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The Explorers : A Chronicle of the Burke and Wills Expedition. In Four Parts. sequence   poetry  
  • Author:agent M. C. http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/martin-catherine
Issue Details: First known date: 1874... 1874 The Explorers : A Chronicle of the Burke and Wills Expedition. In Four Parts.
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The Explorers : Part First M. C. , 1874 sequence poetry
— Appears in: The Explorers and Other Poems 1874; (p. 2-9)
The Explorers : Part Second i "The sun is shining from a mid-day sky,", M. C. , 1874 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Explorers and Other Poems 1874; (p. 69-89)
The Explorers : Part Third i "Three times has night her soothing shadow thrown", M. C. , 1874 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Explorers and Other Poems 1874; (p. 90-105)
The Explorers : Part Fourth i "Unruffled, night's mysterious curtain hung,", M. C. , 1874 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Explorers and Other Poems 1874; (p. 106-130)

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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Explorers and Other Poems M. C. , Melbourne : George Robertson , 1874 Z88132 1874 selected work poetry drama extract Melbourne : George Robertson , 1874 pg. 1-130
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Works about this Work

Ambivalent Eulogy: Catherine Martin's 'The Explorers' Roslynn D. Haynes , 1996 single work criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , Winter vol. 41 no. 2 1996; (p. 29-47) The author argues that 'The Explorers' differs from other literary responses to the tragedy of the Burke and Wills expedition, in focussing on Wills rather than Burke as hero, in its trenchant moral criticism of British society, and in its ambivalent treatment of the terrain the explorers crossed.
Burke and Wills and the Colonial Hero : Three Poems Robert Sellick , 1971 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 5 no. 2 1971; (p. 180-189)
Burke and Wills and the Colonial Hero : Three Poems Robert Sellick , 1971 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 5 no. 2 1971; (p. 180-189)
Ambivalent Eulogy: Catherine Martin's 'The Explorers' Roslynn D. Haynes , 1996 single work criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , Winter vol. 41 no. 2 1996; (p. 29-47) The author argues that 'The Explorers' differs from other literary responses to the tragedy of the Burke and Wills expedition, in focussing on Wills rather than Burke as hero, in its trenchant moral criticism of British society, and in its ambivalent treatment of the terrain the explorers crossed.
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