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Farewell to My Home in Greta single work poetry "Farewell to my home in Greta"

Alternative title: Farewell to My Home in Greta : A Ballad of Ned Kelly; Farewell to Greta : A Ballad of Ned Kelly; Ned Kelly's Farewell to Greta

Issue Details: First known date: 1964... 1964 Farewell to My Home in Greta

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Editor's note by Stewart and Keesing: Is said to have been sung aroung 1879. Purports to be a dialogue between Ned Kelly and his sister Kate.
Slight textual variation between versions.

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Appears in:

y The Penguin Australian Song Book J. S. Manifold , Ringwood : Penguin , 1964 Z406059 1964 anthology poetry Ringwood : Penguin , 1964
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1964
)
pg. 66-67
Note: With musical score. Title: Ned Kelly's Farewell to Greta.
Appears in:

y Old Bush Songs and Rhymes of Colonial Times Douglas Stewart (editor), Nancy Keesing (editor), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1957 Z389570 1957 anthology poetry Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1976
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1976
)
pg. 48-49
Appears in:

y Classic Australian Verse Maggie Pinkney (editor), Noble Park : Five Mile Press , 2001 Z864790 2001 anthology poetry Noble Park : Five Mile Press , 2001
(
2001
)
pg. 194-195
Note: With title: Farewell to My Home in Greta : A Ballad of Ned Kelly.
Appears in:

y Classic Australian Verse Maggie Pinkney (editor), Noble Park : Five Mile Press , 2001 Z864790 2001 anthology poetry Noble Park : Five Mile Press , 2001
(
2001
)
pg. 194-195
Note: With title: Farewell to Greta : A Ballad of Ned Kelly
Appears in:

y The Turning Wave : Poems and Songs of Irish Australia Colleen Burke (editor), Vincent Woods (editor), Armidale : Kardoorair Press , 2001 Z929605 2001 anthology poetry Armidale : Kardoorair Press , 2001
(
2001
)
pg. 78-79

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Last amended 5 Dec 2009 11:22:19

Subjects:

Ned Kelly

Gippsland, Victoria,
Bogong, Mount Beauty area, Myrtleford - Bright - Mount Beauty area, North East Victoria, Victoria,

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