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Songs of the Nominees sequence   poetry   satire  
Issue Details: First known date: 1855... 1855 Songs of the Nominees
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Notes

  • This sequence was published in the Empire in 1855. It consists of six satirical poems on each of the 'non-official' nominees to the New South Wales Legislative Council. At the time, the Legislative Council was comprised of nine 'official' nominees (ie. office holders such as the Colonial Secretary), six 'non-official' nominees, and the elected members.
  • Extract from editor's note accompanying Song No. 6 : 'As the object in these rhymes has been to immortalise the half-dozen nominees who assisted the four squatters, Messrs. McLeay, Morris, Hood, and Osborne, and the Government officials, to double the taxes on the tea and sugar of the whole British people in this colony, in defiance of the "people's representatives"...'

Includes

Songs of the Nominees : No. 3 : Mitchell's Song i "I'm here, ha, ha! I'm here, ha, ha!", 1855 single work poetry satire
— Appears in: The Empire , 27 September 1855; (p. 5)
Songs of the Nominees : No. 1 : George Allen's Song i "I'll tax the gin, I'll tax the rum,", 1855 single work poetry satire
— Appears in: The Empire , 25 September 1855; (p. 4)
Songs of the Nominees : No. 2 : Berry's Song i "I came from my rest in the old Crow's-Nest,", 1855 single work poetry satire
— Appears in: The Empire , 26 September 1855; (p. 4)
Songs of the Nominees : No. 4 : Icely's Song i "I'm the dapper Legislator,", 1855 single work poetry satire
— Appears in: The Empire , 28 September 1855; (p. 5)
Songs of the Nominees : No. 5 : Barker's Song i "I greatly admired Sir Charles Fitz Roy,", 1855 single work poetry satire
— Appears in: The Empire , 29 September 1855; (p. 6)
Songs of the Nominees : No. 6 : Rose Holden's Song i "The colony's unfit, sir - the colony's unfit, sir", 1855 single work poetry satire
— Appears in: The Empire , 1 October 1855; (p. 5)

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