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Issue Details: First known date: 2001... 2001 Classic Australian Verse
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Noble Park, Dandenong area, Melbourne South East, Melbourne, Victoria,:Five Mile Press , 2001 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Camp Firei"Reclining near his golden fire,", James Hebblethwaite , single work poetry (p. 49)
Note: Erroneously attributed to Barcroft Boake in this source.
Clancy of the Overflowi"I had written him a letter which I had, for want of better", A. B. Paterson , single work poetry (p. 50-52)
The Blue Mountainsi"Above the ashes straight and tall,", Henry Lawson , single work poetry (p. 52-53)
Echoes of Wheels and Singing Lashesi"Echoes of wheels and singing lashes", Furnley Maurice , single work poetry (p. 53-54)
The Women of the Westi"They left the vine-wreathed cottage and the mansion on the hill,", George Essex Evans , single work poetry (p. 55-56)
Hay and Hell and Booligali""You come and see me, boys," he said;", A. B. Paterson , single work poetry (p. 57-58)
Bullocky Billi"As I came down Talbingo Hill", single work poetry humour (p. 59)
The Song of Australiai"There is a land where summer skies", Caroline Carleton , Carl Linger (composer), single work lyric/song (p. 60-61)
Bill Browni"I met Bill Brown on the Prospect Track", Edward S. Sorenson , single work poetry (p. 61-63)
My Countryi"The love of field and coppice,", Dorothea Mackellar , single work poetry (p. 63-64)
The Digger's Songi"Scrape the bottom of the hole: gather up the stuff!", Barcroft Boake , single work poetry (p. 65-66)
Australia's On the Wallabyi"Our fathers came to search for gold,", single work poetry (p. 66-67)
The Roaring Daysi"The night too quickly passes,", Henry Lawson , single work poetry (p. 67-70)
At the Melting of the Snowi"There's a sunny southern land,", A. B. Paterson , single work poetry (p. 71)
A Bush Girli"She's milking in the rain and dark,", Henry Lawson , single work poetry (p. 72-73)
The Travelleri"As I rode into Burrumbeet,", C. J. Dennis , single work poetry humour (p. 74-75)
Where the Dead Men Liei"Out on the wastes of the Never Never-", Barcroft Boake , single work poetry
A poem about the many man - settlers - who perished in the Australian outback, with allusions to the landscape itself as a possible cause of these deaths. 
 (p. 75-77)
The Shearersi"No church-bell rings them from the Track,", Henry Lawson , single work poetry (p. 78-79)
Condamine Bellsi"By a forge near a hut on the Condamine River,", Jack Sorensen , single work poetry (p. 80)
Country Fellowsi"When country fellows come to town,", C. J. Dennis , single work poetry (p. 81)
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