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    A catalogue of poetry by George Essex Evans.

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  1. GREATER BRITAIN.
    The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Saturday 20 January 1883 p 3 Article
    ANOTHER England's growing in a far-off sunny land, Which with the mother country in union firm shall stand, ... 182 words
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  2. Greater Britain.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 20 January 1883 p 89 Article
    ANOTHER England's growing in a far-off sunny land, Which with the mother country in union firm shall stand, ... 181 words
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  3. LINES ON THE DEATH OF LONGFELLOW.
    The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Saturday 3 March 1883 p 3 Article
    THE singer mute, the lyre unstrung, Dust-first from off earth's bosom sprung- To earth return! Yet a great quenchless torch of song. ... 145 words
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  4. LITERATURE Original Poetry. Lines on the Death of Longfellow.*
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 3 March 1883 p 329 Article
    THE singer mute, the lyre unstrung, Dust- first from off earth's bosom sprung— To earth return! Yet a (great quenchless torch of song, ... 146 words
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  5. Animus Non Mortalis Est.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 10 March 1883 p 369 Article
    WHERE are they now ?—the poets of all time. Who charmed tho world with melody and rhyme, And thoughts sublime and deep. ... 91 words
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  6. ANGEL VOICES.
    The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Saturday 17 March 1883 p 3 Article
    SITTING musing in the twilight, In the gloaming calm and still, Sounds came stealing o'er my senses With a strange magnetic thrill. ... 231 words
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  7. Angel Voices.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 17 March 1883 p 409 Article
    SITTING musing in the twilight, In the gloaming calm and still, Sounds came stealing o'er my senses With a strange magnetic thrill. ... 229 words
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  8. THE SPIRIT OF UNREST.
    The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Saturday 14 April 1883 p 3 Article
    SPEAK! Heart of man! Say! hast thou never felt? Has never o'er thy calm existence stealt The Spirit of Unrest? ... 337 words
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  9. LITERATURE Original Poetry. The Spirit of Unrest.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 14 April 1883 p 569 Article
    SPEAK! Heart of man! Say! hast thou never felt? Has never o'er thy calm existence stealt The Spirit of Unrest? ... 332 words
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  10. MY DREAM.
    The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Saturday 2 June 1883 p 3 Article
    SMOKING, and lolling on the grass, One sultry summer's day, Mcthought I saw a vision pass That took my breath away. ... 229 words
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  11. LITERATURE Original Poetry. My Dream.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 2 June 1883 p 849 Article
    SMOKING, and lolling on the grass, One sultry summer's day, Methougnt I saw a vision pass That took my breath away. ... 257 words
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  12. SUBMISSION
    The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Saturday 23 June 1883 p 3 Article
    EACH thinks no trial harder than his own; Each thinks his cross the heaviest is to bear: There are no hearts where sorrow is unknown, And care is everywhere. ... 214 words
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  13. LITERATURE Original Poetry. Submission.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 23 June 1883 p 969 Article
    EACH thinks no trial harder than his own; Each thinks his cross the heaviest is to bear: There are no hearts where sorrow is unknown, And care is everywhere. ... 205 words
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  14. LITERATURE Original Poetry. The Power of Woman's Love.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 6 October 1883 p 553 Article
    OH, Woman! couldst thou estimate the power By Heaven bestowed upon thy natal hour, For good or iII— The power to soothe our suffering and distross, ... 407 words
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  15. To Nina.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 27 October 1883 p 673 Article
    NINA, if a heart be true Whatsoever it endures, Faithful as the sky is blue, Nina, then that heart is yours! ... 235 words
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  16. Original Poetry. Pauline.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 17 November 1883 p 793 Article
    MAIDEN with the nut-brown hair. Sunny smile, and laughing eyes; No'or had beauty seemed more rare, 'Plo[?] with su[?] witcheries. ... 338 words
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  17. Christmas.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 22 December 1883 Supplement: Unknown p 16 Article
    I DREAMT I stood upon a lofty hill, And gazed down on a land dark. cold, and still; And all around me was thin vapoury cloud— Twas Christmas morn; ... 412 words
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  18. The War Shout.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 22 December 1883 p 993 Article
    I SEE a tiny band Hemmed in on every side. No succour near! Within their breasts no hopes abide! ... 325 words
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  19. LITRATURE Original Poetry. Love's Conquest.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 2 February 1884 p 169 Article
    I [?] them gather for the [?]ght Beneath the castle wall, [?] many a hold and doughty knight Who shall before the evening's light, ... 2094 words
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  20. LITERATURE Original Poetry. The Sorrel Mare.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 8 March 1884 p 369 Article
    I saw an angler by a stream Which flowed on gently, rippling by. And at every sound a watchful gleam Came and went in his hazel eye: ... 1906 words
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  21. The Song of the Gidya Tree.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 15 March 1884 p 409 Article
    [?] Mandrake grows [?]o[?]th the gallows tree." [?] ologies to the late mr. Harri[?] A[?] worth.) ... 254 words
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  22. "Love's Young Dream."
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 24 May 1884 p 809 Article
    [?] is no love like " love's young dream," The. purest first. and best; [?] love so sweet can seem[?] stir the [?] ... 180 words
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  23. LITERATURE Original Poetry. Three Years Ago.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 12 July 1884 p 49 Article
    Not many years have passed away Since last I saw that gentle face; Not many years! To those whose hearts are light and gay ... 241 words
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  24. LITERATURE Original Poetry. The Churchyard of the Sea.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 11 October 1884 p 585 Article
    Full many a fathom buried deep In silent rest they lie; In Ocean's coral caves they sleep To wait eternitv— ... 217 words
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  25. "LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM."
