , 1957
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1957
)
pg. 10-11
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y The Penguin Australian Song Book J. S. Manifold , Ringwood : Penguin , 1964 Z406059 1964 anthology poetry Ringwood : Penguin , 1964
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1964
)
pg. 166-167
Note: With musical score.
Appears in:

y The Essential Henry Lawson : The Best Works of Australia's Greatest Writer Henry Lawson , Brian Kiernan (editor), South Yarra : Currey O'Neil , 1982 Z368836 1982 selected work poetry short story criticism biography South Yarra : Currey O'Neil , 1982
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1982
)
pg. 69-70
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y A Camp-Fire Yarn : Henry Lawson Complete Works 1885-1900 Henry Lawson , Leonard Cronin (editor), Sydney : Lansdowne , 1984 Z378657 1984 selected work poetry short story autobiography prose criticism drama biography Sydney : Lansdowne , 1984
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1984
)
pg. 146
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y The Penguin Book of Australian Ballads [1993] Elizabeth Webby (editor), Philip Butterss (editor), Ringwood : Penguin , 1993 Z136407 1993 anthology poetry humour satire Ringwood : Penguin , 1993
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1993
)
pg. 200-201
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y Waltzing Matilda and Other Nursery Rhymes : History Behind the Humour Richard Magoffin , Kynuna : Matilda Expo , 1998 Z1277192 1998 selected work poetry criticism Kynuna : Matilda Expo , 1998
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1998
)
pg. 71
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y Our Country : Classic Australian Poetry : From the Colonial Ballads to Paterson & Lawson Michael Cook (editor), Seven Hills : Little Hills Press , 2004 Z1266972 2004 anthology poetry Seven Hills : Little Hills Press , 2004
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2004
)
pg. 155-156
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y 60 Classic Australian Poems for Children Chris Cheng (editor), Sydney : Random House Australia , 2009 Z1656747 2009 anthology poetry children's Abstract
'The 60 poems in this collection appear in their original, or near original, form and are wide-ranging in their subject matter: animals, the countryside, the struggle of bush life, early transport, sport, growing old, being young and having fun with words! But whether they are humorous, serious or playful, they are simply a joy to read!

No matter if we grew up reciting these classic poems at school, quote from them on important occasions or are meeting them for the first time, there is no doubt that these classic poems embody what it is to be Australian.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
Sydney : Random House Australia , 2009
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2009
)

First line of verse: "Our fathers toiled for bitter bread"

Notes:

This version of the poem has three stanzas only.

Appears in:

y For Australia and Other Poems Henry Lawson , Melbourne : Standard Publishing , 1913 Z257188 1913 selected work poetry Melbourne : Standard Publishing , 1913
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1913
)
pg. 49-50
Appears in:

y Henry Lawson : Collected Verse : Vol.I 1885-1900 Henry Lawson , Colin Roderick (editor), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1967 Z387697 1967 selected work poetry Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1967
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1967
)
pg. 123-124
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y Complete Book of Australian Folk Lore Bill Scott , Sydney : Ure Smith , 1976 Z206758 1976 anthology poetry short story prose Sydney : Ure Smith , 1976
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1976
)
pg. 353
Appears in:

y A Treasury of Bush Verse G. A. Wilkes (editor), North Ryde : Angus and Robertson , 1991 Z61919 1991 anthology poetry humour North Ryde : Angus and Robertson , 1991
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1991
)
pg. 64
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y Australian Bush Poems Adelaide : Axiom , 1991 Z520625 1991 anthology poetry satire humour Adelaide : Axiom , 1991
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1991
)
pg. 8
Appears in:

y Australian Verse : An Oxford Anthology John Leonard (editor), Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1998 Z461207 1998 anthology poetry (taught in 1 units) Abstract A thorough survey of poetry by Australians in English, beginning with a selection of contemporary work by younger poets, and going backward in time to the early colonial period. In addition to poems in the literary tradition, it indudes performance poetry, convict songs and old bush ballads. An extensive selection has been provided from the work of five major twentieth-century poets: Les Murray, Gwen Harwood, Judith Wright, A.D. Hope and Kenneth Slessor. Several features are provided to assist the reader: the date of first publication of each poem is provided; footnotes explain unfamiliar words and allusions; and brief biographical notes assist in locating each poet in his or her place in time. Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1998
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1998
)
pg. 309
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y Classic Australian Verse Maggie Pinkney (editor), Noble Park : Five Mile Press , 2001 Z864790 2001 anthology poetry Noble Park : Five Mile Press , 2001
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2001
)
pg. 118
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y The Puncher & Wattmann Anthology of Australian Poetry John Leonard (editor), Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2009 Z1674214 2009 anthology poetry (taught in 16 units) Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2009
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2009
)
pg. 363

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Swagman, Squatters and Troopers Richard Magoffin , 1973 single work prose
— Appears in: Fair Dinkum Matilda 1973; (p. 74 - 86)

Some Notes on the Literature of the Shearers' Strikes of 1891 and 1894 Clement Semmler , 1969 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Quarterly , vol. 41 no. 4 1969; (p. 75-87) The Art of Brian James and Other Essays on Australian Literature 1972; (p. 135-150)

Lawson : Labor's Laureate. The Australian Gorky Robert Rives Lamonte , 1903 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Comrade (US) , June vol. 2 no. 9 1903; (p. 199-200)

Swagman, Squatters and Troopers Richard Magoffin , 1973 single work prose
— Appears in: Fair Dinkum Matilda 1973; (p. 74 - 86)

Lawson : Labor's Laureate. The Australian Gorky Robert Rives Lamonte , 1903 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Comrade (US) , June vol. 2 no. 9 1903; (p. 199-200)

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