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In the Desert single work poetry "A cloudless sky o'erhead, and all around"

Author:agent Dramingo

Issue Details: First known date: 1879... 1879 In the Desert

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A poem about the timelessness and the otherworldliness of the Australian outback, tinged with a sense of dread

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Epigraph: These verses were written during a late exploring expedition, and are copied from the note-book of one of the members of the party.
In signature: Dramingo. Creswell Creek, N.T. South Australia, November 25, 1878.

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y The Queenslander 3 May 1879 Z659088 1879 newspaper issue 1879
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1879
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pg. 553
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y Voices of the Desert Ernest Favenc , London : Elliot Stock , 1905 Z176808 1905 selected work poetry Abstract A collection of poetry about the mysteries of the desert and its strange and "mystic" spirit. London : Elliot Stock , 1905
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1905
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pg. 1-2
Note: Neither epigraph nor signature are printed.
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y A Book of Queensland Verse J. J. Stable , A. E. M. Kirwood , Brisbane : Queensland Book Depot , 1924 Z545108 1924 anthology poetry Brisbane : Queensland Book Depot , 1924
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1924
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pg. 14-15
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y Bards in the Wilderness : Australian Colonial Poetry to 1920 Adrian Mitchell (editor), Brian Elliott (editor), Melbourne : Nelson , 1970 Z429552 1970 anthology poetry Melbourne : Nelson , 1970
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1970
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pg. 134-135
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y The Poet's Discovery : Nineteenth Century Australia in Verse Richard Douglas Jordan (editor), Peter Pierce (editor), Carlton : Melbourne University Press , 1990 Z299524 1990 anthology poetry biography Carlton : Melbourne University Press , 1990
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1990
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pg. 196-197
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y An Anthology of Australian Poetry to 1920 John Kinsella (editor), Nedlands : University of Western Australia Library , 2007 Z1908582 2007 anthology poetry column prose Nedlands : University of Western Australia Library , 2007
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2007
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pg. 355-356

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