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The Proclamation Tree single work   poetry   "'Long years ago, in that Gum-tree's shade,"
Issue Details: First known date: 1888... 1888 The Proclamation Tree
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Notes

  • Author's note: [The colony of South Australia was proclaimed on December 28th, 1836, by Capt. Hindmarsh, R.N. -the first Governor - under the shadow of a gum-tree. Of the identity of this tree there appears to be some doubt.]

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