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Dead in the Shoot single work   poetry   "It was daylight at the mines, yet all was still as stone above,"
  • Author:agent Victor J. Daley http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/daley-victor-j
Issue Details: First known date: 1882... 1882 Dead in the Shoot
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Victor wrote this poem in response to the Creswick mining disaster of 1882. It was his first ballad, a poetic form he rarely attempted.

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The Creswick Mining Disaster and Victor Daley's 'Dead in the Shoot' Frank Molloy , 1999 single work criticism
— Appears in: Margin , November no. 49 1999; (p. 19-23)
The Creswick Mining Disaster and Victor Daley's 'Dead in the Shoot' Frank Molloy , 1999 single work criticism
— Appears in: Margin , November no. 49 1999; (p. 19-23)
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