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Issue Details: First known date: 1955... 1955 Australian Bush Ballads
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  • Author's Preface: The purpose of this anthology is to preserve and present in the compact array of a single volume from the Australian bush ballads of the nineties. ... (vii-xxi).

Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1955 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
In the Futurei"Of what will the bush bards sing in time,", Francis William Ophel , single work poetry (p. 24)
The Mystery Man, Nettie Palmer , single work poetry (p. 48-49)
The Death of Halligani"Ho, men pile up the firewood", William Anderson Forbes , single work poetry (p. 56)
The Days of '84i"Let's go back on to the Roper, where they say they've struck the stuff,", Randolph Bedford , single work poetry (p. 84-85)
Corney's Huti"Old Corney built in Deadman's Gap", Anonymous , single work poetry (p. 132-135)
A Rhyme of the Westi"What is there left from the pioneers,", Prospect Good , single work poetry (p. 135-136)
The Devil on the Rock, G. M. Smith , single work poetry (p. 147)
Who's Riding Old Harlequin Now?i"They are mustering cattle on Brigalow Vale,", Breaker Morant , single work poetry (p. 178-179)
Bucked off Its Brandi"Take my word! he could buck, could Brown Baron;", R. A. F. , single work poetry (p. 187-188)
McCarthy's Brew : A Gulf Country Yarni"The teams of Black McCarthy crawled adown the Norman road,", George Essex Evans , single work poetry humour (p. 223-224)
Beyond His Jurisdictioni"It was a Western manager, and a language-man was he,", Breaker Morant , single work poetry humour (p. 233)
The Watchersi"All things were old in that grim, grey land,", Ernest Favenc , single work poetry
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* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Lloyd O'Neil , 1971 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Death of Morgani"Throughout Australian history no tongue or pen can tell", Anonymous , single work poetry (p. 34-35)
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Looking Beyond the Bowyangs: A Critique of Australian Ballad Anthologies Keith McKenry , 1997 single work criticism
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 147 1997; (p. 25-30)
Bush Balladists Norman Lindsay , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: Norman Lindsay on Art, Life and Literature 1990; (p. 159-166)
— Review of Australian Bush Ballads 1955 anthology poetry
y separately published work icon Riding the Elephant Nancy Keesing , Sydney : Allen and Unwin , 1988 Z387947 1988 single work autobiography
Powell's Revenge Bill Aplin , 1980 single work short story
— Appears in: Out in the Great North West 1980; (p. 5) Aplin recounts the story of a settler speared by Aborigines, and the subsequent investigation into the incident.
Untitled Henry W. Wells , 1977 single work review
— Appears in: Literary Half-Yearly , vol. 17 no. 1977; (p. 218-234)
— Review of Australian Bush Ballads 1955 anthology poetry
Untitled Manning Clark , 1955 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 14 no. 4 1955; (p. 571-572)
— Review of Australian Bush Ballads 1955 anthology poetry
Untitled J. G. M. , 1955 single work review
— Appears in: Advocate: A Weekly Catholic Journal , 24 November 1955; (p. 12)
— Review of Australian Bush Ballads 1955 anthology poetry
Bush Ballads Russel Ward , 1955 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 5 1955; (p. 30)
— Review of Australian Bush Ballads 1955 anthology poetry
Bush Balladists Norman Lindsay , 1955 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 12 October vol. 76 no. 3948 1955; (p. 2)
— Review of Australian Bush Ballads 1955 anthology poetry
Collecting Our Bush Songs Edgar Waters , 1955 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 6 1955-1956; (p. 23-25)
— Review of Australian Bush Ballads 1955 anthology poetry
Powell's Revenge Bill Aplin , 1980 single work short story
— Appears in: Out in the Great North West 1980; (p. 5) Aplin recounts the story of a settler speared by Aborigines, and the subsequent investigation into the incident.
Australian Bush Ballads Douglas Stewart , 1954 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 5 May vol. 75 no. 3873 1954; (p. 2,34-35)
The Men Who Wrote the Bush Ballads W. E. FitzHenry , 1955 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 28 September vol. 76 no. 3946 1955; (p. 25,30)
y separately published work icon Riding the Elephant Nancy Keesing , Sydney : Allen and Unwin , 1988 Z387947 1988 single work autobiography
Missing Balladists Douglas Stewart , 1953 single work column
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 9 September vol. 74 no. 3839 1953; (p. 2)
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