While The Billy BoilsSearch
Campfire and billy illustration used for Thomas William Heney’s collection route

Poet

Thomas William Heney

1862–1928

Journalist, editor and poet whose work observed rural labour, distance and the demanding rhythms of Australian station life.

While The Billy Boils · collection artwork · Site artwork

2 poems

Poems in this collection

Station work, solitude, weather and endurance.

Work, hardship & enduranceThe Boundary Rider1918 · POEM-001735Work, hardship & enduranceThe Hut on the Flat1888 · POEM-002299