The Queenslander, index of original poetry, 1885 | |||||
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Date |
Page/link |
Author |
Subject/Title |
Subject |
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3/1/85 |
John Rae |
Happy New Year |
Federal Poem |
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'Sulorac' | Desdecardo |
Death of a loved one, religion |
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10/1/85 |
'Sulorac' |
It's the early bird that gets the worm |
Tragic fate of a worm |
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17/1/85 |
'Sulorac' |
A Fellow Feeling makes us Wondrous kind |
The feeling of a pickpocket! |
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24/1/85 |
'Vaquero'
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To the Legion of the Lost |
Pioneers |
The news of the fall of Khartoum |
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John Rae |
Light and Shade | Tolerance and points of view | |||
31/1/85 |
'Christophus' (Essex Evans |
To Lucifer |
Do not seek and earthly paradise |
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7/2/85 | 209 |
S.Metford |
In Memoriam, Lt Colonel Fred Burnaby |
Khartoum | |
'Sulorac' | True Courage | Nurses in War | |||
21/2/85 |
T.F.MacDonald |
Sonnet, On the Fall of Khartoum |
Khartoum |
Kanaka Labourers |
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MHF (Foott) | In Memoriam | Khartoum | |||
S.Metford | |||||
Anonymous | 26th January 1885 | Khartoum | |||
The Situation | Sugar prices and the Griffith Premiership | ||||
28/2/85 | 329 | L.A. | In memoriam | (Death of Gordon) | |
7/3/85 | 369 |
Anna H Drury |
A Dewdrop and a Sunbeam |
The fleeting nature of time, religious | |
Poeta Australis |
The Lyrebird's Lay | The natural environment | |||
14/3/85 | 409 | Christophus (Evans) | Discontent | Be happy with your lot | |
21/3/85 | 449 |
Christophus (Evans) |
Australia Militant |
Khartoum | |
'Bushman' | The Story of a Brown | Child Beggar ** |
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28/3/85 | 489 | R.N.G | The Dingo Hunt | Native Wildlife** | |
4/4/85 | 529 | Sulorac | The Coral Ring --A fantasy | A fantasy - I'd like to be, under the sea | |
11/4/85 | 569 |
Joachin Miller |
The Fortunate Isles |
Keep your spirits up |
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Joaquin Miller | Is it Worthwhile | Don't be mean | |||
William Higgs | The Song of a Snowflake | Love and death | |||
18/4/85 |
Christophus (Evans) |
The Shepherd's last sleep |
Natural Landscape | ||
'Viola'** |
A Remembrance | Bereavement | ![]() The Russian threat in Afghanistan |
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25/4/85 |
Christophus (Evans) S.Metford |
The Russian Advance Windsor Castle Barracks |
Russian invasion of Afghanistan, British courage Eviction of Soldiers' families from Windsor castle. |
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9/5/85 | 729 | Christophus (Evans) | War | Make the enemy human | |
16/5/85 | 777 | Bushman | Drought | Queensland was in severe drought from 1884-1886 | |
23/5/85 | 817 | Christophus (Evans) | In Memoriam -Death | You can't negotiate |
Queensland's defence forces, Lytton, 1885 |
13/6/85 | 937 | L.A. | Welcome Home | The troops come home | |
20/6/85 | 977 | 'Sulorac' | The Wallaby | Native animals | |
27/6/85 |
Sulorac |
Bereft |
Lost Love |
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1020 | S. Metford | A Political Suspiration | The change of Prime Ministers in the UK | ||
1020 | Robert Gunn | The Lay of the Diproton | The life of an ancient Australian dinosaur | ||
4/7/85 | 9 |
Sulorac |
The Land in the Pacific |
Come and live in Queensland. You can get rich. | |
Mrs S |
In Memoriam -David Cannon McConnel - Cressbrook |
The McConnels were among the first free white settlers in the Brisbane valley |
Migrant ship arrives, Brisbane |
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11/7/85 |