    Queanbeyan Age (NSW : 1867 - 1904) Friday 24 October 1884 p 1 Article
    THERE is now love like "love's young dream. The purest, first, and best; No after love so sweet can seem— So strangely stir the breast— ... 225 words
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  26. LITERATURE Original Poetry. The Path to Fame.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 13 December 1884 p 945 Article
    HE who would climb the mountain's crest, High-mantled in eternal snow, Must steel his heart within his breast To cast no lingering glance below; ... 205 words
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  27. LITERATURE Original Poetry. Christmas.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 20 December 1884 p 985 Article
    CHRISTMAS! What memories sweet Thy coming brings With kindly race to greet! All earthly things! ... 257 words
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  28. LITERATURE Original Poetry. To Lucifer.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 31 January 1885 p 169 Article
    AROUND us all, or high, or low. Must viewless strife arise; Must Satans tempt us to forego Our hopes of Paradise.; ... 436 words
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  29. LITERATURE Original Poetry. Discontent.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 14 March 1885 p 409 Article
    DOES the daily round seem dreary ? Does tho path or life seem rough ? Do we find our steps grow weary, Thinking we have tolled enough ? ... 352 words
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  30. LITERATURE Original Poetry. Australia Militant.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 21 March 1885 p 449 Article
    BLOW soft, ye southern breezes, blow ! For see How bright the star which guards our destiny Sheds its soft ray ! Sail on, ye warriors, on your northward course, ... 169 words
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  31. LITERATURE Original Poetry. The Shepherd's Last Sleep.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 18 April 1885 p 609 Article
    IN the old log hut the shepherd lay, His fevered cheek by the hot wind fanned; And he dreamt of the dear ones far away, And the fields and the flowers of his native land. ... 142 words
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  32. LITERATURE Original Poetry. The Russian Advance.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 25 April 1885 p 649 Article
    THE roll of drums, the bugle peal; The clink of spurs, and a martial tread; The prance of steeds, the rumbling wheel Of cannon. The sheen their bayonets shed ... 157 words
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  33. LITERATURE Original Poetry. War.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 9 May 1885 p 729 Article
    IMPERIOUS Goddess! proud Bellona! stay, So I may strive to read thy secret heart; Tear from thy cruel face the mask away; Come—let men see thee as thou really art. ... 558 words
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  34. LITERATURE. Original Poetry. In Memoriam.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 23 May 1885 p 817 Article
    O Death, and must thy marble hand Be laid upon each human heart? Can none dispute thy dread command, All-powerful tyrant that thou art ? ... 129 words
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  35. LITERATURE Original Poetry. A Lay of the North.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 25 July 1885 p 129 Article
    WHERE the blue M'Kinlay Mountains stretch their wide majestic girth, Locking in their bosoms treasures time and progress shall unearth! ... 316 words
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  36. Love and Ambition.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 5 September 1885 p 377 Article
    AMBITION, cased from head to heel In armoured dress of glittering steel, Strode up a pathway narrow; Seeking for foes with warrior's joy, ... 151 words
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  37. LITERATURE Original Poetry. The World's Heroes.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 6 March 1886 p 369 Article
    WE see the world's great heroes stand With steadfast hearts and shining shields; Their fame is watted o'er the land— The victors of a thousand fields. ... 240 words
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  38. LITERATURE Original Poetry. A Fragment.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 3 April 1886 p 529 Article
    THIS is the hour of rest. Nature doth sleep Draped in the shadowy garments of the night, And from the vast immeasurable height The stars of heaven their silent vigils keep, ... 333 words
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  39. The Bush Cavaliers.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 24 April 1886 p 609 Article
    THE calm silent bush and the wide yellow plain. The gaunt weird-like gum-trees which stud the lone creek. Have a charm which elsewhere you may look for in vain-Have a language which Nature has taught them to speak; ... 450 words
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  40. LITERATURE Original Poetry. Love's Ambush.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 8 May 1886 p 729 Article
    WHEN first the little God of Love, Descending from the skies above. Alit on earth, he closed his wings And gazed around on earthly things; ... 179 words
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  41. LITERATURE Original Poetry. The Singer. (WORDS ADAPTED FOR MUSIC.)
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 23 October 1886 p 649 Article
    SHE sang of Hope, of happy days. Of glorious spring and summer's prime; Softer than old-time minstrels' lays Uprose that melody sublime. ... 197 words
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  42. LITERATURE Original Poetry. Christmas.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 18 December 1886 p 969 Article
    Christmas again! With a solemn tread Comes the Monarch old and gray, To join the years that are gone and dead, The hopes that have passed away; ... 298 words
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  43. A Woman's Reason.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 5 February 1887 p 209 Article
    "What! wed that muff! Pooh! nonsense ! stuff! My dear, you really must be blind !. His voice is gruff, his hair is rough, His dreadful coats hang wrong behind; ... 185 words
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  44. LITERATURE Original Poetry. Ode on the Jubilee Year.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 21 May 1887 p 809 Article
    0 Queen, the radiance of whose throne O'er half a world is cast; A nation's glory is thins own, Its love for thee shall last; ... 330 words
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  45. LITERATURE Original Poetry. Retrospection.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 4 June 1887 p 889 Article
    Alone she stood, with careless grace, Like one whose thoughts were far away; Upon her tender girlish face I watched the lights and shadows play ... 350 words
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  46. LITERATURE Original Poetry. An Echo.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 9 July 1887 p 49 Article
    In the harmony of ages floating from the dreamy Past, In the old romantic legends where the seeds of song were cast, In the pleasant fields of Fancy, whence the flowers of ... 420 words
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  47. LITERATURE Original Poetry. Solace.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 20 August 1887 p 289 Article
    O Genius of the Universe! In every soft or freshening breeze Which stirs the branches of the trees I hear the music of thy voice— ... 423 words
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  48. LITERATURE Original Poetry. [WRITTEN FOR THE QUEENSLANDER.] A Fragment.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 22 October 1887 p 649 Article
    In the long lingering hours when Earth lies hid In robes of darkness, and the night has come To reign alone in calm sweet majesty, When Sleep on aerial wing has fled away ... 447 words
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  49. LITERATURE Original Poetry. [WRITTEN FOR THE QUEENSLANDER.] Marion Rayne.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 29 October 1887 p 689 Article
    The roses have climbed up the garden wall, But one hangs highest above thorn all The sweet Queen-Rose on her slender stem, with the morning dew for a disdem; ... 288 words
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  50. The Black Knight. [WRITTEN FOR THE 'QUEENSLANDER' CHRISTMAS SUPPLEMENT.]
