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Edward Cureton Tomkins Edward Cureton Tomkins i(A44214 works by) (a.k.a. E. C. Tomkins)
Also writes as: Jackey Know Nothing
Born: Established: 23 Apr 1860 Lutterworth, Leicestershire,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ; Died: Ceased: 7 Jun 1931 North Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Rockhampton - Yeppoon area, Maryborough - Rockhampton area, Queensland,
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1877
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1 The High Road to Ruin i "The world's co-operation on the universal plan,", Edward Cureton Tomkins , 1894 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Worker , 29 September 1894; (p. 3)
1 y separately published work icon Droving Experiences i "A party from Rockhampton town", Jackey Know Nothing , Rockhampton : Bulletin Machine Printing Office , 1890 Z1446619 1890 single work poetry

Denis Cryle (158) comments: 'By the turbulent 1890s, bush ballads and regional writing echoed conflicts in the central Queensland pastoral industry. The pamphlet Droving Experiences, published by the Morning Bulletin for E. G. Tomkins, reflects the changing relations between masters and men. In his long poem based on a droving trip from Rockhampton, the author records characters and conditions, including a successful strike by the drovers for higher wages. Without resorting to the industrial warfare that erupted a year later ('I do not blame employers here'), it anticipates a period in which Henry Lawson's underdog sentiments appear more immediate than the playfulness of Paterson.'

(Denis Cryle '(Re)Writing Traditions: The Bush Ethos in Central Queensland Writing', By the Book: A Literary History of Queensland ed. Patrick Buckridge and Belinda Mckay (2007): 158).
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