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Landscape & nature
A Mid-Summer Noon in the Australian Forest
Charles Harpur
Not a bird disturbs the air,1918→Landscape, loss & reflection
A Mountain Home — Kangaroo Valley
Philip Durham Lorimer
Kangaroo Valley1901→Landscape, weather & seasons
A Storm in the Mountains
Charles Harpur
A lonely boy, far venturing from home1888→Landscape & nature
At Euroma
Henry Kendall
They built his mound of the rough, red ground,1888→Landscape & nature
Bell-Birds
Henry Kendall
By channels of coolness the echoes are calling,1918→Landscape, weather & seasons
Cooranbean
Henry Kendall
Years fifty, and seven to boot, have smitten the children of men1888→Landscape, loss & reflection
Death of a Friendless Girl in the Bush
Philip Durham Lorimer
Oh, thou whom Beauty called its own,1901→Landscape, loss & reflection
I’ll Climb the High Range
Philip Durham Lorimer
I’ll climb the high range in my glee,1901→Landscape & place
Illawarra
Thomas Edward Spencer
In thy garden, Illawarra, where the giant lilies grow,1906→Landscape & nation
In Time of Drought
Mary Hannay Foott
“The river of God is full of water.”1885→Landscape & nature
Mooni
Henry Kendall
Ah, to be by Mooni now,1918→Landscape, loss & reflection
My Mountain Cave
Philip Durham Lorimer
In the cave where I am living1901→Landscape & nature
Orara
Henry Kendall
The strong sob of the chafing stream1918→Landscape, loss & reflection
Queensland
Philip Durham Lorimer
Queensland ! thou art a land of pest :1901→Landscape, loss & reflection
Rain
Philip Durham Lorimer
How sweet is the sound of the beautiful rain,1901→Landscape & nature
September in Australia
Henry Kendall
Grey Winter hath gone, like a wearisome guest,1918→Landscape & nature
Song of the Shingle Splitters
Henry Kendall
In dark wild woods, where the lone owl broods1918→Landscape, weather & seasons
The Bush
James Lister Cuthbertson
Give us from dawn to dark1918→Landscape & nation
The Future of Australia
Mary Hannay Foott
SING us the Land of the Southern Sea,—1885→Nation & landscape
The Heart of Australia
Henry Lawson
When the wars of the world seemed ended, and silent the distant drum,1905→Landscape & nation
The Muse of Australia
Henry Kendall
Where the pines with the eagles are nestled in rifts,1888→Landscape & nature
The Rain Comes Sobbing to the Door
Henry Kendall
The night grows dark, and weird and cold; and thick drops patter on the pane;1888→Landscape, memory & reflection
The Voice of the Willows
Thomas Edward Spencer
Song1906→Landscape & nature
The Warrigal
Henry Kendall
The warrigal's lair is pent in bare,1888→Landscape, weather & seasons
Wattle and Myrtle
James Lister Cuthbertson
Gold of the tangled wilderness of wattle,1918→