AustLit
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The Bulletin
vol.
11
no.
608
10 October
1891
Z592211
1891
periodical issue
1891
pg.
18
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Where the Dead Men Lie, and Other Poems
Alfred George Stephens
(editor),
Sydney
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Angus and Robertson
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1897
Z866614
1897
selected work
poetry
Sydney
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Angus and Robertson
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1897
pg.
29-34
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Barcroft Henry Boake
Hugh Capel
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Wanniassa
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Hugh Capel
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2002-
Z947979
2002-
website
Features 21 full text poems, some biographical material and family photographs.
Wanniassa
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Hugh Capel
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2002-
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Where the Dead Men Lie : The Story of Barcroft Boake, Bush Poet of the Monaro : 1866-1892
Charnwood
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Ginninderra Press
,
2002
Z947998
2002
single work
biography
Includes sections on historical facts and locations, reprints of Boake letters and a selection of poems by Boake, pp. 184-228.
Charnwood
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Ginninderra Press
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2002
pg.
205-208
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Barcroft Boake: Collected Works, Edited, with a Life
W. F. Refshauge
(editor),
Melbourne
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Australian Scholarly Publishing
,
2007
Z1433606
2007
collected work
poetry
'The 1890s produced an extraordinary outpouring of distinctively Australian writing. The most famous writers now are Banjo Paterson and Henry Lawson, but others were as well known in their day. Among the half-forgotten poets is Barcroft Boake, who as a young man from Sydney found a job up country, and fell in love with the bush way of life. From Western Queensland in summer to Adaminaby in winter, he lived that life, and it sustains his writing. His wrote about what he found: very real people, often people he knew, and their successes and disasters. But he was also a casualty of the hard times of the early 'nineties. In the grip of depression, aged just twenty-six, he killed himself. His best-known work is the ballad 'Where the Dead Men Lie', an Australian classic. He wrote many others as attractive but less well known. Here, they are all carefully edited, and the extensive notes include background on the events and characters in the poems.' (Publisher's blurb)
Melbourne
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Australian Scholarly Publishing
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2007
pg.
66-71; notes 253-254
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The Best Australian Yarns : And Other True Stories
Crows Nest
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Allen and Unwin
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2013
6695586
2013
selected work
prose
'Best Australian Yarns is a substantial and definitive collection of factual and fanciful Aussie stories, humour and anecdotes–the result of decades of researching popular Aussie culture and history and yarning to mates and other colourful characters from all parts of Australia and all walks of life.
'This collection includes tall stories from the bush, reminiscences from the racetrack and shearing shed, railway yarns, stories from the world of show business, Aboriginal legends and humour, digger yarns from both world wars, ghost stories, monsters, bunyips and yowies... and many things you never knew about our amazing history and the characters who made it–the pioneers, heroes, convicts, bushrangers, eccentrics and brave and forgotten men and women whose fascinating lives and achievements created the Aussie spirit that we all love.
'While the stories range from poignant to hilarious, many simply describe unusual coincidences, strange occurrences or simple everyday humorous events with a refreshing understatement that vividly evokes a vanishing Australia where looking for a good laugh was a key component of a cheekier national character and a simpler lifestyle.' (Publisher's blurb)
Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2013 pg. 123
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