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The Unveiling of Australia extract   poetry   children's   "In silence lay the land, hid in a sea"
Issue Details: First known date: 1918... 1918 The Unveiling of Australia
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An account of the European discovery and colonisation of Australia, from the Portuguese explorers and Dutch merchants to the British imperial settlers.

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  • Extract consists of seven stanzas from the original, commencing with 'In silence lay the land, hid in a sea' and concluding with 'That desolation's barren away was o'er'. There is no indication of specific amendment of the original.

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— Appears in: Poems by Two Friends 1909; An account of the European discovery and colonisation of Australia, from the Portuguese explorers and Dutch merchants to the British imperial settlers.
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