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A Bush Christmas single work   poetry   "The sun burns hotly thro' the gums"
  • Author:agent C. J. Dennis http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/dennis-c-j-clarence-james
Issue Details: First known date: 1931... 1931 A Bush Christmas
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    y separately published work icon The Herald no. 17038 24 December 1931 16445975 1931 newspaper issue 1931 pg. 4
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y separately published work icon A Bush Christmas C. J. Dennis , Dee Huxley (illustrator), Fitzroy : Black Dog Books , 2008 Z1517166 2008 single work picture book children's

'It’s Christmas in the bush and there’s not a sign of snow in sight. The kitchen has heated up nicely with enough roasted turkey and plum pudding to help diners burst at the seams.

'It’s Christmas in the bush and the sun burns hotly through the gums. Down the road old Rogan comes for a bite of tucker and a beer. Mum’s in the kitchen cooking up a turkey and plum pudding. C.J. Dennis’s A Bush Christmas, with its wry satire and affection for all things Australian, is as fresh today as when it was written. Award-winning artist Dee Huxley brings it to life with her whimsical illustrations.' (Publication summary)
[From] A Bush Christmas i "The sun burns hotly thro' the gums", C. J. Dennis , 2019 extract poetry (A Bush Christmas)
— Appears in: This is Home : Essential Australian Poems for Children 2019; (p. 22-23)
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