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 17 December 1887 Supplement: Unknown p 1 Article
    Fierce were the feuds on the Borderland When the sword was Law in the days of old. When the world was ruled by the mailed hand And the might to seize was the right to hold. ... 2356 words
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  51. The River of Death.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 4 February 1888 p 169 Article
    I dreamt that I stood by the River of Death. And the breath of the wind was an icy breath; And the shades that hovered upon the bank Heaved, and wavered, and rose, and sank. ... 439 words
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  52. LITERATURE Original Poetry. [WRITTEN FOR THE QUEENSLANDER.] In Memoriam. "VIOLA."
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 18 February 1888 p 249 Article
    Sweet is the sleep of Death that brings Release from life, relief from pain; Where Trouble's joyless echoings Con never reach the car again; ... 137 words
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  53. Ode on the Australian Centennary. [WRITTEN FOR MUSIC.]
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 7 April 1888 p 529 Article
    Girt with the wreathing mists And shadows of the night, Dark-robed, Australia lay And waired for the light; ... 173 words
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  54. LITERATURE Original Poetry. A Medley. (WRITTEN OUT WEST.)
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 5 May 1888 p 689 Article
    Eastward in the skies of morning rosy tinges streak the gray, Bars of crimson change to golden—glitt'ring heralds of the day. ... 783 words
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  55. LITERATURE Original Poetry. [WRITTEN FOR THE QUEENSLANDER.] The Girls We Loved-but Didn't Marry.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 9 June 1888 p 889 Article
    Oh! golden are the dreams of youth By ardent fancy brightly painted; But broken dreams they prove, forsooth, As we with life arrow more acquainted. ... 325 words
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  56. LITERATURE Original Poetry. [WRITTEN FOR THE QUEENSLANDER.] Love and Fame.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 16 June 1888 p 929 Article
    Night shook o'er Earth her raven locks, Black clouds had curtained all the sky; And with long signs and bunting shocks, The restless winds went roaring by. ... 508 words
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  57. FREDERICK III. OB[?]T 15TH JUNE, 1888.
    The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Wednesday 20 June 1888 p 6 Article
    His life was gentle; and the elements So mixed in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, this was a man. —Shakspeare. ... 214 words
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  58. LITERATURE Original Poetry. [WRITTEN FOR THE QUEENSLANDER.] Frederick III. OBIIT 15TH JUNE, 1888.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 23 June 1888 p 969 Article
    His life was gentle; and the elements to mixed in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, this was a man. —Shakspeare. ... 211 words
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  59. LITERATURE Original Poetry. [WRITTEN FOR THE QUEENSLANDER.] To the Author of "Morna Lee." (Published in Christmas No. of Queenslander, 1886.)
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 7 July 1888 p 9 Article
    A great thought clothed with living words That burn upon the heart and brain; A note struck on Love's strongest chords-Nor struck in vain. ... 121 words
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  60. ALONE.
    Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954) Saturday 11 August 1888 p 31 Article
    The purple hills rise far behind, Before me spreads the plain, The tall grass bends beneath the wind Like surges on the main. ... 392 words
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  61. Flotsam and Jetsam. A Roland for an Oliver. A BRISBANE BALLAD.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 8 December 1888 p 1045 Article
    I heard a tale the other day ('Twill not take long to tell) About a certain widow And a son whom she loved well. ... 654 words
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  62. LITERATURE Original Poetry. [WRITTEN FOR THE QUEENSLADER.] "Some Better Thing." Hebrews xi., 40.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 9 March 1889 p 449 Article
    Sweet are thy paths, O Pleasure, bat they tend Not always to the goal we would attain. More oft the path of care, and pain, and toil Leads on to truer happiness. Shall[?] ... 126 words
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  63. LITERATURE Original Poetry. [WRITTEN FOR THE QUEENSLANDER.] Orpheus to Eurydice.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 23 March 1889 p 545 Article
    Them is no Joy in Heaven if Love be not But, if we love, this Earth may yet be Heaven. For what is Hell or Heaven but seed we sow, Grown to maturity, within the soul? ... 334 words
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  64. LITERATURE Original Poetry. [WRITTEN FOR THE QUEENSLANDER.] Federal Australia.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 27 April 1889 p 785 Article
    The hour draws nigh. Through all her States The tremor of one thought pulsates. Through all her States from tea to sea, The forecasts of the things to be; ... 373 words
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  65. LITERATURE Original Poetry. [WRITTEN FOR THE QUEENSLANDER.] The Land of Shadows.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 3 August 1889 p 209 Article
    "That undiscovered country from whose bourn No traveller returns." There is a land from whose mysterious shore No eehoes can return to us again; ... 438 words
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  66. LITERATURE Original Poetry. [WRITTEN FOR THE QUEENSLANDER.] Mary Magdalene.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 9 November 1889 p 881 Article
    A child of sin and crowned with shame Unto the Master's feet she came. From stately head to aukle bare Fell the broad ripples of her hair; ... 244 words
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  67. QUEENSLANDER CHRISTMAS SUPPLEMENT BRISBANE: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1889. The Repentance of Magdalene Despar. [WRITTEN FOR THE 'QUEENSLANDER' CHRISTMAS SUPPLEMENT.] PART I. I.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 21 December 1889 Supplement: The Queenslander p 1 Article
    O the richness of Morn! O the freshness of Spring I When the heart is upborne as a bird on the wing ; When the fire in the hearts of the poets bunts forth in the songs that they sing; ... 4611 words
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  68. LITERATURE Original Poetry. [WRITTEN FOR THE QUEENSLANDER.] In the Big Ward.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 15 February 1890 p 305 Article
    A wan white cheek on the pillow lying; A fevered gleam in the dork brown eye; Not twelve years old—and the boy is dying Inch by inch as the days roll by [?] ... 310 words
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  69. The Revenge OF Amos Mostyn.
