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John Dunmore Lang John Dunmore Lang i(A8742 works by)
Also writes as: J. D. L. ; Rev. Dr. Lang ; 'Germanicus'
Born: Established: 25 Aug 1799 Greenock,
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Scotland,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,
; Died: Ceased: 8 Aug 1878 Sydney, New South Wales,
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1823
Heritage: Scottish
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1 Sadoean Ballad No. 3 i "A troop of worthless vagabonds", John Dunmore Lang , 2007 single work poetry
— Appears in: An Anthology of Australian Poetry to 1920 2007; (p. 68-69)
1 From : Colonial Nomenclature i "'Twas said of Greece two thousand years ago,", John Dunmore Lang , 2007 extract poetry (Colonial Nomenclature)
— Appears in: An Anthology of Australian Poetry to 1920 2007; (p. 66-67) Antipodes : Poetic Responses 2011; (p. 14)
1 Verses i "And thou art gone, my brother,", John Dunmore Lang , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Library 2004-;
1 Verses i "O fare thee well, my brother,", John Dunmore Lang , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Library 2004-;
1 The Widow of Nain i "Slowly and sad a funeral-train", John Dunmore Lang , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Library 2004-;
1 1 y separately published work icon Our First Republicans : John Dunmore Lang, Charles Harpur, Daniel Henry Deniehy : Selected Writings, 1840-1860 Daniel Henry Deniehy , John Dunmore Lang , Charles Harpur , David Headon (editor), Elizabeth Perkins (editor), Leichhardt : Federation Press , 1998 Z817716 1998 selected work prose
1 [Untitled] (from The Coming Event) John Dunmore Lang , 1989 single work prose extract
— Appears in: Colonial Voices : Letters, Diaries, Journalism and Other Accounts of Nineteenth-Century Australia 1989; (p. 419-421)
1 y separately published work icon Reminiscences of My Life and Times Both in Church and State in Australia for Upwards of Fifty Years John Dunmore Lang , Melbourne : Heinemann , 1972 Z1176913 1972 single work autobiography
1 Judge Field a Poet, and 'Botany Bay Flowers' i "'Tis strange to live a year or two in Sydney", John Dunmore Lang , 1970 single work poetry
— Appears in: Bards in the Wilderness : Australian Colonial Poetry to 1920 1970; (p. 30)
1 Sonnet : On the Conflagration of the Forest Around Sydney November 25th, 1826 i "Fearful I stood on the moss-covered rock", John Dunmore Lang , 1970 single work poetry
— Appears in: Bards in the Wilderness : Australian Colonial Poetry to 1920 1970; (p. 32) My Country : Australian Poetry and Short Stories, Two Hundred Years 1985; (p. 17) An Anthology of Australian Poetry to 1920 2007; (p. 69)
1 Colonization John Dunmore Lang , 1959 single work prose
— Appears in: The Queensland Centenary Anthology 1959; (p. 9-10)
2 Colonial Nomenclature i "'Twas said of Greece two thousand years ago,", John Dunmore Lang , 1953 extract poetry (Colonial Nomenclature)
— Appears in: Freedom on the Wallaby : Poems of the Australian People 1953; (p. 26-27) My Country : Australian Poetry and Short Stories, Two Hundred Years 1985; (p. 18) Australian Verse : An Oxford Anthology 1998; (p. 389-390)
1 1 y separately published work icon John Dunmore Lang : Chiefly Autobiographical 1799 to 1878 : Cleric, Writer, Traveller, Statesman, Pioneer of Democracy in Australia : An Assembling of Contemporary Documents John Dunmore Lang , Melbourne : Jedgarm Publications , 1951 Z1222684 1951 selected work autobiography
1 3 y separately published work icon Poems : Sacred and Secular : Written Chiefly at Sea, within the Last Half-Century John Dunmore Lang , Sydney : William Maddock , 1873 Z170016 1873 selected work poetry
1 A Squall at Sea i "Now o'er the deep wind blows fresh and free,", John Dunmore Lang , 1873 single work poetry humour
— Appears in: The Australian Town and Country Journal , 6 December vol. 8 no. 205 1873; (p. 722) Poems : Sacred and Secular : Written Chiefly at Sea, within the Last Half-Century 1873; (p. 136-137) Little Book of Weather 2011; (p. 4)
1 Sonnet Written on Board the Medway, off Hobart Town i "O I could gaze the live-long summer-day", John Dunmore Lang , 1873 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poems : Sacred and Secular : Written Chiefly at Sea, within the Last Half-Century 1873; Bards in the Wilderness : Australian Colonial Poetry to 1920 1970; (p. 31) Effects of Light : The Poetry of Tasmania 1985; (p. 8) The Poet's Discovery : Nineteenth Century Australia in Verse 1990; (p. 154) Sunlines : An Anthology of Poetry to Celebrate Australia's Harmony in Diversity 2002; (p. 5)
1 The Recent Crisis John Dunmore Lang , 1868 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Empire , 28 December no. 5335 1868; (p. 3)

John Dunmore Lang gives an account of his behaviour 'during the recent Parliamentary crisis'.

1 The Rev. Dr. Lang and the Sydney Morning Herald John Dunmore Lang , 1868 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Empire , 17 October no. 5275 1868; (p. 5)

Dr Lang seeks to disabuse the public of ideas (perpetrated by the Sydney Morning Herald) about his voting behaviour and his involvement in the change of personnel in the New South Wales government.

1 Notes of a Journey to Mudgee and Dubbo John Dunmore Lang , 1868 single work prose travel
— Appears in: The Empire , 22 June no. 5176 1868; (p. 3)
1 Untitled i "I hate your Goulburn towns and Goulburn plains,", John Dunmore Lang , 1866 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Empire , 5 June 1866; (p. 5)
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