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Issue Details: First known date: 1990... 1990 The Poet's Discovery : Nineteenth Century Australia in Verse
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Carlton, Parkville - Carlton area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,:Melbourne University Press , 1990 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
New South Wales The Land of Contrarieties The Land of Contradictionsi"There is a land in distant seas,", X. Y. Z. (fl. 1840) , single work poetry
A classic earlier 19th century representation of Australia as a land 'full of all contrarieties'.
 (p. 70)
Note: With title: 'The Land of Contradictions'
The Late Mr A. L. Gordon : In Memoriami"At rest! Hard by the margin of that sea", Henry Kendall , single work poetry (p. 71-72)
Note: With title: 'The Late Mr A.L. Gordon : In Memoriam'
El Mahdi to the Australian Troopsi"And wherefore have they come, this warlike band,", El Mahdi , single work poetry war literature (p. 72-73)
A Song of the Republici"Sons of the South, awake! arise!", Henry Lawson , single work poetry (p. 73-74)
A Dreami"Just as the grey dawning could faintly be seen,", Louisa Lawson , single work poetry (p. 74)
The Kangaroo Kangarooi"Kangaroo! Kangaroo!", Barron Field , single work poetry (p. 75-76)
On Visiting the Spot Where Captain Cook, and Sir Joseph Banks, First Landed in Botany Bayi"Here fix the tablet:-This must be the place", Barron Field , single work poetry (p. 77)
Australasia : A Poem Written for the Chancellor's Medal at the Cambridge Commencement, July, 1823i"Land of my birth! tho' now, alas! no more", William Charles Wentworth , single work poetry (p. 77-87)
The Creek of the Four Gravesi"I tell a Settler's tale of the old times,", Charles Harpur , single work poetry
A group of white men wander into the Australian wilderness in search of discovery. They marvel at the foreignness of the landscape before settling down to sleep at their camp. They are woken by an attack from a group of Indigenous Australians. Seeing his friends killed, Egremont flees into a creek and finds a cavity in the earth to hide in. His pursuers give up their hunt, unable to find him, and he escapes. 
 (p. 88-97)
To Charles Harpur : Author of a Series of Beautiful Poems in the 'Australasian Chronicle' To Charles Harpuri"Men first in Glory's race shall turn aside", Henry Parkes , single work poetry (p. 98)
Christmas 1867 What Songs Were Theyi"What songs were they the Sirens sung?", James L. Michael , single work poetry (p. 98-99)
Colonial Nomenclaturei"'Twas said of Greece two thousand years ago,", John Dunmore Lang , single work poetry satire
A satire on Governor Macquarie's propensity to name buildings and geographical landmarks after himself.
 (p. 99)
From the Clyde to Braidwoodi"A winter morn. The blue Clyde river winds", Australie , single work poetry (p. 100-103)
The Sydney International Exhibitioni"Now while Orion, flaming south, doth set", Henry Kendall , single work poetry (p. 104-110)
To North Head - Sydney Harbouri"Above thy crest, the shimmering sea-bird screams,", Philip J. Holdsworth , single work poetry (p. 111)
Found Deadi"TO-DAY the trooper returned; in his officer's hands he placed", Thomas William Heney , single work poetry (p. 112)
A Land of Darknessi"`A land of darkness, with no hope of light;", Christopher Brennan , single work poetry (p. 113)
Farewell, the Pleasant Harbouragei"Farewell, the pleasant harbourage of Faith,", Christopher Brennan , single work poetry (p. 113)
Hymn to the Southern Crossi"You arch sidereal hypocrite!", Ironbark , single work poetry (p. 114-115)
New Australiai"We told you so! - as each fresh cablegram", William Main , single work poetry (p. 116)
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