    Illustrated Sydney News (NSW : 1853 - 1872) Saturday 20 December 1890 p 20 Article Illustrated
    WIDE are the plains—the plains that stretch to the west— An ocean of trackless waste, untrodden and rude, ... 205 words
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  70. La Vie Malheureuse. [WRITTEN FOR THE 'QUEENSLANDER' CHRISTMAS SUPPLEMENT.] PART I.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 20 December 1890 Supplement: Unknown p 1 Article
    Chaptered with sunshine and shade-the umbrage of white clauds in motion [?] Rearing their summits to Heaven, broken like waves on their strands, Northward and Southward and seaward the mountains arise from the ocean Poised on a height above all, Kara, the beautiful, stands. ... 5655 words
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  71. An Australian Poem. THE WESTERN SQUATTER. (See Frontispiece and opposite pages.)
    Illustrated Sydney News (NSW : 1853 - 1872) Saturday 19 December 1891 p 3 Article Illustrated
    THE homestead has passed to a stranger's hands, And the squatter turns from his father's lands— Once the scene of his boyish joys and woes, Where the Lachlan flows. ... 393 words
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  72. Adrift: A Brisbane River Reverie. WRITTEN FOR THE 'QUEENSLANDER' CHRISTMAS SUPPLEMENT.]
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 19 December 1891 Supplement: The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866-1939) p 1 Article Illustrated
    AN amphitheatre of purple hills And emerald slopes where nestling ... 249 words
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  73. MAX O'RELL. "JONATHAN AND YANKEEDOM."
    The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Tuesday 16 August 1892 p 5 Article
    It is long since the Thoatre Royal has held so large an audience as that which assembled last evening to listen to Max O'Rell's (M. Paul Blouet) first lecture. The theatre was crowded ... 809 words
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  74. LITERARY Original Poetry. Walter R. Patten, Journalist. DIED 9TH MARCH, 1893; AGED 29.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 25 March 1893 p 545 Article
    He has dropt from the ranks and his face is gone, But the roar of the world's great fight sweeps on For one that will mourn for the kindly face A score will rush for the vacant place. ... 285 words
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  75. THE AVERAGE MAN.
    The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Thursday 15 March 1894 p 5 Article
    His hat looks worn and his coat slecves shine As I see him step from his 'bus at nine, His boots are pierced and his tie home-made, And his trousers patcheed where the edge was frayed ... 286 words
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  76. THE AVERAGE MAN AND WOMAN.
    The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Saturday 17 March 1894 p 5 Article
    Let us pray for a change from the present ban On average woman and average man! In the tightest boots and the latest tie May he gaze around with a flashing eye! ... 263 words
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  77. Averages. The following poetical "correspondence" has been running through the columns of the Courier:— THE AVERAGE MAN.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 24 March 1894 p 547 Article
    His hat looks worn and his coat-sleeves shine As I see him step from his bus at nine, His boots are pierced and his tie home-made, And his trousers patched where the edge was frayed ... 290 words
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  78. THE AVERAGE MAN AND WOMAN.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 24 March 1894 p 547 Article
    Let us pray for a change from the present ban On average woman and average man In the tightest boots and the latest tie May he gaze around with a Hashing eye! ... 261 words
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  79. A COMMONPLACE SONG.
    The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Tuesday 28 August 1894 p 5 Article
    Ebbs and flows the restless river In the city street Where the great nerve centres quiver, Where the pulses beat. ... 372 words
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  80. A Commonplace Song.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 1 September 1894 p 401 Article
    Ebbs and flows the restless river In the city street Where the great nerve centres quiver, Where the pulses beat ... 362 words
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  81. TO SCIENCE.
    The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Friday 11 January 1895 p 5 Article
    Mother of Knowledge, to whose patient eyes Earth yields her secrets, and the unresting sea And sky lay bare their inmost mystery— Thou, who in every land and clime hast hoard ... 915 words
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  82. LITERARY Original Poetry. To Science.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 19 January 1895 p 113 Article
    Mother of Knowledge, to whose patient eyes Earth yields her secrets, and the unresting sea And sky lay bare their inmost mystery— Thou, who in every land and clime hast heard ... 909 words
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  83. LITERARY Original Poetry. A Grave by the Sea.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 2 March 1895 p 401 Article
    No white cloud sails the lonely sky, Thro' the gaunt trees no breezes sigh, Thro' the lush grass no fall of feet; No song of bird in all the land, ... 241 words
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  84. Classified Advertising
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 27 April 1895 p 792 Advertising
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  85. Religious. The Measurable and the Immeasurable.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 18 May 1895 p 934 Article Illustrated
    "These are the measures of the altar after the cubits." (Ezekiel xliii., 13.) Whilst he was measuring gates and posts and porches, I cared little, but ... 2912 words
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  86. A Tour Through the Back Country. ADVENTURES ON THE PLAINS. BOGGED IN THE BLACK SOIL. (BY OUR SPECIAL REPORTER.) (No. 6.)
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 8 June 1895 p 1079 Article Illustrated
    The rain which fell in fitful showers during Saturday forenoon gathered in strength during Saturday night. While the banquet was in progress in Steele's ... 2282 words
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  87. The Two Commandants. (See portraits on page 1128.)
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 15 June 1895 p 1127 Article Illustrated
    The Queensland Defence Force has just experienced a change of commandants, but in this instance it is not exactly a case of welcoming the coming ... 1548 words
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  88. THE SQUATTER.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 29 June 1895 p 1221 Article Illustrated
    The squatter of yore was a hearty soul And a rollicking life had he, With his bales of wool, And his pockets full, ... 135 words
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  89. COLONIAL TYPES.—VII. THE COOKIE.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 6 July 1895 p 21 Detailed lists, results, guides Illustrated
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  90. The Baltic Canal.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 13 July 1895 p 74 Article Illustrated
    The following details of the Baltic and North Sea Ship Canal are condensed from a recent article in "Chambers's Journal":— ... 1990 words
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  91. Sketcher. Roma Revisited.-III. (By Our Special Commissioner.)
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 27 July 1895 p 165 Article Illustrated
    The principal charm in connection with the agricultural resources of Roma is found in the many vineyards and orchards which flourish almost within the ... 2976 words
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  92. THE SUNDOWNER.
    Clarence and Richmond Examiner (Grafton, NSW : 1889 - 1915) Tuesday 6 August 1895 p 2 Article
    WHEN the track is hot and the plain is dry. When the glare is fierce and the sun is high, I doze and doze till the morn is o'er; Then I straighten up and I start once more, ... 186 words
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  93. The Colonial Larrikin.
    Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal (NSW : 1851 - 1904) Wednesday 7 August 1895 p 3 Article
    The Queenslander contains a splendid likeness of an Australian larrikin, with the following realistic description in verse by "Christophus":— ... 190 words
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  94. Flotsam and Jetsam. At the Exhibition.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 24 August 1895 p 356 Article
    KARL, WILHELMINE, AND THE BABY. Mein Gott [?] vos me und Vilhelmine Vos spend ze veek in town. Ve shudt ze oldt zeleoshun oop Und prought ze baby down. ... 513 words
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  95. THE BUSH GIRL.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 28 December 1895 p 1225 Article Illustrated
    Her eyes are fearless and sweet and true, They meet you square and they look you thro', So ho! Boy. Steady there! So! She stole the blue from the upper skies ... 240 words
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  96. LITERAR Original Poetry. By the Sea.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 30 May 1896 p 1025 Article
    Bright skics of summer o'er the deep, And soft salt air along the land. Tho blue wave, lisping in its sleep, Sinks gently on the yellow sand; ... 463 words
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  97. THOMAS JOSEPH BYRNES.
    The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Friday 30 September 1898 p 5 Article
    God gave him gifts; nor gave in vain The great heart and the master-brain To dream, to battle, to attain. To storm the height. ... 150 words
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  98. Gum-getting in Queensland. BY AN OXFORD GRADUATE.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 8 October 1898 Supplement: Unknown p 695 Article Illustrated
    "Eheu! fugaces, Postume, Postume; the years fly by, and are lost to me, lost to me." How often has this rendering of the opening stanza of this well-known ode of Horses ... 1948 words
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  99. Classified Advertising
    The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Tuesday 8 August 1899 Supplement: Supplement to the Brisbane Courier p 1 Advertising
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  100. FEDERATION. OPEN-AIR MEETING. SPEECHES BY MESSRS. GIBBS AND HIGGS.
    The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Saturday 19 August 1899 p 4 Article
    Another of the series of open-air meetings under the auspices of the Queensland Federation League was held on the vacant land opposite the Temperance Hall, ... 2389 words
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  101. LITERATURE Selected Poetry. AUSTRALIAN ANTHEM.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 26 August 1899 p 421 Article
    Thou hast scourged us with the sun, Flooded level, fire appalling. Wasted pasture, parching run, Dying eyes to Thee are calling.. ... 218 words
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  102. THE PATRIOTIC FUND. THE LION'S WHELPS.
    The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Wednesday 20 December 1899 p 5 Article
    There is scarlet on his forehead, There are scars across his face 'Tis the bloody dew of battle dripping down, dripping down, But the war-heart of the Lion ... 1218 words
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  103. THE PATRIOTIC FUND. THE LION'S [?]
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 23 December 1899 p 1226 Article
    There is scaret on his forehead, There are scars across his face 'Tis the bloody few of battle dripping down, dripping down, But the war-heart of the Lion. ... 330 words
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  104. HOW'S THAT, UMPIRE?
    The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Friday 5 January 1900 p 5 Article
    Well done, Queensland! How's that, Umpire? More we may not say, "Kruger and the Mauser rifle" Are not well to-day, ... 232 words
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  105. PAGON HILL.
    The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Thursday 11 January 1900 p 5 Article
    Silently the Empire waited Tense and strung from day to day. Sullenly the huge commandoes Gathered slowly round their pr[?]y. ... 202 words
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  106. GOOD LUCK.
    The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Saturday 13 January 1900 p 10 Article
    Just a parting gulp of beer Just a handgrip and a cheer, And the Maori King is s[?]eering—she is moving from the pier. Here's good-bye! The girls are waving, ... 179 words
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  107. LITERATURE Original Poetry. HOW'S THAT, UMPIRE?
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 13 January 1900 p 65 Article
    Well done, Queensland! How's that, Umpire? More we may not say, "Kruger and the Mauser rifle" Are not well to-day, ... 216 words
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  108. The Boer War. GOOD LUCK.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 20 January 1900 p 102 Article
    Just a parting gulp of beer Just a handgrip and a cheer, And the Maori King is sneering—she is moving from the pier. Here's good-bye! The girls are waving, ... 175 words
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  109. LITERATURE Original Poetry. PAGON HILL.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 20 January 1900 p 113 Article
    Silently the Empire waited Tense and strung from day to day. Sullenly the huge commandoes Gathered slowly round their prey. ... 196 words
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  110. AFTER BATTLE.
    The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Saturday 3 February 1900 p 4 Article
    Now is hushed the cannon's roar, Silent is the rifle's rattle, And the Maxims rain no more Deadly havoc thro' the battle. ... 223 words
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  111. AFTER BATTLE.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 10 February 1900 p 257 Article
    Now is hushed the cannon's roar, Silent is the rifle's rattle, And the Maxims rain no more Deadly havoc thro' the battle. ... 207 words
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  112. THE IRISH DEAD. IN MEMORY.
    The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Saturday 28 April 1900 p 13 Article
    'Tis a green isle set in a silver water, A fairy isle where the shamrock grows. Land of Legend, the Dream-Queen's daughter— Out of the Fairies' hands She rose. ... 261 words
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  113. LITERATURE. TO THE IRISH DEAD.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 12 May 1900 p 883 Article
    T[?] a green isle set in a silver water, A fairy isle where the shamrock grows. Land of Legend, the Dream-Queen's daughter Out of the Fairies' hands She rose. ... 256 words
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  114. GALLANT MAFEKING. REPORTED RELIEF. NOT OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED. A Siege which Lasted Seven Months. BADEN-P.
    The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Friday 18 May 1900 p 5 Article
    There's a shout upon the morning, Do you hear it, Baden-P.? Do you hear its mighty thunder As it leaps from sea to sea? ... 225 words
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  115. AT THE BASE HOSPITAL.
