While The Billy BoilsSearch
Campfire and billy illustration used for Bernard O'Dowd’s collection route

Poet

Bernard O'Dowd

1866–1953

Poet, lawyer and public servant whose ambitious national verse examined identity, democracy and Australia’s imagined future.

While The Billy Boils · collection artwork · Site artwork

2 poems

Poems in this collection

Nationhood, democracy, landscape and social ideals.

Country, identity & belongingAustralia1918 · POEM-001737Country, identity & belongingLast Stanzas of 'The Bush'1918 · POEM-001744