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The bush ballad, bush song, or bush poem is a style of poetry and folk music that depicts the life, character and scenery of the Australian bush. The typical bush ballad employs a straightforward rhyme structure to narrate a story, often one of action and adventure, and uses language that is colourful, colloquial, and idiomatically Australian.
Banjo Paterson : His Poetry and Prose edited by Richard Hall, 1993 [22] The Bush Poems of A. B. (Banjo) Paterson edited by Jack Thompson, FinePoets, 2008 [23] 60 Classic Australian Poems edited by Geoff Page, University of NSW Press, 2009 [24] 60 Classic Australian Poems for Children edited by Chris Cheng, Random House, 2009 [25]
It was first published in The Bulletin magazine on 9 July 1892, under the title "Borderland." [2] Its publication marked the start of the Bulletin Debate, a series of poems by both Lawson and Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson asserting contrasting views of the true nature of life in the Australian bush.
The City Bushman is a poem by iconic Australian writer and poet Henry Lawson. It was first published in The Bulletin magazine on 6 August 1892, under the title In Answer to "Banjo", and Otherwise . It was the fourth work in the Bulletin Debate , a series of poems by both Lawson and Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson , and others, about the true ...
Thomas Henry Kendall (18 April 1839 [a] – 1 August 1882), was an Australian author and bush poet, who was particularly known for his poems and tales set in a natural environment. He appears never to have used his first name — his three volumes of verse were all published under the name of "Henry Kendall".
"The Fire at Ross's Farm" (1890) is a poem by Australian poet Henry Lawson. [1] It was originally published in The Bulletin on 6 December 1890 and subsequently reprinted in several of the author's other collections, other newspapers and periodicals and a number of Australian poetry anthologies. [1]
Australian literature is the written or literary work produced in the area or by the people of the Commonwealth of Australia and its preceding colonies. During its early Western history, Australia was a collection of British colonies; as such, its recognised literary tradition begins with and is linked to the broader tradition of English literature.
Barcroft Henry Thomas Boake (26 March 1866 – 2 May 1892) was an Australian stockman and poet who wrote primarily within the bush poetry tradition. He was active for only a few years before his suicide at the age of 26.