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The Guard of the Northern Strait : A Song of Queensland
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"Bold Torres, the sailor, came and went,"
Alternative title:
Song of the Torres Strait's Islands;
A Song of Thursday Island and the Prince of Wales Group;
Song of the Torres Strait Islands
Issue Details:
First known date:
1898...
1898
The Guard of the Northern Strait : A Song of Queensland
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Notes
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Favenc wrote at least three slightly different versions of this work. All share the same opening five verses (some 40 lines), apart from one or two minor alterations. However there are significant differences in the subsequent verses. In addition, The Queenslander version contains only six verses, whereas The Australian Town & Country Journal version, and the version in Voices of the Desert both have eight. The version that appeared in Ingamells' anthology consists of the first five verses, and was taken from Voices of the Desert.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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Subjects:
- Thursday Island, Torres Strait Islands, Queensland,
- Prince of Wales Island, Torres Strait Islands, Queensland,
- Torres Strait Islands, Queensland,
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