A 'Grievance' Fifty Miles Long single work   poetry   satire   "Full fifty miles of hill and dale"
Is part of Squatter Songs Charles Harpur , 1845 sequence poetry
  • Author:agent Charles Harpur http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/harpur-charles
Issue Details: First known date: 1845... 1845 A 'Grievance' Fifty Miles Long
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  • Number four in the 'Squatter Songs' series.

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Alternative title: Squatter Song : A 'Grievance' Fifty Miles Long
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Weekly Register of Politics, Facts and General Literature vol. 4 no. 93 3 May 1845 Z618138 1845 newspaper issue 1845 pg. 208
    Note: Author unattributed in this source.
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Port Phillip Patriot and Morning Advertiser 16 May 1845 Z1671356 1845 newspaper issue 1845 pg. 4
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur Charles Harpur , Elizabeth Perkins (editor), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1984 Z459555 1984 selected work poetry satire 'This collection represents one version of almost every poem written by Charles Harpur, with the omission of some translations and paraphrases. The verse drama, "Stalwart the Bushranger", and the fragments of the dramatic poem "King Saul" are not included. ... The collection is edited from Harpur's manuscript poems held in the Mitchell Library, Sydney, and from printed copies in colonial newspapers when no manuscript version existed.' (Preface) Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1984 pg. 94-95
    Note: With title: Squatter Song : A 'Grievance' Fifty Miles Long
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