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The Old Whim Horse single work poetry "He's an old grey horse, with his head bowed sadly,"

Author:agent Edward Dyson

Issue Details: First known date: 1892... 1892 The Old Whim Horse

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y The Bulletin vol. 12 no. 650 30 July 1892 Z605203 1892 periodical issue 1892
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1892
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pg. 7
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y Rhymes from the Mines and Other Lines Rhymes from the Mines Edward Dyson , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1896 Z99672 1896 selected work poetry Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1896
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1896
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pg. 19-22
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y An Anthology of Australian Verse Bertram Stevens (editor), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1907 Z407025 1907 anthology poetry Abstract A selection of published and previously unpublished verse 'representative of the best short poems written by Australians or inspired by Australian scenery and conditions of life, - "Australian" in this connection being used to include New Zealand.' (Introduction, p. vii) Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1907
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1907
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pg. 219-222
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y The Golden Treasury of Australian Verse Bertram Stevens (editor), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1909 Z59189 1909 anthology poetry humour Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1909
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1909
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pg. 229-232
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y School Paper for Classes V and VI no. 124 November 1909 Z1634440 1909 periodical issue 1909
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1909
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pg. [145]-146
Note: Extract of poem beginning 'In that whim he worked when the night winds bellowed' with two (unattributed) photographs: 'Edward Dyson' and 'A Whim'.
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y The School Paper for Grades VII and VIII no. 255 March 1921 Z1661787 1921 periodical issue children's 1921
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1921
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pg. [17]-19
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y Victorian Readers : Seventh Book Melbourne : Victoria Education Department , 1930 Z1427642 1930 anthology poetry children's fiction extract prose drama essay Melbourne : Victoria Education Department , 1930
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1930
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pg. 69-71
Note: Illustration: 'He feels the strain on his untouched shoulder' by John Rowell (q.v.).
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y Victorian Readers : Seventh Book Melbourne : Victoria Education Department , 1930 Z1427642 1930 anthology poetry children's fiction extract prose drama essay Melbourne : Victoria Education Department , 1940
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1940
)
pg. 147-149
Note: Illustration: 'He feels the strain on his untouched shoulder' by John Rowell (q.v.).
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y Favourite Australian Poems Ian Mudie (editor), Adelaide : Rigby , 1963 Z337064 1963 anthology poetry humour Adelaide : Rigby , 1963
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1963
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pg. 158-160
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y This Land : An Anthology of Australian Poetry for Young People M. M. Flynn (editor), J. Groom (editor), Rushcutters Bay : Pergamon Press , 1968 Z1377506 1968 anthology poetry children's Abstract A collection of poems which cover a period of Australian history from the Dreamtime to World War Two. Poems about native animals and the Australian landscape and culture are also included. Rushcutters Bay : Pergamon Press , 1968
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1968
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pg. 62-63
Appears in:

y Rhymes from the Mines and Other Lines Rhymes from the Mines Edward Dyson , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1896 Z99672 1896 selected work poetry North Sydney : Jack Pollard , 1973
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1973
)
pg. 19-22
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y The Collins Book of Australian Poetry Rodney Hall , Sydney : Collins , 1981 Z542215 1981 anthology poetry Sydney : Collins , 1981
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1981
)
pg. 73-75
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y The Illustrated Treasury of Australian Verse Beatrice Davis , Melbourne : Nelson , 1984 Z315151 1984 anthology poetry biography Melbourne : Nelson , 1984
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1984
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pg. 51-53
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y New Dimension June 1987 Z1396733 1987 periodical issue 1987
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1987
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pg. 9
Note: Some textual variations.
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y A Collection of Australian Bush Verse Castle Hill : Peter Antill-Rose , 1989 Z91384 1989 anthology poetry Castle Hill : Peter Antill-Rose , 1989
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1989
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pg. 78
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y The Illustrated Treasury of Australian Verse Beatrice Davis , Melbourne : Nelson , 1984 Z315151 1984 anthology poetry biography Sydney : State Library of New South Wales Press , 1996
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1996
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pg. 51-53
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y Classic Australian Verse Maggie Pinkney (editor), Noble Park : Five Mile Press , 2001 Z864790 2001 anthology poetry Noble Park : Five Mile Press , 2001
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2001
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pg. 223-226
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y Two Centuries of Australian Poetry Kathrine Bell (editor), Smithfield : Gary Allen , 2007 Z1472336 2007 anthology poetry Smithfield : Gary Allen , 2007
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2007
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pg. 76-78
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y 100 Australian Poems You Need to Know Jamie Grant (editor), Prahran : Hardie Grant Books , 2008 Z1545298 2008 anthology poetry Prahran : Hardie Grant Books , 2008
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2008
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pg. 60-61

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Literature for Young Australians Country Ped , 1922 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 16 March vol. 43 no. 2196 1922; (p. 25)

A Yarn of the Early Days "Tell you a bushman's story, and spin it right out in rhyme,", John Drayman , 1896 single work poetry
— Appears in: Clipper , 26 September 1896; (p. 2)

Literature for Young Australians Country Ped , 1922 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 16 March vol. 43 no. 2196 1922; (p. 25)

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