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The Convict's Arrival single work poetry "I am a native of the land of Erin, and lately banished from that lovely shore;"

Author:agent Francis MacNamara

Issue Details: First known date: 1899... 1899 The Convict's Arrival

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First known date: 1899

Notes:

The 'Bradshaw' version, first published in The Quirindi Bank Robbery, Maitland: T. Dimmock, 1899.

Appears in:

y The Quirindi Bank Robbery Jack Bradshaw , Maitland : T. Dimmock , 1899 Z1200905 1899 single work autobiography Maitland : T. Dimmock , 1899
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1899
)
Appears in:

y Highway Robbery under Arms Without Shedding Blood, and Twenty Years of Prison Life in the Gaols of New South Wales Jack Bradshaw , Sydney : Jack Bradshaw , 1920-1930 Z1200925 1920-1930 selected work poetry autobiography Sydney : Jack Bradshaw , 1920-1930
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1920-1930
)
pg. 181-182
Appears in:

y Highway Robbery Under Arms : Sticking up of the Quirindi Bank, and, A Full Account of Thunderbolt Jack Bradshaw , Sydney : Jack Bradshaw , 1924-1930 Z1200958 1924-1930 selected work autobiography prose Sydney : Jack Bradshaw , 1924-1930
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1924-1930
)
pg. 7
Note: In this source the poem appears within the Highway Robbery narrative.
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y Highway Robbery under Arms Without Shedding Blood, and Twenty Years of Prison Life in the Gaols of New South Wales Jack Bradshaw , Sydney : Jack Bradshaw , 1920-1930 Z1200925 1920-1930 selected work poetry autobiography Sydney : 'The Worker' Trustees , 1930
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1930
)
pg. 166-167
Appears in:

y The Turning Wave : Poems and Songs of Irish Australia Colleen Burke (editor), Vincent Woods (editor), Armidale : Kardoorair Press , 2001 Z929605 2001 anthology poetry Armidale : Kardoorair Press , 2001
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2001
)
pg. 2-3
Note: First lines omitted in this source. The poem begins with the line 'In transient storms as I set sailing'.
Appears in:

y Hell and After : Four Early English-Language Poets of Australia Les Murray (editor), Manchester Petersham : Carcanet ETT Imprint , 2005 Z1219692 2005 anthology poetry prose Manchester Petersham : Carcanet ETT Imprint , 2005
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2005
)
pg. 3-4
Appears in:

y Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature Nicholas Jose (editor), Kerryn Goldsworthy (editor), Anita Heiss /specialistDatasets/BlackWords (editor), David McCooey (editor), Peter Minter /specialistDatasets/BlackWords (editor), Nicole Moore (editor), Elizabeth Webby (editor), Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2009 Z1590615 2009 anthology correspondence diary drama essay extract poetry prose short story (taught in 23 units) Abstract
'Some of the best, most significant writing produced in Australia over more than two centuries is gathered in this landmark anthology. Covering all genres - from fiction, poetry and drama to diaries, letters, essays and speeches - the anthology maps the development of one of the great literatures in English in all its energy and variety.
'The writing reflects the diverse experiences of Australians in their encounter with their extraordinary environment and with themselves. This is literature of struggle, conflict and creative survival. It is literature of lives lived at the extremes, of frontiers between cultures, of new dimensions of experience, where imagination expands.
'This rich, informative and entertaining collection charts the formation of an Australian voice that draws inventively on Indigenous words, migrant speech and slang, with a cheeky, subversive humour always to the fore. For the first time, Aboriginal writings are interleaved with other English-language writings throughout - from Bennelong's 1796 letter to the contemporary flowering of Indigenous fiction and poetry - setting up an exchange that reveals Australian history in stark new ways.
'From vivid settler accounts to haunting gothic tales, from raw protest to feisty urban satire and playful literary experiment, from passionate love poetry to moving memoir, the Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature reflects the creative eloquence of a society.
'Chosen by a team of expert editors, who have provided illuminating essays about their selections, and with more than 500 works from over 300 authors, it is an authoritative survey and a rich world of reading to be enjoyed.' (Publisher's blurb)
Allen and Unwin have a YouTube channel with a number of useful videos on the Anthology.
Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2009
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2009
)
pg. 89-91
Note: With title: Moreton Bay. Attributed to 'Anonymous'.

Alternative title: The Convict's Lament

Notes:

Version from manuscript found by collector James R. Scott in Queensland in 1916.