    The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Saturday 16 June 1900 p 13 Article
    The willows sweep the water and the rushes lean a down, And I see the river shining far away, With a snowy cloud above it, floating softly, like a ... 404 words
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  116. PRETORIA.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 16 June 1900 p 1127 Article
    Up with the Flag! Each crimson Wet with the heart's-blood of our best! We still can die. We still can hold Our kinship with the men of old. ... 599 words
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  117. PRETORIA. "UP WITH THE FLAG!".
    The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Thursday 7 June 1900 p 5 Article
    Up with the Flag! Each crimson fold Wet with the hearts-blood of our best! We still can die. W[?] still can hold Our kinship with the men of old. ... 324 words
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  118. BADEN-P.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 9 June 1900 p 1078 Article
    There's a shout upon the morning, Do you hear it, Baden-P.? Do you hear its mighty thunder As it leaps from sea to sea? ... 149 words
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  119. LITERATURE. AT THE BASE HOSPITAL.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 23 June 1900 p 1174 Article
    The willows sweep the water and the rushes lean a down. And I See the river shining far away, With a snowy cloud above it, floating softly, like a ... 344 words
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  120. ODE FOR COMMONWEALTH DAY.
    The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Saturday 20 October 1900 p 4 Article
    The following ode is by Mr. Essex Evans, of Toowoomba, whose federal song was one of the features of the campaign. The ode was written for the 1st of January, but ... 486 words
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  121. ODE FOR COMMONWEALTH DAY.
    The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931) Tuesday 23 October 1900 p 6 Article
    The following ode is by Mr. George Esses Evans, of Toowoomba, Queensland, whose Federal sang was one of the features of the campaign. The ode was written for ... 481 words
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  122. POETRY & RHYMES. ODE FOR COMMONWEALTH DAY.
    The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) Wednesday 31 October 1900 p 6 Article
    Awake! Awake! The wings of dawn Are beating at the gates of Day! The morning star has been withdrawn, The silver vapours melt away! ... 467 words
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  123. ODE EOR COMMONWEALTH DAY.
    The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Thursday 27 December 1900 p 5 Article
    The adjudicators appoluted by the Premier to decide who was entitled to the prize of 50 guineas offered for the best ode composed for Commonwealth Day were Mr. Justice Owen, Mr. E. Du F[?] ... 586 words
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  124. THE PRIZE FEDERAL ODE.
    Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954) Saturday 29 December 1900 Edition: DAILY p 11 Article
    The prize of 50 guineas given by the New South Wales Government for the best Commonwealth Day ode has been secured by Mr. Geo, Essex Evans, of ... 478 words
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  125. ODE FOR COMMONWEALTH DAY. GEORGE ESSEX EVANS.
    The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Saturday 29 December 1900 p 5 Article
    Awake 1 Arise! The wings of dawn Are beating at the Gates of Day! The morning star bath been withdrawn, The silver vapors melt away! ... 542 words
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  126. COMMONWEALTH DAY. THE PRIZE ODE.
    The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Tuesday 1 January 1901 p 12 Article
    The following is the ode by Mr. George Essex Evans for which a prize of 60 guineas was awarded by the adjudicators appointed by the Government of New South Wales in connection with the inauguration of the Commonwealth:- Awake! Arise! The wing[?] of dawn ... 505 words
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  127. AUSTRALIA FODERATA. A MASQUE.
    The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Tuesday 1 January 1901 p 17 Article
    Britannia enthroned, surrounded by Canada, South Africa, New Zealand, India, British Columbia, Ceylon, etc., appropriately grouped. BRITANNIA: ... 848 words
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  128. ODE FOR COMMONWEALTH DAY.
    The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931) Tuesday 1 January 1901 p 9 Article
    Awake! Awake! the wings of dawn Are beating at the Gates of Day! The morning star has been withdrawn The silver [?]apors melt away! ... 448 words
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  129. ODE FOE COMMONWEALTH DAY.
    The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Tuesday 1 January 1901 p 23 Article
    Awake! Arise! The wings of down Are beating at the Gates of Day! The morning star hath been withdrawn, The silver vapors melt away! ... 541 words
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  130. Ode for Commonwealth Day.
    Australian Town and Country Journal (NSW : 1870 - 1907) Saturday 5 January 1901 p 18 Article
    The adjudicators appointed by the Premier to decide who was entitled to the prize of 50gs of fered for the best ode composed for Commonwealth Day were Mr. Justice Owen, Mr. E. Du ... 611 words
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  131. ODE FOR COMMONWEALTH DAY.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 5 January 1901 Supplement: Unknown p 43 Article
    Awake ! Arise! The wings of dawn Are beating at the Gates of Day ! The morning star hath been withdrawn, The silver vapors melt away ! ... 494 words
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  132. The Prize Federal O[?] A QUEENSLAND POET THE WINNER.
    Northern Territory Times and Gazette (Darwin, NT : 1873 - 1927) Friday 15 February 1901 p 3 Article
    The price of 50 guineas given by t[?] New South Wales Government for t[?] best Commonwealth day ode has been secured by Mr. George Essex Evans[?] ... 613 words
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  133. VICTORIA. IN MEMORIAM.
    The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Thursday 24 January 1901 p 4 Article
    White Star of Womanhood, whose rays Thro' years of peace and years of stress Shed wide o'er all thy people's ways The light of nobleness— ... 186 words
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  134. VICTORIA. IN MEMORIAM.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 2 February 1901 p 203 Article
    White Star of Womanhood, whose rays Thro' years of peace and years of stress Shed wide o'er all thy people's ways The light of nobleness— ... 159 words
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  135. QUEENSLAND TO BRITAIN. L'ENVOI.
    The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Tuesday 21 May 1901 p 11 Article Illustrated
    White Rose of England, Whiter Flower of May, These lands of Summer domed by softer blue Are Halls of Welcome, and not less thy home ... 247 words
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  136. QUEENSLAND TO BRITAIN. L' ENVOI. White Rose of England, Whiter Flower of May,
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 25 May 1901 p 992 Article
    These lands of Summer domed by softer blue Are Halls of Welcome, and not less thy home Than the grey North with frontiers set in foam. This from her heart that Queensland sends to-day ... 241 words
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  137. ELAND'S RIVER. 4th to 16th AUGUST, 1[?].
