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The Upper Yarra - Its Clubs, Boats, and Boat-Builders single work   prose  
Issue Details: First known date: 1868... 1868 The Upper Yarra - Its Clubs, Boats, and Boat-Builders
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After a few years' absence from Melbourne, 'Aquarius' renews 'an acquaintance of many years' standing with the sporting readers of Victoria'. His reflections on the Yarra River and its regattas include regular poetry quotations (e.g. from William Cowper's 'The Sofa' and William Shakespeare's The Tempest).

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    y separately published work icon The Australasian vol. 4 no. 104 (New Series) 28 March 1868 7839392 1868 newspaper issue 1868 pg. 396
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The Upper Yarra - From Richmond Punt to Hawthorn Bridge 'Aquarius' (fl. 1868) , 1868 single work prose
— Appears in: The Australasian , 4 April vol. 4 no. 105 (New Series) 1868; (p. 428)

Aquarius's reflections on the Yarra River and its rowing regattas include several poetry quotations (e.g. from William Cullen Bryant's 'Autumn Woods' and William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice).
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Subjects:
  • Yarra River, Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria,
  • 1868
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