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R. S. Byrnes R. S. Byrnes i(A6484 works by) (a.k.a. Robert S. Byrnes; Robert Steel Byrnes)
Born: Established: 6 Jun 1899 Goldsborough, Clunes - Maryborough - Dunolly area, Ballarat - Bendigo area, Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 16 Nov 1979 Brisbane, Queensland,
Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon The Light of Setting Suns : the collected poems of Robert Steel Byrnes R. S. Byrnes , Red Hill : Executors of the Estate of Robert S Byrnes , 1980 Z803144 1980 single work poetry
1 How Our Poets Can Find Customers - Use Language that People Can Understand R. S. Byrnes , 1967 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 16 September 1967; (p. 2)
1 Roundelay of a Square i "Time, take your soft recourse of age to hell,", R. S. Byrnes , 1961 single work poetry
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 21 no. 4 1961; (p. 36-38)
1 [Untitled] Val Vallis , R. S. Byrnes , 1959 extract biography
— Appears in: The Queensland Centenary Anthology 1959; (p. 302)
1 6 y separately published work icon The Queensland Centenary Anthology Val Vallis (editor), R. S. Byrnes (editor), London Melbourne : Longmans , 1959 Z334319 1959 anthology poetry short story criticism
1 y separately published work icon R. S. Byrnes Reading Poetry R. S. Byrnes , Hazel de Berg , Canberra : National Library of Australia , 1959 18409979 1959 single work poetry

'Byrnes reads three of his poems : "Looking south", "Railway Square" and "When I am old".' (Trove)
1 Untitled R. S. Byrnes , 1957 single work prose
— Appears in: Queensland Writing : 'Steele Rudd' Memorial Issue 1957; (p. 8)
1 Fiat Lux i "The witnessing hill which is climbed by a man's endeavour", R. S. Byrnes , 1957 single work poetry
— Appears in: Queensland Writing : 'Steele Rudd' Memorial Issue 1957; (p. 21-22)
1 The New University of Queensland - St Lucia R. S. Byrnes , 1954 single work poetry
— Appears in: Endeavour and Other Poems 1954; (p. 53)
1 Dawn on Grey St (William Jolly) Bridge R. S. Byrnes , 1954 single work poetry
— Appears in: Endeavour and Other Poems 1954; (p. 54)
1 Washing Day i "When 'Early' man went forth to hunt", R. S. Byrnes , 1954 single work poetry
— Appears in: Queensland Writing : The 1954 Anthology of the Queensland Authors and Artists Association (Fellowship of Australian Writers, Queensland Section) 1954; (p. 92)
1 City Pie i "Sing a song of cities", R. S. Byrnes , 1954 single work poetry
— Appears in: Queensland Writing : The 1954 Anthology of the Queensland Authors and Artists Association (Fellowship of Australian Writers, Queensland Section) 1954; (p. 88)
1 Completeness i "The dewdrop on the spider's web", R. S. Byrnes , 1954 single work poetry
— Appears in: Queensland Writing : The 1954 Anthology of the Queensland Authors and Artists Association (Fellowship of Australian Writers, Queensland Section) 1954; (p. 18)
1 3 y separately published work icon Endeavour and Other Poems R. S. Byrnes , Brisbane : Queensland Authors' and Artists' Association , 1954 Z803141 1954 selected work poetry
1 Battle's End i "So when the battle faltered, and we stood", R. S. Byrnes , 1946 single work poetry war literature
— Appears in: Jindyworobak Anthology, 1946 1946; (p. 22-23) The Queensland Centenary Anthology 1959; (p. 187)
1 For Peter (In Memory of Captain Peter Barclay of Sydney, Killed in Action) i "Often, old friend, I think of our first meeting,", R. S. Byrnes , 1944 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 5 January vol. 65 no. 3334 1944; (p. 12)
1 On Leaving Syria i "We left our dead where moving moonbeams stray", R. S. Byrnes , 1944 single work poetry war literature
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 12 January vol. 65 no. 3335 1944; (p. 13)
1 Syrian Damozel i "The laughing girls", R. S. Byrnes , 1943 single work poetry war literature
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 22 December vol. 64 no. 3332 1943; (p. 2) Poets at War : An Anthology of Verse by Australian Servicemen 1944; (p. 37)
1 Song Out of Syria i "Where Hiram felled his cedar-wood,", R. S. Byrnes , 1942 single work poetry war literature
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 18 March vol. 63 no. 3240 1942; (p. 13) Australian Poetry 1942 1942; (p. 53-54) Poets at War : An Anthology of Verse by Australian Servicemen 1944; (p. 38) Clubbing of the Gunfire : 101 Australian War Poems 1984; (p. 128)
1 When War is Done i "When war is done", R. S. Byrnes , 1942 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 8 April vol. 63 no. 3243 1942; (p. 13)
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