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Sulorac |
May Day in England |
Spring celebrations in the old country |
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52 | Vaquero |
The Belle of the Three Stations |
A girl who has 3 suitors, but keeps her virtue. | ||
18/7/85 |
Sulorac |
Virginia |
Love Poem | ||
S.Metford | Lines | Death of a Friend | |||
25/7/85 | 129 |
'Christophus' (Evans) |
The Lay of the North |
McKinlay Mountains | |
J.B. | To Publius | Political Satire | |||
1/8/85 | 169 | Sulorac | The Dewdrop | Conceit on love | |
8/8/85 | 209 | O'Hara Wood | In Memoriam -Willie Isles | Death of a Child |
Bank of NSW, Nerang |
15/8/85 | 249 | A.K.D. | Lost | A child goes missing*** (see controversy 6/9) | |
22/8/85 |
A M'Clanachan |
Robert Burns |
The life of the Scottish bard |
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291 | Sulorac | The Outcast's Grave (F.L.E.A) | Humour | ||
292 | M.H. (Aged 15) | Silvery Moon | Well crafted nature poem | ||
29/8/85 |
Vaquero |
Two to Five Bar One |
Prostitution - Painting |
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339 | Pussy-Cat | Out in the Scrub | A Bushman's Song | ||
5/9/85 |
Christophus Sulorac Thane (Aged 10) |
Love and Ambition The Siren Rocks Twilight fancies |
Mythical, love triumphs over ambition Sirens rescue a sailor, and fall in love A child dreams of fairy tales |
Sketches of Mackay,1885 |
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12/9/85 |
J. Michean A.K.D. Robert J Burdette |
Brittania's volunteers True life Ah there! |
Conscription is a good thing Don't be greedy, men and women Humorous about the coming of the millennium |
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19/9/85 |
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John L Woolcock Scotia M.H.(Maude Hester, aged 15) Sulorac |
Thalatta! Thalatta! A Day-Dream The Traveller - Youth and Beauty |
A lost sailor sees the sea An escape poem, to friendlier climes A Swagman poem Appearance and Reality |
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26/9/85 | 501 | R.N.G. | The Super's Mistake |
A stockman takes his supervisor's beast, humorous |
Roma -Mitchell Railway |
3/10/85 |
F.G. Sulorac |
The Antidote 'Ough' |
Essex Evans parody Longfellow Parody |
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10/10/85 |
Scotia Thane (Aged 14) |
The Camp of the Dark Brigade The Ride to Mt Garry |
Makes fun of aborigines, homage to Tennyson Horse and boyfriend both die, skilful poem. |
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17/10/85 |
'Bushman" E.Scholefield Maude Hester (Age 16) |
How Long O Lord The First Temple In Forest Glades |
A prayer for an end to the drought Religious Nature poem, forest, kangaroos, mullet |
Brisbane Horse Drawn tram |
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7/11/85 | 741 | Maude Hester | The Storm |
Oh, a storm in the bush, I think,
Is one of the grandest sights
Fix this textWhen all the sky is black as ink,
And cuttingly the cold wind bites.
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21/11/85 | 817 | A.B. | In Memoriam | Losing contact with a friend, who then dies. | ![]() Penny farthing bicycle |
5/12/85 | 897 | Anonymous | The Camp Fire | Stockman's yarn - the perils of Alcohol | |
12/12/85 | 937 | John L Woolcock | A Vision - in some sad fantasy land |
Escape from a nightmare land |
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19/12/85 |
L.A. Mary Hannay Foott Pussycat |
Christmas The Pilgrimage to Keelaar (from the German of Heinrich Heine) Their Christmas |
A religious Christmas Translation, a mother loses a child Shows that Christmas poems can be nauseating even without Santa. |
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26/12/85 | 1017 | Val Dare | Love's Doom |
When Love has lost its perfume
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Images from State Library of Queensland, Trove, and editor's collection. |