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Issue Details:
First known date:
1881...
vol.
23
no.
590
30 April
1881
of
The Australian Town and Country Journal
est. 1870
The Australian Town and Country Journal
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* Contents derived from the 1881 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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New South Wales
The Land of Contrarieties
The Land of Contradictionsi"There is a land in distant seas,",
single work
poetry
A classic earlier 19th century representation of Australia as a land 'full of all contrarieties'.Note: With title: 'The Land of Contrarieties'. This version was sent in by a contributor, who stated: 'In my copy, however, which is anonymous, and is to be found in Payne's Select Poetry, I do not find the lines 'Where every servant gets his place/By character of foul disgrace.'
- Song of the Soweri"The farmer stood at his open door,", single work poetry (p. 845)
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