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While The Billy BoilsSearch

Poet

Charles Thatcher

1831–1878

Singer, songwriter and entertainer whose topical songs chronicled goldfields, city life, politics and prejudice in colonial Victoria.

State Library Victoria · public-domain book image · Public domain in Australia

17 poems

Poems in this collection

Topical colonial song, street satire and goldfields observation.

Colonial songs & satireBilly Nutts in Australia1857 · POEM-002040 Colonial songs & satireBuying Land1857 · POEM-002041 Colonial songs & satireChinese Immigration1857 · POEM-002042 Colonial songs & satireColonial Education1857 · POEM-002043 Colonial songs & satireHints to Candidates1857 · POEM-002044 Colonial songs & satire“It’s All Right”1857 · POEM-002045 Colonial songs & satireJohn Chinaman’s Marriage1857 · POEM-002046 Colonial songs & satireLife of an Auctioneer1857 · POEM-002047 Colonial songs & satireLife of a Colonial Quack Doctor1857 · POEM-002048 Colonial songs & satireLondon and the Diggings1857 · POEM-002049 Colonial songs & satireStephen Cain1857 · POEM-002050 Colonial songs & satireThe Bullock-Creek Picnic1857 · POEM-002051 Colonial songs & satireThe Digger’s Grave1857 · POEM-002052 Colonial songs & satireThe Green New Chum1857 · POEM-002053 Colonial songs & satireThe Leary Boy1857 · POEM-002054 Colonial songs & satireThe Unsuccessful Swell1857 · POEM-002055 Colonial songs & satireWhen First I Landed Here1857 · POEM-002056