Freedom on the Wallaby single work   poetry   "Australia's a big country"
  • Author:agent Henry Lawson http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/lawson-henry
Issue Details: First known date: 1891... 1891 Freedom on the Wallaby
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Notes:
This version of the poem has five stanzas.
First line of verse: "Our fathers toiled for bitter bread"
Notes:
This version of the poem has three stanzas only.
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    y separately published work icon For Australia and Other Poems Henry Lawson , Melbourne : Standard Publishing , 1913 Z257188 1913 selected work poetry Melbourne : Standard Publishing , 1913 pg. 49-50
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    y separately published work icon 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 pg. 123-124
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    y separately published work icon Complete Book of Australian Folk Lore Bill Scott , Sydney : Ure Smith , 1976 Z206758 1976 anthology poetry short story prose Sydney : Ure Smith , 1976 pg. 353
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    y separately published work icon 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 pg. 64
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    y separately published work icon Australian Bush Poems Adelaide : Axiom , 1991 Z520625 1991 anthology poetry satire humour Adelaide : Axiom , 1991 pg. 8
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    y separately published work icon Australian Verse : An Oxford Anthology John Leonard (editor), Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1998 Z461207 1998 anthology poetry (taught in 1 units) 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 pg. 309
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    y separately published work icon Classic Australian Verse Maggie Pinkney (editor), Noble Park : Five Mile Press , 2001 Z864790 2001 anthology poetry Noble Park : Five Mile Press , 2001 pg. 118
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    y separately published work icon 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 pg. 363
First line of verse: "There's trouble in the back countree"
Notes:
This version of the poem has five stanzas.
Subjects:
  • Bush,
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    England,
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    c
    United Kingdom (UK),
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    Western Europe, Europe,
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    Australia,
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Settings:
  • Bush,
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