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A Death in the Bush single work poetry "The hut was built of bark and shrunken slabs"

Author:agent Henry Kendall http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/kendall-henry

Issue Details: First known date: 1868... 1868 A Death in the Bush

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y Williams's Illustrated Australian Annual Illustrated Australian Annual for Christmas and the New Year 1868 Z1768118 1868 periodical issue 1868
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1868
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pg. 41-45
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y Leaves from Australian Forests Henry Kendall , Melbourne : George Robertson , 1869 Z241095 1869 selected work poetry Melbourne : George Robertson , 1869
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1869
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pg. 48-57
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y The Mount Barker Courier and Onkaparinga and Gumeracha Advertiser vol. 3 no. 121 26 January 1883 10522222 1883 newspaper issue 1883
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1883
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pg. 4
Note: Part I: only the first half of the poem was published. The second part was contained in the following edition of the paper on 2 February 1883.
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y The Mount Barker Courier and Onkaparinga and Gumeracha Advertiser vol. 3 no. 122 2 February 1883 10522245 1883 newspaper issue 1883
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1883
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pg. 4
Note: Part II: only the second half of the poem was published. The first part was contained in the previous edition of the paper on 26 January 1883.
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y Selected Poems of Henry Kendall Henry Kendall , T. Inglis Moore (editor), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1957 Z407547 1957 selected work poetry Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1957
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1957
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pg. 99-104
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y The Poetical Works of Henry Kendall Henry Kendall , Thomas Thornton Reed (editor), Adelaide : Libraries Board of South Australia , 1966 Z571473 1966 selected work poetry Abstract This critical edition includes 90 previously uncollected poems and collates manuscripts of the poems and their appearances in periodicals and newspapers during the poet's life-time. There are copious biographical and critical notes, indexes and a bibliography. Adelaide : Libraries Board of South Australia , 1966
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1966
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pg. 84-89
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y Selected Poems of Henry Kendall Henry Kendall , T. Inglis Moore (editor), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1957 Z407547 1957 selected work poetry Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1988
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1988
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pg. 99-104
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y The Penguin Book of 19th Century Australian Literature Michael Ackland (editor), Ringwood : Penguin , 1993 Z203182 1993 anthology short story poetry extract prose criticism biography humour satire crime Ringwood : Penguin , 1993
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1993
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pg. 37-42
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y Henry Kendall : Poetry, Prose and Selected Correspondence Henry Kendall , Michael Ackland (editor), St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1993 Z85494 1993 selected work prose poetry correspondence St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1993
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1993
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pg. 32-38
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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
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pg. 337-342
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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
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pg. 174-179
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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
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pg. 393-398

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y Henry Kendall : The Man and the Myths Michael Ackland , Carlton : Miegunyah Press , 1995 Z396499 1995 single work biography

Towards "The Shadow": Henry Kendall and the Mid-Century Crisis of Faith Michael Ackland , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , September vol. 35 no. 3 1990; (p. 71-78) Henry Kendall : The Muse of Australia 1992; (p. 275-288)

y Henry Kendall : The Man and the Myths Michael Ackland , Carlton : Miegunyah Press , 1995 Z396499 1995 single work biography

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