While The Billy BoilsSearch
Poet
Edward Dyson
1865–1931
Poet, journalist and short-story writer whose work drew closely on mining communities and life around the Victorian goldfields.
41 poems in the collection
State Library Victoria · public domain · Public domain in Australia
Mining work, goldfields communities and the comedy and danger of colonial life.
41 poems
Poems in this collection
Love & relationships'Breaking It Gently'1896 · POEM-001243City & society'Stop-and-see'1896 · POEM-001234Goldfields & miningA Big “Bust”1901 · POEM-002286Love & relationshipsA Friendly Game of Football1896 · POEM-001238War & public lifeA New Girl up at White's1896 · POEM-001251Goldfields & miningA Poor Joke1896 · POEM-001242Work & solidarityAH LING, THE LEPER1896 · POEM-001259Love & relationshipsBashful Gleeson1896 · POEM-001226War & public lifeBATTERED BOB1896 · POEM-001253City & societyBullocky Bill1896 · POEM-001256City & societyCleaning Up1896 · POEM-001224Work & solidarityGerman Joe1896 · POEM-001228Road, rail & travelIn 'the Benevolent'1896 · POEM-001235City & societyIn Town1896 · POEM-001249Work & solidarityJonah's Luck1896 · POEM-001236War & public lifeNight Shift1896 · POEM-001237War & public lifePeter Simson's Farm1896 · POEM-001246Work & solidaritySINCE NELLIE CAME TO LIVE ALONG THE CREEK1896 · POEM-001247Work & solidarityStruck It at Last1896 · POEM-001244Road, rail & travelTHE DESERTED HOMESTEAD1896 · POEM-001250City & societyThe Drovers in Reply1896 · POEM-001257City & societyThe Emu of Whroo1896 · POEM-001260Work & solidarityThe Fossicker1896 · POEM-001240Road, rail & travelThe Freak1896 · POEM-001248War & public lifeThe Old Camp-oven1896 · POEM-001231War & public lifeThe Old Whim Horse1896 · POEM-001223City & societyTHE PROSPECTORS1896 · POEM-001245War & public lifeThe Rescue1896 · POEM-001225War & public lifeThe Shanty1896 · POEM-001258Goldfields & miningThe Silence of Mullock Creek1901 · POEM-002282Love & relationshipsThe Splitter1896 · POEM-001254City & societyThe Tale of Steven1896 · POEM-001239City & societyThe Tin-pot Mill1896 · POEM-001241War & public lifeThe Trucker1896 · POEM-001233Sea & travelThe Worked-out Mine1896 · POEM-001227Work & solidarityTo the Men of the Mines1896 · POEM-001222Work & solidarityTo the Theoretical Selector1896 · POEM-001255War & public lifeWaiting for Water1896 · POEM-001229War & public lifeWhen Brother Peetree Prayed1896 · POEM-001230Road, rail & travelWhen the Bell Blew Up1896 · POEM-001232Love & relationshipsWhose Wife1896 · POEM-001252