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The Overlander single work poetry "There's a trade you all know well -"

Alternative title: The Queensland Drover

Issue Details: First known date: 1894... 1894 The Overlander

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Appears in:

y The Queenslander 28 July 1894 Z1236214 1894 newspaper issue 1894
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1894
)
pg. 164
Note: The Queenslander published 3 versions of 'The Overlander' in the 'Songs of the Bush' column in 1894. This was the first of the 3 versions to appear.
Appears in:

y Old Bush Songs : Composed and Sung in the Bushranging, Digging and Overlanding Days A. B. Paterson (editor), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1905 Z59487 1905 anthology poetry Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1905
(
1905
)
Appears in:

y The Penguin Australian Song Book J. S. Manifold , Ringwood : Penguin , 1964 Z406059 1964 anthology poetry Ringwood : Penguin , 1964
(
1964
)
pg. 114-116
Note: With two alternative musical scores. Title: 'The Queensland Drover'
Appears in:

y From the Ballads to Brennan T. Inglis Moore (editor), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1964 Z407973 1964 anthology poetry Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1964
(
1964
)
pg. 27-29
Appears in:

y Old Australian Ballads : An Anthology W. N. Walker (editor), Sydney : School Projects , 1967 Z1569531 1967 anthology poetry children's Abstract
Collection of well known Australian songs and ballads, divided into sections based on the historical subject matter: 'Ball and Chain', 'Bail Up', 'The Roaring Days', 'Where's Your Licence?', 'Stockmen', 'Wool Away!' and 'Such is Life'.

The sections - and some of the individual works - are prefaced with educational introductions by the editor explaining historical context as well as terms and concepts.
Australian Scene : Australian Ballads Sydney : School Projects , 1967
(
1967
)
pg. 34
Appears in:

y The Overlander Songbook Ronald George Edwards (editor), Ronald George Edwards (illustrator), Ferntree Gully : Rams Skull Press , 1956 Z856165 1956 anthology poetry prose Adelaide : Rigby Publishers , 1971
(
1971
)
pg. 87
Note: With title: 'The Overlander 3'. Includes annotations by editor.
Appears in:

y Complete Book of Australian Folk Lore Bill Scott , Sydney : Ure Smith , 1976 Z206758 1976 anthology poetry short story prose Sydney : Ure Smith , 1976
(
1976
)
pg. 188-189
Appears in:

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
(
1976
)
pg. 132-133
Appears in:

y Australian Verse from 1805 : A Continuum Geoffrey Dutton (editor), Adelaide : Rigby , 1976 Z399014 1976 anthology Adelaide : Rigby , 1976
(
1976
)
pg. 67-68
Appears in:

y The Bushwackers Australian Song Book Jan Wositzky (editor), Dobe Newton (editor), South Yarra : Sphere , 1988 Z240373 1988 anthology poetry short story extract humour South Yarra : Sphere , 1988
(
1988
)
pg. 72-73
Appears in:

y A Collection of Australian Bush Verse Castle Hill : Peter Antill-Rose , 1989 Z91384 1989 anthology poetry Castle Hill : Peter Antill-Rose , 1989
(
1989
)
pg. 20
Appears in:

y A Treasury of Bush Verse G. A. Wilkes (editor), North Ryde : Angus and Robertson , 1991 Z61919 1991 anthology poetry humour North Ryde : Angus and Robertson , 1991
(
1991
)
pg. 6-8
Appears in:

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
(
1996
)
pg. 168
Appears in:

y Classic Australian Verse Maggie Pinkney (editor), Noble Park : Five Mile Press , 2001 Z864790 2001 anthology poetry Noble Park : Five Mile Press , 2001
(
2001
)
pg. 182-183

Subjects:

Drovers

Bush,
Queensland,

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