    The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Saturday 3 August 1901 p 13 Article
    This engagement has been described by English officers as the most gallant fight of the whole war, and has been specially recommended by Conan Doyle as the finest, subject that an Australian balladist could wish for. It was on the fourth of August, as five hundred of us lay ... 471 words
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  138. ELAND'S RIVER. 4th to 16th AUGUST 1900.
    The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Saturday 10 August 1901 p 13 Article
    This engagement has been described by English officers as the most gallant fight of the whole war, and has been specially recommended by Conan Doyle as the finest subject that an Australian balladist could wish for. It was on the fourth of August, as five hundred of us lay ... 486 words
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  139. ELANDS RIVER. 4th TO 16th AUGUST, 1900.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 17 August 1901 p 315 Article
    This engagement has been described by English officers as the most gallant fight of the whole war, and has been specially recommended by Conan Doyle as the finest subject that an Australian balladist could wish for. It was on the fourth of August, as five hundred of us lay ... 486 words
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  140. THE WOMEN OF THE WEST.
    The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Saturday 7 September 1901 p 4 Article
    They left the vine-wreathed cottage and the mansion on the hill, The houses in the busy streets where life is never still, The pleasures of the city, and the friends they cherished beat: For love they faced the wilderness-the Women of the West. ... 319 words
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  141. THE WOMEN OF THE WEST.
    The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Saturday 14 September 1901 p 13 Article
    They left the vine-wreathed cottage and the mansion on the hill. The houses in the busy streets, wnere life is never still, The pleasures of the city, and the friends they cherished best For love they faced the wilderness—the Women of the West. ... 337 words
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  142. THE WOMEN OF THE WEST.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 21 September 1901 Supplement: Unknown p 566 Article
    They left the vine-wreathed cottage and the mansion on the hill, The houses in the busy streets, where life is never still, The pleasures of the city, and the friends they cherished best: For love they faced the wilderness—the Women of the West. ... 326 words
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  143. THE WORLD—OUR COUNTRY.
    The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Saturday 9 November 1901 p 4 Article
    O' Eartia, My Mother, the days are long, Sad and low is the marching song. I hear the surge of the [?]ons fled, I see the track where our feet have bled. ... 489 words
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  144. THE WORLD-OUR COUNTRY.
    The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Saturday 16 November 1901 p 9 Article
    Oh, Earth, My Mother, the days are long, Sad and low is the marching song. I hear the surge of the Aeons fled, I see the track where our [?] have bled. ... 713 words
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  145. LITERATURE. THE WORLO-OUR COUNTRY.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 23 November 1901 p 987 Article
    Oh, Earth, My Mother, the days are long, Sad and low is the marching song. I hear the surge of the Aeons fled, I see the track where our feet have bled. ... 574 words
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  146. SOLDIERS OF THE WILLOW.)
    The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Saturday 14 December 1901 p 5 Article
    Play the grand old game once more Soldiers of the Willow, While two Nations keep the score, Watching o'er the billow, ... 220 words
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  147. The Fleatown Steeplechase.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 14 December 1901 Supplement: Unknown p 7 Article Illustrated
    Too much about Kanaka Bills, too much about the Chow- A head-line for Matilda, Dan Murphy's brindle cow! She'd grown up with the family as quiet as a mouse, 'Twas only [?] you could [?] of the house. ... 1140 words
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  148. DROUGHT.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 14 December 1901 Supplement: Unknown p 23 Article
    The drought came down on Bendemeer, And the grass grew yellow, and scant, and sero, And the lucerne paddocks were eaten brown, And half the trees on the run out down, ... 69 words
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  149. ON THE PLAINS.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 14 December 1901 Supplement: Unknown p 23 Article
    We pushed shead till, in tracks grown blind, The last station fence had been left behind, And the land of the mighty runs spread wide, Unfenced and virgin on every side: ... 195 words
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  150. "SOLDIERS OF THE WILLOW." MESTON AND THE FOE.
    The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Friday 20 December 1901 p 6 Article
    What need have we of fighting men In uniforms so bright and nice? When the foe thunders at our shores The noble Meston will sufflee. ... 137 words
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  151. SOLDIERS OF THE WILLOW. (All Rights Reserved.)
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 28 December 1901 p 1227 Article
    Play-the. grand old game once more Soldiers of the Willow, while Nations keep the score, Watching o'er the billow, ... 309 words
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  152. "UP WITH THE FLAT!" (From "Courier" of Tuesday, 6th June, 1900.) "UP WITH THE FLAG!"
    The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Tuesday 3 June 1902 p 5 Article
    Up with the Flag; Each crimson fold Wet with the heart's-blood of our best; We still can die. We still can hold Our kinship with the men of old. ... 289 words
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  153. BRUHTON STEPHENS.
    The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Tuesday 1 July 1902 p 5 Article
    The gentle heart that hated wrong, The courage that all ills withstood, The seeing eye, the mighty song That stirred us into Nationhood, ... 170 words
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  154. Brunton Stephens.
    Morning Post (Cairns, Qld. : 1897 - 1907) Friday 1 August 1902 p 2 Article
    The gen'le heart that hated wrong. The courage that all ills withstood, The seeing eye, the mighty song That stirred us into Nationhood, ... 170 words
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  155. THE CROWN OF EMPIRE.
    The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Saturday 9 August 1902 p 9 Article
    Free is the wind that lashes into foam The fortress waves the gird the Sea-King's home; And free the war-worn Flag that is our fame— That fear, nor treason, nor the Storm God's might, ... 572 words
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  156. THE CROWN OF EMPIRE.
    The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Saturday 9 August 1902 p 9 Article
    Free is the wind that lashes into foam The fortress waves that gird the Sea-King's home; And free the war-worn Flag that is our fame— That fear, nor treason, nor the Storm-God's might, ... 634 words
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  157. LITERATURE. THE CROWN OF EMPIRE.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 16 August 1902 p 355 Article
    Free is the wind that lashes into foam The fortress waves that gird the Sea-King's home; And free the war-worn Flag that is our fame-That fear, nor treason, nor the Storm-God's might. ... 609 words
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  158. IN TIME OF DROUGHT.
