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Songs of the Squatters single work poetry "The Commissioner bet me a pony - I won,"

Alternative title: The Commissioner; The Woes of a Squatter

Is part of Songs of the Squatters Robert Lowe , 1885 sequence poetry (number 2 in series)

Author:agent Robert Lowe

Issue Details: First known date: 1845... 1845 Songs of the Squatters

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Alternative title: Song of the Squatters

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Minor title variations appear in texts.

Appears in:

y The Atlas vol. 1 no. 13 22 February 1845 Z1569408 1845 newspaper issue 1845
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1845
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pg. 149
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y Port Phillip Patriot and Melbourne Advertiser 5 March 1845 Z1569416 1845 newspaper issue 1845
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1845
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pg. 3
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y Port Phillip Herald 6 March 1845 Z1569420 1845 newspaper issue 1845
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1845
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pg. 4
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y Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser 15 March 1845 Z1569422 1845 newspaper issue 1845
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1845
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pg. 4
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y Geelong Advertiser vol. 5 no. 295 5 March 1845 Z1569424 1845 newspaper issue 1845
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1845
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pg. 3
Note: With title: Song of the Squatters
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y Poems of a Life Lord Sherbrooke , London : Kegan Paul, Trench , 1884 Z1239560 1884 selected work poetry London : Kegan Paul, Trench , 1885
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1885
)
pg. 103-105
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y Northern Territory Times 15 January 1932 Z1746381 1932 newspaper issue 1932
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1932
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pg. 3
Note:
With title: The Woes of a Squatter.
Editor's note:
(Written about Eighty Years ago - in the good old times.)
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y Freedom on the Wallaby : Poems of the Australian People Marjorie Pizer (editor), Sydney : Pinchgut Press , 1953 Z58626 1953 anthology poetry Sydney : Pinchgut Press , 1953
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1953
)
pg. 31-32
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y The Penguin Australian Song Book J. S. Manifold , Ringwood : Penguin , 1964 Z406059 1964 anthology poetry Ringwood : Penguin , 1964
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1964
)
pg. 152-153
Note: With musical score. Title: The Commissioner.
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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
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1964
)
pg. 48-50
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y Poetry Australia Captain Cook Bi-Centenary Issue. no. 33 April Leonie Kramer (editor), 1970 Z649166 1970 periodical issue 1970
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1970
)
pg. 16-17
Note: Written as: Viscount Sherbrooke
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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
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1976
)
pg. 172-173
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y Australian Verse from 1805 : A Continuum Geoffrey Dutton (editor), Adelaide : Rigby , 1976 Z399014 1976 anthology Adelaide : Rigby , 1976
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1976
)
pg. 34-36
Note: With title: Songs of the Squatters I
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y The New Oxford Book of Australian Verse Les Murray (editor), Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1986 Z427532 1986 anthology poetry Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1986
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1986
)
pg. 30-31
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y The Penguin Book of Australian Satirical Verse Australian Satirical Verse Philip Neilsen (editor), Ringwood New York (City) : Penguin , 1986 Z517595 1986 anthology poetry extract satire humour war literature Ringwood New York (City) : Penguin , 1986
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1986
)
pg. 26-27
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y Old Ballads from the Bush Bill Scott (editor), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1987 Z57118 1987 anthology poetry Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1987
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1987
)
pg. 28-29
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y The New Oxford Book of Australian Verse Les Murray (editor), Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1986 Z427532 1986 anthology poetry South Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1996
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1996
)
pg. 30-31
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y Australian Verse : An Oxford Anthology John Leonard (editor), Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1998 Z461207 1998 anthology poetry (taught in 1 units) Abstract A thorough survey of poetry by Australians in English, beginning with a selection of contemporary work by younger poets, and going backward in time to the early colonial period. In addition to poems in the literary tradition, it indudes performance poetry, convict songs and old bush ballads. An extensive selection has been provided from the work of five major twentieth-century poets: Les Murray, Gwen Harwood, Judith Wright, A.D. Hope and Kenneth Slessor. Several features are provided to assist the reader: the date of first publication of each poem is provided; footnotes explain unfamiliar words and allusions; and brief biographical notes assist in locating each poet in his or her place in time. Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1998
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1998
)
pg. 374-375
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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
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2004
)
pg. 148-149
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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
)
pg. 263-265
Note: With title: Song of the Squatters II
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y The Puncher & Wattmann Anthology of Australian Poetry John Leonard (editor), Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2009 Z1674214 2009 anthology poetry (taught in 16 units) Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2009
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2009
)
pg. 424-426

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