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Issue Details: First known date: 1918... 1918 Britain, Mother of Nations
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Written on the occasion of the opening of the first Australian Federal Parliament, this poem recognises the efforts of colonial explorers and settlers who suffered, in the name of the British Empire, at a time when the decay of the Empire is threatened by federalism.

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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The School Paper for Grades VII and VIII no. 223 May 1918 Z1581687 1918 periodical issue children's 1918 pg. 59
    Note: Editor's note: 'The poem was written on the occasion of the opening of Federal Parliament in Melbourne, 8th May, 1901.'
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Subjects:
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    England,
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    United Kingdom (UK),
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    Western Europe, Europe,
  • Desert,
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