Old Bush Songs Harvested in Australia Folk History
Review of folk song scholarship tracing the development of Australian bush ballads from the 19th and 20th centuries. Highlights Meredith and Anderson's Folk Songs of Australia and Stewart with Keesing's Old Bush Songs, noting their methods, collections, and the national cultural significance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
John Meredith
Hugh Anderson
Ure Smithy
Douglas Stewart
Robertson
Polk
Wallad
Nancy Keesing
Banjo Paterson
Stewart and
Keesing
A.B. Paterson
Old Australian tunes reflect immigrant roots and mine towns
The passage discusses how 1850s to 1870s immigrants shaped Australian bush songs and place names in Adelaide and mining regions. It notes songs tied to towns, hotels such as The Maid and the Magpie, and tunes like Varsovienna and Old Danny Tue, with German settlements and Kapunda and Wallaroo mines as origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelaide
Danny Tue
Australia
Kapunda
South Australia
New Impulses In Australian Poetry Review
A critic surveys the anthology New Impulses in Australian Poetry edited for Hall and Thomeas W. at Uni versity of Poland Brest. It highlights Francis Webb Gwen Harwood and Bruce Beaver as standout poets while noting global ties and a shift to free verse and direct language. The piece argues the collection captures a modern alienation tempered by sharp, compassionate insight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Slestor
Fitze Gerald
Stewart
Gwen Harwood
Jallardott
Beaver
Dawe
Buckly
Willace- Crabbe
Francis Webb
Rodney Hall
Wallace-Crabbe
Bruce Beaver
Watson's Gap
Teal IE Pleasent
Murray
Lowell
Ginsberg
Plath
England
America
Canada
Webb
Kries
The Voyage of the Africaine migrants to South Australia
A compact review of a book tying the 19th century migrant voyage to Australia. Penelope Hope compiles diary and letter extracts from Gouger and Mary Thoms, detailing reasons for emigration, voyage preparations, the Africaine voyage, and early hold and Adelaide settlements. The volume includes an index and nautical glossary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Penelope Hope
Setlement
Adelaide
South Australia
Fiex
Robert Gouger
Mary Thoms
Cobbstt
Napier
Wakefield
England
Hold- Tast Bay
Fife
The Bond and The Chantic Bird by Anna Taylor review
France and England produce first novels with limited common ground yet strong voice. Jacques Borel and Ded Jralend Heine present intricate mother son dynamics in The Bond and The Chantic Bird, with detailed psychological study and lyrical prose, though pacing overreaches at times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Taylor
Borel. Collins
Longmans
France
Australia
England
Jacques Borel
Uhis
Prix Goncourt
Deligue
Autor Cemena
Novel review contrasts two works by David Ireland
The piece discusses Life with Mother by David Ireland, praising its stark anti hero and fixation on a found family led by Bee and a boy who acts as guardian. It also reviews a second historical romance set in Caesar era England mixing magic and power, noting its scope beyond the first work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Caesar
England
Caesar
Rome
Noahs Ark reviewed as best of three picture books
A 1950s- era review praises Noahs Ark by Will Wiesner as the strongest among three illustrated Bible story picture books. It highlights Wiesner’s faithful retelling and warm visuals, with humorous, caricatured animals. Casilda and the Rising Moon is also noted for its historical portraiture, while other titles are described as ordinary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noad
Hesner
Cassida
Elizabeth Borman
Juan de Pareja
Toledo
Casilda
Zoraida
Ahmed
Zulema
Spain
Evers
Calid
Fragmented economic theses and lurid curiosities in print
A garbled catalog lists books on discrimination against Commonwealth migrants in Britain, Pan-African economics, analyses of national economies and growth in Africa, a juvenile delinquency novel, a World War I era occult tales collection, and ten tales of secret rituals including black magic. The items feature authors like Resinalt Greene and William Dick, with assorted prices and publishers, reflecting a mixed-era catalogue of social science, crime, and occult titles.
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Britain
Resinalt \ Greene anal Av
Seldsuum Pengabe
Atoan LE Inary
Afr
William Dick
Ure Smith
Price
Peter Hunning
the New
Pusch
Prive Gk
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Tad the Mame
Commonwealth Literary Fund
Meredith
Andenon
Meredith Taper
National Library
Canberra
Timex
W.L. Hopfmann
Addr Aly
Nsw
Wenern Gold
Fred Holland
Mudgee
Falda
Town
Varsovienna
Mergany Most
Inglis Moore
FitzGerald
Slessor
Stis
Brennan
Neilson
Paterson
Dowd
Grim Reali
Ginip Powell Pain
Rodney Mall
Thomas Shapcott
D. W. A. Baker
Ennienporry
Heinmann
Civic Centre
Monara Mall
Fanma
Virginia Osborne
Cerna
Borel
David Ireland
Bee
Jess
Diffeult
Aid Indies
Clyde
Robust Bible Story
Norw's Ark
Will Wiesner
Angus and Heertson
Timothy Robbins
Combs
Alvin ‘Tresselt
WV ‘Ork
Casilda UF
Be Revillo
Price Sri Pinkabu
THE
Robert Barnatt
Harrap
Aperiader
Noah
William Wieanst
Nash
Eibach
Elizabeth Bray
Fatal! Tonde
PIS Branson
Te Lingang
Swedenborg
P.O
Canberra City
A.C.T
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