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* Contents derived from the 1857 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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Australian Sketches : No. 1 - My Village,
single work
prose
(p. 55-56)A descriptive account of an Australian village. The writer begins: 'My Village is as unlike Miss Mitford's as an Australian and antipodean village ought to be. It has neither a common, nor a cage, nor a church, nor a cricket ground; neither a pound, nor a parsonage, nor a poor-house (Heaven be thanked)...'
- The Brooki"I come from haunts of cock and hen", single work poetry (p. 56)
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Parliamentary Oratoryi"Godman sings, Blair squeaks",
single work
poetry
(p. 57)The poet matches twenty-two Victorian politicians with the sounds that emanate from their mouths.
- An Underhand Rusei"Duffy abuses ministers so well,", single work poetry (p. 57)
- Illegal Restrainti"Aspinal, with his satire, lashed members so well,", single work poetry (p. 57)
- The Whispering of the Wirei"I hear the whisp'ring of the wire,-", single work poetry (p. 57)
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