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Issue Details: First known date: 1995... 1995 Poems from the Bush
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Booval, Booval - Bundamba area, Ipswich area, South East Queensland, Queensland,:Cec Fisher , 1995 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Meeting of Animalsi"A meeting in the bush all animals were there", Cec Fisher , single work poetry (p. 23)
Wondering Howi"I sat alone thinking, out there wondering how we came to be", Cec Fisher , single work poetry (p. 24)
Magpie Countryi"He sits on the leafy bough surveying his area from east to west", Cec Fisher , single work poetry (p. 25)
Haunting Min Min Lighti"Out on the western plains I seen it in the night", Cec Fisher , single work poetry (p. 26)
Hard Timesi"Took this cattle pup to the bush long tail blue with black spots", Cec Fisher , single work poetry (p. 27-28)
Black Ringeri"His land taken away, tribal people gone", Cec Fisher , single work poetry (p. 29)
Branding Timei"Head stockman said tomorrow we go bush", Cec Fisher , single work poetry (p. 30)
Goose Neck Spursi"An Afghan Hawker came around our way", Cec Fisher , single work poetry (p. 31)
Young Thingsi"I like to look at young things that grow on this earth", Cec Fisher , single work poetry (p. 32)
Horsesi"I've seen a lot of horse in my days no two horses are the same", Cec Fisher , single work poetry (p. 33)
Lamb Markingi"Ewes with lambs at feet most over three months old", Cec Fisher , single work poetry (p. 34)
The Bottle Tree Hill Wandoin Drought 1951i"Dick and I on Bottle Tree Hill 1951", Cec Fisher , single work poetry (p. 35-36)
Rainforest Firei"A strange smell late at night drifting on the breeze", Cec Fisher , single work poetry (p. 37)
Birds of Colouri"At the beginning of time when only day and night", Cec Fisher , single work poetry (p. 38)
Cattle Stationi"At seventeen I went to work on a cattle station in the outback my first job", Cec Fisher , single work poetry (p. 39-41)
Emptying A Cattle Dipi"Sitting around in old Emerald town out of work looking for a job", Cec Fisher , single work poetry (p. 42-43)
Haunted Housei"They say the house is haunted sitting along up there", Cec Fisher , single work poetry (p. 44)
Human Rightsi"The world is changing new policies day to day", Cec Fisher , single work poetry (p. 45)
The Dentisti"Today I have to see the dentist aching tooth kept me awake", Cec Fisher , single work poetry (p. 46)
The Wood Stovei"After years of living in an old tin shack", Cec Fisher , single work poetry (p. 47)
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