On Visiting the Spot Where Captain Cook, and Sir Joseph Banks, First Landed in Botany Bay

On Visiting the Spot Where Captain Cook, and Sir Joseph Banks, First Landed in Botany Bay single work poetry "Here fix the tablet:-This must be the place"

Alternative title: Sonnet : On Visiting the Spot Where Captain Cook, and Sir Joseph Banks, First Landed in Botany Bay; A Sydney Sonnet; Sonnet

Author:agent Barron Field

Issue Details: First known date: 1822... 1822 On Visiting the Spot Where Captain Cook, and Sir Joseph Banks, First Landed in Botany Bay

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'Reprinted in the 1823 edition of Field's First Fruits of Australian Poetry' - Webby

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Appears in:

y Sydney Gazette, and New South Wales Advertiser vol. 20 no. 957 22 March 1822 Z614718 1822 newspaper issue 1822
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1822
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pg. 2
Note: Unattributed
Appears in:

y First Fruits of Australian Poetry Barron Field , Sydney : George Howe , 1819 Z824535 1819 selected work poetry Sydney : R. Howe , 1823
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1823
)
Appears in:

y Geographical Memoirs on New South Wales Barron Field (editor), London : John Murray , 1825 Z1890035 1825 anthology prose poetry diary travel London : John Murray , 1825
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1825
)
pg. 497-498
Appears in:

y The Sydney Morning Herald 29 April 1863 Z1683877 1863 newspaper issue 1863
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1863
)
pg. 5
Appears in:

y A Century of Australian Song Douglas Sladen (editor), London : Walter Scott Publishers , 1888 Z475202 1888 anthology poetry London : Walter Scott Publishers , 1888
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1888
)
pg. 155
Note: With title: Sonnet
Appears in:

y The Australian Town and Country Journal vol. 39 no. 994 26 January 1889 Z643116 1889 newspaper issue 1889
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1889
)
pg. 28
Note: Variant title appears in The Australian Town and Country Journal
Appears in:

y First Fruits of Australian Poetry Barron Field , Sydney : George Howe , 1819 Z824535 1819 selected work poetry Sydney : Barn on the Hill Press , 1941
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1941
)
pg. 17
Appears in:

y An Anthology of Australian Verse George Mackaness (editor), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1952 6472657 1952 anthology poetry Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1952
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1952
)
pg. 88
Appears in:

y Poetry Australia Captain Cook Bi-Centenary Issue. no. 33 April Leonie Kramer (editor), 1970 Z649166 1970 periodical issue 1970
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1970
)
pg. 8
Note: At foot of poem: 1823
Appears in:

y Australian Verse from 1805 : A Continuum Geoffrey Dutton (editor), Adelaide : Rigby , 1976 Z399014 1976 anthology Adelaide : Rigby , 1976
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1976
)
pg. 25
Appears in:

y The Poet's Discovery : Nineteenth Century Australia in Verse Richard Douglas Jordan (editor), Peter Pierce (editor), Carlton : Melbourne University Press , 1990 Z299524 1990 anthology poetry biography Carlton : Melbourne University Press , 1990
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1990
)
pg. 77
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. 395
Appears in:

y An Anthology of Australian Poetry to 1920 John Kinsella (editor), Nedlands : University of Western Australia Library , 2007 Z1908582 2007 anthology poetry column prose Nedlands : University of Western Australia Library , 2007
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2007
)
pg. 50
Appears in:

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. 442