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113 poems — showing 1–48
Goldfields & work
"The Cataract."
G. H. Gibson
I stood by the trunk of a giant box1878→Work & solidarity
A Bushman's Song
A. B. Paterson
I'm travellin' down the Castlereagh, and I'm a station hand,1892→Work & solidarity
A Dirge of Joy
Henry Lawson
Oh! this is a joyful dirge, my friends, and this is a hymn of praise;1915→Work & solidarity
A Disqualified Jockey's Story
A. B. Paterson
You see, the thing was this way — there was me,1898→Work & solidarity
A Fantasy of War
Henry Lawson
From Australia1915→Work & solidarity
A Mate Can Do No Wrong
Henry Lawson
We learnt the creed at Hungerford,1915→Work & solidarity
A Mountain Station
A. B. Paterson
I bought a run a while ago,1891→Work & solidarity
A New John Bull
Henry Lawson
A tall, slight, English gentleman,1915→Bush life & work
A Song From a Sandhill
Barcroft Boake
Drip, drip, drip! It tinkles on the fly—1897→Work & solidarity
A Walgett Episode
A. B. Paterson
The sun strikes down with a blinding glare,1902→Work & solidarity
A Word to Texas Jack
Henry Lawson
Texas Jack, you are amusin’. By Lord Harry, how I laughed1900→Work & solidarity
AH LING, THE LEPER
Edward Dyson
Up a dark and fetid alley, where the offal and the slime1896→Work & solidarity
An Australian Advertisement
Henry Lawson
We want the man who will lead the van,1890→Bush work & pastoral life
Andy's Return
Henry Lawson
With pannikins all rusty,1905→Work & solidarity
Any Other Time
A. B. Paterson
All of us play our very best game —1902→Work & solidarity
Beaten Back
Henry Lawson
Beaten back in sad dejection,1888→Bush work & pastoral life
Ben Duggan
Henry Lawson
Jack Denver died on Talbragar when Christmas Eve began,1891→Work & solidarity
Bourke
Henry Lawson
I’ve followed all my tracks and ways, from old bark school to1905→Work & solidarity
But What’s the Use
Henry Lawson
But what’s the use of writing ‘bush’—1900→Work & solidarity
Charley Lilley
Henry Lawson
Oh! who will bear the battle's brunt1900→Work & solidarity
Could I Hear the Kookaburras Once Again
John O’Brien
May a fading fancy hover round a gladness that is over?1921→Work, hardship & compassion
Cross the Border
Henry Lawson
Albury, Wednesday. The body of the man who committed suicide1892→Bush life & work
Dan Wasn't Thrown From His Horse
Henry Lawson
They say he was thrown and run over,1891→Work, hardship & endurance
Dead in the Queensland Bush
Ernest Favenc
Where the trailing boughs of the tea-trees droop,1888→Work & solidarity
Discontent
Marie E. J. Pitt
Of Beauty one shall sing,1911→Work & solidarity
Do They Know?
A. B. Paterson
Do they know? At the turn to the straight1902→Goldfields & work
Down the River
Henry Lawson
I’ve done with joys an’ misery,1910→Goldfields & work
Exceeding Small
Henry Lawson
Swing round the motor cars to where1900→Goldfields & work
Forgiveness — for the Strollers
Henry Lawson
So they write to confess, and they write in distress,1900→Work, hardship & endurance
G.S.
Henry Lawson
He has notions of Australia from the tales that he’s been told—1905→Work & solidarity
German Joe
Edward Dyson
Skirting the swamp and the tangled scrub,1896→Work & union life
Harry Stephens
Henry Lawson
Harry Stephens, shearer, discovered lying on a sheet of bark1891→Bush life & work
His Father
John O’Brien
We meet him first in frills immersed,1921→Bush life & work
How the Favourite Beat Us
A. B. Paterson
'Aye,' said the boozer, 'I tell you it's true, sir,1894→Bush life & work
Johnson's Antidote
A. B. Paterson
Down along the Snakebite River, where the overlanders camp,1895→Work & solidarity
Jonah's Luck
Edward Dyson
Out of luck, mate? Have a liquor. Hang it, where's the use complaining?1896→Work & solidarity
Lachlan Side
Henry Lawson
Region of damper and "junk" and tea,1888→Work & solidarity
Mallacoota West
Henry Lawson
A SONG OF THE TELEPHONE1900→Bush work & pastoral life
Marshall's Mate
Henry Lawson
You almost heard the surface bake, and saw the gum-leaves turn—1895→Bush work & pastoral life
Middletons Rouseabout
Henry Lawson
Tall and freckled and sandy,1890→Work & solidarity
Mostly Slavonic
Henry Lawson
I.—Peter Michaelov1915→Bush work & pastoral life
Mount Bukaroo
Henry Lawson
Only one old post is standing—1889→Work, disaster & remembrance
Mount Kembla
Thomas Edward Spencer
The judges are sitting in solemn array,1906→Military life, work & endurance
Moving On
A. B. Paterson
In this war we're always moving,1918→Work, hardship & endurance
My Army, O, My Army!
Henry Lawson
My army, O, my army! The time I dreamed of comes!1915→Goldfields & work
My Literary Friend
Henry Lawson
Once I wrote a little poem which I thought was very fine,1900→Work & solidarity
Old Tunes
Henry Lawson
When friends are listening round me, Jack, to hear my dying breath,1897→Goldfields & work
On Kiley's Run
A. B. Paterson
The roving breezes come and go1890→