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Australian Fables : No. 2 : The Honey Sucker and the Bee
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"Where Wolloomooloo water laves"
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First known date:
1845...
1845
Australian Fables : No. 2 : The Honey Sucker and the Bee
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'Bee told not to envy honey-sucker.' (Webby)
Notes
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The spelling of 'Wolloomooloo' in the first line of the poem is correct as per the published source. The name of the Sydney suburb of Woolloomooloo is derived from Wolloomooloo Farm, the name of the homestead built by Sydney commissary John Palmer.
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Subjects:
- Woolloomooloo, Kings Cross area, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,
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