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Joseph Gordon Joseph Gordon i(A79586 works by) (a.k.a. J. Gordon)
Also writes as: B. B.
Born: Established: ca. 1795 Aberdeenshire,
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Scotland,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ; Died: Ceased: 15 Mar 1881 Dundee,
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Scotland,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1842
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1 y separately published work icon The Emigrant Barque : With some Traits of Australian Life and Character, in Verse and Prose Joseph Gordon , Edinburgh : McLachlan and Stewart , 1871 Z1083373 1871 selected work poetry diary correspondence
1 Sydney i "Oh knows't thou the city that sits by the shore,", Joseph Gordon , 1861 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Empire , 14 August 1861; (p. 8) Botany Bay and Other Poems 1861;
1 1 y separately published work icon Botany Bay and Other Poems Joseph Gordon , London : Arthur Hall, Virtue and Co. , 1861 Z1170504 1861 selected work poetry
2 A Pretty Little Song, for 'Pretty Little Joe' i "Who says Australian birds can't sing,", B. B. , 1849 single work poetry
— Appears in: Botany Bay and Other Poems 1861; The Empire , 14 August 1861; (p. 8)
— Appears in: The Bathurst Advocate , 18 August vol. 2 no. 33 1849; (p. 4) The Penguin Book of Australian Ballads [1993] 1993; (p. 107-108) 'Attacks the claim that Australian birds can't sing' (Webby).
1 Song : Tune - 'Roy's Wife' Wollongong and Illawarra i "Wollongong and Illawarra,", Joseph Gordon , 1849 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bathurst Advocate , 28 July vol. 2 no. 30 1849; (p. 4) The Overlander Songbook 1971; (p. 269) Old Bush Songs and Rhymes of Colonial Times 1976; (p. 190-191) 'Praise of Wollongong and Illawarra and their inhabitants' (Webby).
1 The Free Church of Scotland (from Botany Bay) Joseph Gordon , 1845 extract poetry
— Appears in: The Atlas , 27 December vol. 1 no. 57 1845; (p. 677) Geelong Advertiser and Squatters' Advocate , 10 January vol. 6 no. 533 1846; (p. 8)
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