Appears in:

y Australian Bush Songs and Ballads Will Lawson (editor), Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1944 Z331491 1944 anthology poetry Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1944
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1944
)
pg. 98-100
Appears in:

y Frank the Poet : The Life and Works of Francis MacNamara Francis MacNamara , John Meredith (editor), Rex Whalan (editor), Ascot Vale : Red Rooster Press , 1979 Z50146 1979 selected work criticism poetry biography Abstract The first collection of poems by Frank MacNamara, this work is divided into two parts - part one dealing with the poet's life and part two with his works, accompanied by detailed critical notes. Ascot Vale : Red Rooster Press , 1979
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1979
)
pg. 35

Alternative title: The Convict's Lament on the Death of Captain Logan

Notes:

The James R. Scott version shortened and with further alteration.

Appears in:

y True Patriots All : Or, News from Early Australia as Told in a Collection of Broadsides Geoffrey C. Ingleton (editor), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1952 Z130184 1952 anthology poetry prose correspondence Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1952
(
1952
)
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y From the Ballads to Brennan T. Inglis Moore (editor), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1964 Z407973 1964 anthology poetry Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1964
(
1964
)
pg. 5-6
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y Old Bush Songs and Rhymes of Colonial Times Douglas Stewart (editor), Nancy Keesing (editor), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1957 Z389570 1957 anthology poetry Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1976
(
1976
)
pg. 24-25
Note: Attributed to 'Anonymous'.
Appears in:

y Our Country : Classic Australian Poetry : From the Colonial Ballads to Paterson & Lawson Michael Cook (editor), Seven Hills : Little Hills Press , 2004 Z1266972 2004 anthology poetry Seven Hills : Little Hills Press , 2004
(
2004
)
pg. 53-54
Note: Attributed to 'Anonymous'.

Alternative title: Moreton Bay

Appears in:

y Colonial Ballads Hugh Anderson , Ronald G. Edwards (illustrator), Ferntree Gully : Rams Skull Press , 1955 Z943064 1955 anthology poetry Abstract A selection of more than eighty Australian ballads, with music and narrative. The 2nd edition contains an index of song titles, a bibliography, an index and the following sections: (I) Street Ballads and the Bush; (II) Singers and Songs of the Goldfields; (II) "The Songs They Used to Sing"; (IV) Stringybark and Greenhide; (V) On the Far Barcoo; (VI) The Balladists; (VII) Folksong in Australia. London Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1962
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1962
)
pg. 10-11
Note: Attributed to 'Anonymous'.
Appears in:

y My Country : Australian Poetry and Short Stories, Two Hundred Years Leonie Kramer (editor), Sydney : Lansdowne , 1985 Z219820 1985 anthology poetry short story Sydney : Lansdowne , 1985
(
1985
)
pg. 20-21
Note: With title: A Convict's Lament on the Death of Captain Logan. Attributed to 'Anonymous'.
Appears in:

y The Penguin Book of Australian Ballads [1993] Elizabeth Webby (editor), Philip Butterss (editor), Ringwood : Penguin , 1993 Z136407 1993 anthology poetry humour satire Ringwood : Penguin , 1993
(
1993
)
pg. 63-64
Appears in:

y The Penguin Book of 19th Century Australian Literature Michael Ackland (editor), Ringwood : Penguin , 1993 Z203182 1993 anthology short story poetry extract prose criticism biography humour satire crime Ringwood : Penguin , 1993
(
1993
)
pg. 89-90
Appears in:

y Australian Poetry Since 1788 Geoffrey Lehmann (editor), Robert Gray (editor), Sydney : University of New South Wales Press , 2011 Z1803846 2011 anthology poetry (taught in 1 units) Abstract 'A good poem is one that the world can’t forget or is delighted to rediscover. This landmark anthology of Australian poetry, edited by two of Australia’s foremost poets, Geoffrey Lehmann and Robert Gray, contains such poems. It is the first of its kind for Australia and promises to become a classic. Included here are Australia’s major poets, and lesser-known but equally affecting ones, and all manifestations of Australian poetry since 1788, from concrete poems to prose poems, from the cerebral to the naïve, from the humorous to the confessional, and from formal to free verse. Translations of some striking Aboriginal song poems are one of the high points. Containing over 1000 poems from 170 Australian poets, as well as short critical biographies, this careful reevaluation of Australian poetry makes this a superb book that can be read and enjoyed over a lifetime.' (From the publisher's website.) Sydney : University of New South Wales Press , 2011
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2011
)
pg. 10-11
Note: With title: A Convict's Lament on the Death of Captain Logan.

Subjects:

Patrick Logan

Moreton Bay, Brisbane - South East, Brisbane, Queensland,

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