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The Pioneers single work   poetry   "The shadows fall on the woodlands"
Issue Details: First known date: 1910... 1910 The Pioneers
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  • Editor's note: We have been asked to publish the following, which figured among 'Recitation from Australian Authors' at the Kalgoorlie Eisteddfod, the reciter being Mr. W. T. Eddy, of Coolgardie. It is doubtful whether it ever saw print, but we are informed it took first prize at an A.N.A. competition in Melbourne about twenty years ago [c. 1880]. The author was one Neil or Neal, a Nhill farmer:-

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Note: This poem was published by The Sun (Kalgoorlie) on 30 October 1910, stating that the author was Neil or Neal. Subsequently, A. G. Stephens, q.v., wrote to the newspaper pointing out that its creator was in fact John Neilson, q.v., and that the poem had been awarded first prize at Melbourne's A.N.A. Fete in 1893 for a work on the subject, 'The Pioneers.' Stephens also stated that John Neilson had subsequently revised the piece and the lines as printed by the Kalgoorlie newspaper on 30 October 1910 had contained several errors. Stephens said he was sending the revised poem with John Neilson's permission, and the newspaper printed this amended version on 4 December 1910.
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Sun (Kalgoorlie) 30 October 1910 Z1520939 1910 newspaper issue 1910
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Sun (Kalgoorlie) 4 December 1910 Z1593640 1910 newspaper issue 1910
    Note: With first line: The shadows fell on the woodland, the
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