While The Billy BoilsSearch
Poet
G. H. Gibson
1846–1921
George Herbert Gibson, who wrote as ‘Ironbark’, was an Anglo-Australian solicitor and public servant whose humorous verse drew on colonial work, travel and bush life.
18 poems in the collection
Southerly Busters (1878) · public domain book image · Public domain in Australia
Comic observation, social satire and the rough theatre of colonial life.
18 poems
Poems in this collection
Goldfields & work"The Cataract."1878 · POEM-001272Love & relationshipsA Candidate for an Early Grave1878 · POEM-001275City life, leisure & satireA Peeler's Appeal1878 · POEM-001276City & societyAn Ambitious Dream1878 · POEM-001269Humour & domestic lifeChristmas1878 · POEM-001271Shearing & humourEpitaph on a Convivial Shearer1878 · POEM-001274City life, leisure & satireLines by a (Pawn)Broken-Hearted Youth1878 · POEM-001261Society & satireMoral Philosophy for Little Folks1878 · POEM-001268Bush life & characterMy Mate Bill1901 · POEM-002285Bush life & workSocial Evils.1878 · POEM-001267City & societySupernatural Revelations of a Fancy-Goods Man1878 · POEM-001270Bush life & societyThe Ancient Shepherd1878 · POEM-001262Love & relationshipsThe Butcher's Pic-nic.1878 · POEM-001278Bush work & pastoral lifeThe Cattle Muster1878 · POEM-001264Sport & satireThe Great Cricket Match1878 · POEM-001283Sea & travelThe Shepherd's Vengeance.1878 · POEM-001266Sea & travelThe Undertaker's Pic-nic.1878 · POEM-001281Society & politicsWhere Is Freedom?1878 · POEM-001263