While The Billy BoilsSearchPoet
Charles Thatcher
1831–1878
Singer, songwriter and entertainer whose topical songs chronicled goldfields, city life, politics and prejudice in colonial Victoria.
17 poems in the collection
State Library Victoria · public-domain book image · Public domain in Australia
Topical colonial song, street satire and goldfields observation.
17 poems
Poems in this collection
Colonial songs & satire“It’s All Right”1857 · POEM-002045Colonial songs & satireBilly Nutts in Australia1857 · POEM-002040Colonial songs & satireBuying Land1857 · POEM-002041Colonial songs & satireChinese Immigration1857 · POEM-002042Colonial songs & satireColonial Education1857 · POEM-002043Colonial songs & satireHints to Candidates1857 · POEM-002044Colonial songs & satireJohn Chinaman’s Marriage1857 · POEM-002046Colonial songs & satireLife of a Colonial Quack Doctor1857 · POEM-002048Colonial songs & satireLife of an Auctioneer1857 · POEM-002047Colonial songs & satireLondon and the Diggings1857 · POEM-002049Colonial songs & satireStephen Cain1857 · POEM-002050Colonial songs & satireThe Bullock-Creek Picnic1857 · POEM-002051Colonial songs & satireThe Digger’s Grave1857 · POEM-002052Colonial songs & satireThe Green New Chum1857 · POEM-002053Colonial songs & satireThe Leary Boy1857 · POEM-002054Colonial songs & satireThe Unsuccessful Swell1857 · POEM-002055Colonial songs & satireWhen First I Landed Here1857 · POEM-002056