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Sydney single work   poetry   "WHEN first Brittania on this sea-girt shore,"
Issue Details: First known date: 1837... 1837 Sydney
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'Describes Britannia's arrival, then lists the explorers, hopes that in any future war Australians will be as humane as they are heroic, and contrasts present town with earlier wilds' (Webby).

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First known date: 1837
Serialised by: Sydney Times 1834 newspaper (139 issues)
Notes:
Serialised in the Sydney Times in four instalments between 27 May and 17 June 1837. Instalments subtitled: 'A Portion of a Manuscript Poem'.
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