While The Billy BoilsSearch
Poet
W. T. Goodge
1862–1909
English-born Australian journalist and poet whose comic and vernacular verse captured station work, shearers, drink and the rough theatre of bush life.
10 poems in the collection
While The Billy Boils · collection artwork · Site artwork
Station humour, vernacular character and comic bush narrative.
10 poems
Poems in this collection
Country, identity & belonging“Mulga and Wattle”1902 · POEM-001536Bush life & workA Genuine Bush Song1930 · POEM-001447Bush humour & station lifeDaley's Dorg Wattle1899 · POEM-001520Bush humour & station lifeMulligan's Shanty1899 · POEM-001518Drought, weather & endurancePraying for Rain1899 · POEM-001419Work, hardship & enduranceStation Life1904 · POEM-001409Bush humour & station lifeThe Bush Missionary1901 · POEM-001515Bush life & communityThe Man from Mulga Flat1897 · POEM-001522Money, work & powerThe Mining Mart1901 · POEM-001509Bush life & workThe Shearers’ Cook1899 · POEM-001516