    The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Saturday 13 September 1902 p 9 Article
    Drought and ruin hold the land: Round our homes their hosts have met; On our hearths their thrones are bullded; On our hearts their seals are set. ... 229 words
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  159. IN TIME OF DROUGTH.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 4 October 1902 p 747 Article
    Drought and ruin hold the land: Round our homes their hosts have met; On our hearths their thrones are builded; On our hearts their seals are set. ... 237 words
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  160. THE WAYFARERS.
    The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Saturday 3 January 1903 p 9 Article
    Still the white stars burn overhead, The green earth swings upon her way: Where are the voices of the dead, The hearts of Yesterday? ... 184 words
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  161. LITERATURE. THE WAYFARERS.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 10 January 1903 p 75 Article
    Still the white stars burn overhead, The green earth swings upon her way Where are the v[?]es of the dead, The hearts of Yesterday ? ... 185 words
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  162. CYMRU.
    The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Saturday 11 April 1903 p 9 Article
    Dim in the mists of ages, seeking a resting-place, Broke on the shores of Britain the wave of an Aryan race. Clear thro' the [?]ists of ages, ere over the White Christ came, Songs of the Cymric singers have chanted the Brython fame. ... 1015 words
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  163. LITERATURE. CYMRU.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 18 April 1903 p 860 Article
    Dim in the mists of ages, seeking a resting-place, Broke on the shores of Britain the wave of an Aryan race. Clear thro' the mists of ages, are ever the White Christ came. Songs of the Cymric singers have chanted the Brython fame. ... 1007 words
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  164. ONE FOR WALES.
    The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Wednesday 20 December 1905 p 5 Article
    O, the Thistle and the Rose, They are nursing knees and toes, And the fiery-hearted Shamrock has gone under, But the gallant little Leek ... 130 words
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  165. Advertising
    The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Friday 2 February 1906 Supplement: Supplement To The Brisbane Courier p 10 Advertising
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  166. [COPYRIGHT.] JUBILEE ODE. "QUEEN OF THE NORTH."
    The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Saturday 7 August 1909 p 5 Article Illustrated
    Stand forth, O Daughter of the Sun Of all thy kin the fairest one, It is thine hour of Jubilee. Behold, the work our hands have done ... 783 words
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  167. JUBILEE ODE. "QUEEN OF THE NORTH."
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 14 August 1909 p 20 Article Illustrated
    Stand forth, 0 Daughter of the Sun, Of all thy kin the fairest one, It Is thine hour of Jubilee. Behold, the work our hands have done ... 630 words
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  168. AN AUSTRALIAN SYMPHONY. (Written in an Australian Solitude.)
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 4 December 1909 p 51 Article
    Not as the songs of other lands Her song shall be. Where dim Her purple shore-line stands ... 626 words
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  169. AUSTRALIA.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 1 December 1917 p 48 Article
    Could tints be deeper, skies less dim. More soft and fair, Jewelled with milk-white clouds that swim In fairest air ? ... 104 words
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  170. AN ESSEX EVANS POEM.
    The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Saturday 11 March 1922 p 17 Article
    The following poem was written, but never published, by the late George Essex Evans, of Toowoomba, Queensland. He presented the poem in his own handwriting to Mr. Ormond Smith, who lived for some years in Brisbane, and who frequently met him, and sometimes ... 462 words
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  171. Literature. AN ESSEX EVANS POEM.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 25 March 1922 p 3 Article
    The following poem was written, but never published, by the late George Essex Evans, of Toowoomba, Queensland. He presented the poem in his own ... 365 words
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  172. WORK.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 6 December 1924 p 4 Article
    Sing thou of toil, Of toil that moulds to-day the larger morrow! More with stout heart on life's great ... 47 words
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  173. ON THE PLAINS.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 13 December 1924 p 44 Article
    Slip Girth and let the old horse graze! The noon grows heavy on the air. Kindle the tiny camp-fire's blaze, ... 55 words
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  174. THE MAN UPON THE LAND.
    Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954) Tuesday 6 November 1928 p 8 Article
    The city folk, they whirl about In cab, and train, and train; They grumble at the days of drought, They grumble at the rain, ... 156 words
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  175. THE WOMEN OF THE WEST.
    Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954) Monday 4 August 1930 p 10 Article
    They left the vine wreathed cottage and the mansion on the hill, The houses in the busy streets, where life is never still. ... 177 words
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  176. The Queenslander Pictorial
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Thursday 23 October 1930 p 27 Article Illustrated
    THE BEAUTY OF TOOWOOMBA. "Dark purple, chased with sudden gloom and glory. Like waves in wild unrest, Low-wooded billows and sleep summits hoary. Ridge, slope, and mountain crest, Cease at her feet with faces turned to meet her"-G Essex Evans. A camera study of Spring-street, Toowoomba, by G.H. Ellis. ... 73 words
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  177. THE WOMEN OF THE WEST.
    Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954) Thursday 15 February 1934 p 10 Article
    They left the vine-wreathed cottage and the mansion on the hill, The houses in the busy streets, where life is never still; ... 57 words
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  178. No title
    The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954) Tuesday 17 April 1934 p 3 Article
    For them no trumpet sounds the call, no poet plies his art— They only hear the beating of their gallant, loving hearts. But they have sung with silent lives the song all songs above—The holiness of sacrifice, the dignity of love. ... 97 words
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  179. Queensland To Britain [These verses were contributed to "The Queenslander" by GEORGE ESSEX EVANS, in May 1901, to commemorate the visit of the Duke and Duchess or Cornwall and York.]
    The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954) Thursday 2 May 1935 Supplement: ROYAL SILVER JUBILEE SUPPLEMENT p 6 Article
    White Rose of England, White flower of May, These lands of Summer domed by softer blue ... 267 words
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  180. THE CHANT OF THE LONELY[?]GGER
    The North Queensland Register (Townsville, Qld. : 1892 - 1905) Monday 18 December 1905 p 83 Article Illustrated
    " Farewelk.my son," the father said, "You go across the brine. Beware the wine when it is red. And keep a cool-and cautious head; ... 849 words
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