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1 Frying-Pan Muggins i "In days of yore (that is some years ago -", 'Nemo' (fl. 1848-1855) , 1855 single work poetry satire
— Appears in: The Moreton Bay Courier , 31 March 1855; (p. 4)
1 The Neglected Eden i "A wanderer from this sunny land came home to it again,", 'Nemo' (fl. 1848-1855) , 1852 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Moreton Bay Courier , 20 March 1852; (p. 3) Here the author returns to Brisbane after an absence to find the once thriving colony in economic decline, which they attribute to the flight of workers to the goldfields.
1 A Legend of King Arthur i "King Arthur went to foreign lands, where nobles did resort,", 'Nemo' (fl. 1848-1855) , 1851 single work poetry satire
— Appears in: The Moreton Bay Courier , 20 September 1851; (p. 3)
1 The Song of the Transportationist i "You may talk as you please of the joys of Jamaica,", 'Nemo' (fl. 1848-1855) , 1849 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Moreton Bay Courier , 15 December 1849; (p. 2) The Poet's Discovery : Nineteenth Century Australia in Verse 1990; (p. 194-195) The New Oxford Book of Australian Verse 1996; (p. 34-35) Poem critical of the social, economic and moral effects of transportation upon the Australian colonies. Includes a lengthy epigraph from Punch on the morally corrupting influences of slavery.
2 Death of Kennedy : The Survivor's Tale i "We sought the 'distant ship', -", 'Nemo' (fl. 1848-1855) , 1849 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Moreton Bay Courier , 24 March 1849; (p. 3) Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser , 20 April 1849; (p. 4)
— Appears in: The Australian Town and Country Journal , 10 September vol. 2 no. 36 1870; (p. 17)
1 Leichhardt i "Pale broke the light in the sky,", 'Nemo' (fl. 1848-1855) , 1848 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Moreton Bay Courier , 23 December 1848; (p. 3)
1 A Passage from Childe Snooks's Pilgrimage i "There was a sound of devilry by night,", 'Nemo' (fl. 1848-1855) , 1848 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Moreton Bay Courier , 21 October 1848; (p. 3)
1 Old Times in Brisbane i "Oh well and merry passed the time", 'Nemo' (fl. 1848-1855) , 1848 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Moreton Bay Courier , 30 September 1848; (p. 3) The Poet's Discovery : Nineteenth Century Australia in Verse 1990; (p. 190) On the economic down-turn which hit Brisbane, and the other Australian colonies, in the 1840s.
1 The Cabbage War i "Within the 'settled' districts a voice was heard of wailing,", 'Nemo' (fl. 1848-1855) , 1847 single work poetry humour
— Appears in: The Moreton Bay Courier , 28 August 1847; (p. 3) The Melbourne Argus , 21 September vol. 2 no. 141 1847; (p. 4) The Poet's Discovery : Nineteenth Century Australia in Verse 1990; (p. 188)

Humorous poem critical of legislation introduced by the British Colonial Secretary, which set the minimum price for crown land in the Australian colonies at one pound an acre. In Australia, critics argued that this minimum price was too high, and that it stopped many would-be settlers from acquiring farms, which in turn stifled the growth of agriculture. This poem presents a scenario in which an exasperated Crown Lands Commissioner is obliged to make tours of his district, removing illegal vegetable gardens from crown land.

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