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Author's note: 'Many of these scraps were originally contributed to The Town and Country Journal, Sydney Punch, The Illustrated Sydney News, and other Australian newspapers and magazines.'
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Sydney,
New South Wales,:John Sands
, 1878 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- A Night-Jari"Once upon a midnight dreary, as I staggered - somewhat beery -", single work poetry humour (p. 1-8)
- Lines by a (Pawn)Broken-Hearted Youthi"Oh! take back the ticket thou gavest,", single work poetry humour (p. 9-16)
- The Ancient Shepherdi"The setting sun's departing beam", single work poetry (p. 17-34)
- Where is Freedom?i"Oh! Mother, say, for I long to know,", single work poetry (p. 36-40)
- The Free-Selector's Daughteri"Up in Queensland, boys, it's hotter", single work poetry (p. 42-53)
- The Cattle Musteri"The song goes round, we yarn and chaff,", single work poetry (p. 55-61)
- A Wail O'er a Whale-Mani"Bill Blubber was a whale-man tight,", single work poetry (p. 62-70)
- Christmas in Australiai"Pile up the logs, for Christmas keen", single work poetry (p. 71-77)
- What an Echo Told the Authori"Our land hath peace, prosperity, and rhino,", single work poetry (p. 78-82)
- Shepherd's Vengeancei"The squatter kings of New South Wales -", single work poetry (p. 84-101)
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Social Evils,
single work
prose
humour
(p. 102-106)Ironbark comments on certain behaviours which he terms social evils.
- Moral Philosophy For Little Folksi"Little grains of rhubarb,", single work poetry (p. 107-109)
- An Ambitious Dreami"I walked about in Wynyard Square", single work poetry (p. 111-120)
- Supernatural Revelations of a Fancy-Goods Man, or, The Diabolical Demon of the Deadly Draini"There lived in Parramatta Street", single work poetry (p. 121-136)
- Christmas : By a New Chumi"What means that merry clanging chime", single work poetry (p. 137-140)
- The Cataracti"I stood by the trunk of a giant box", single work poetry (p. 141-142)
- The Stockman's Gravei"Tom the Stockman's gone - he'll never", single work poetry (p. 143-144)
- Epitaph on a Convivial Sheareri"Here Thompson lies - good worthy man -", single work poetry (p. 145-146)
- A Candidate for an Early Gravei"What makes me wear my boots so tight,", single work poetry (p. 147-166)
- A Peeler's Appeal Against the Helmet of Modern Timesi"I was a peeler of a kind", single work poetry (p. 168-175)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Southerly Busters
1878
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Mail , 28 December vol. 26 no. 965 1878; (p. 1008)
— Review of Southerly Busters 1878 selected work poetry prose '"Ironbark" is the nom de plume of a Sydney litterateur who has contributed to the local Press from time to time humorous poems of considerable merit.'
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Southerly Busters
1878
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Mail , 28 December vol. 26 no. 965 1878; (p. 1008)
— Review of Southerly Busters 1878 selected work poetry prose '"Ironbark" is the nom de plume of a Sydney litterateur who has contributed to the local Press from time to time humorous poems of considerable merit.'
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