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The Guard of the Northern Strait : A Song of Queensland single work   poetry   "Bold Torres, the sailor, came and went,"
Alternative title: Song of the Torres Strait's Islands; A Song of Thursday Island and the Prince of Wales Group; Song of the Torres Strait Islands
Issue Details: First known date: 1898... 1898 The Guard of the Northern Strait : A Song of Queensland
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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Queenslander 13 August 1898 Z1290084 1898 newspaper issue 1898 pg. 305 Section: Literature, Original Poetry
    Note: Here titled 'The Guard of the Northern Strait : A Song of Queensland'
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon A Book of Australian Verse for Boys and Girls Bertram Stevens (editor), London : Angus and Robertson , 1915 Z117940 1915 anthology poetry children's London : Angus and Robertson , 1915 pg. 254-6
    Note: Here titled 'Song of the Torres Strait Islands'
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon 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 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 pg. 15-16
    Note: Here titled 'Song of the Torres Strait Islands'
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Voices of the Desert Ernest Favenc , London : Elliot Stock , 1905 Z176808 1905 selected work poetry A collection of poetry about the mysteries of the desert and its strange and "mystic" spirit.  London : Elliot Stock , 1905 pg. 36-8
    Note: Here titled 'Song of the Torres Strait's Islands'
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon School Paper for Classes V and VI : Empire Day Number no. 118 May 1909 Z1627409 1909 periodical issue 1909 pg. 61-62
    Note:

    Five verses only. With (unattributed) illustration: 'Sept 1606- The Ships of Torres in the Strait Named After Him'.
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon New Song in an Old Land Rex Ingamells (editor), London : Longmans, Green , 1943 Z132802 1943 anthology poetry London : Longmans, Green , 1943 pg. 4-5
    Note: Here titled 'Song of the Torres Straits Islands' (no apostrophe)
Subjects:
  • Thursday Island, Torres Strait Islands, Queensland,
  • Prince of Wales Island, Torres Strait Islands, Queensland,
  • Torres Strait Islands, Queensland,
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