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Jack's Last Muster
''Jack's Last Muster'' is a poem by Australian poet Barcroft Boake. It was first published in ''The Sydney Mail'' on 13 December 1890, and later in the poet's poetry collection '' Where the Dead Men Lie, and Other Poems'' (1897). On its original publication, the poem was subtitled "Diamantina River. Western Queensland". Analysis N. E. Gladhill in ''The West Australian'' included this poem in an essay examining the extent of the horse's inspiration on Australian poets. ""Jack's Last Muster" is one of the few instances of oake'swork, where we experience the rhythm of joy and the feeling of carefreeness. Could Boake have dragged himself from the melancholia and hopeless outlook on life that obsessed him he might have given us an epic of bush life. He conceived the idea of one when it was too late; when life had destroyed his hope, and he had invited death to put an end to his hopelessness. "Jack's Last Muster" is reminiscent of Gordon in his raciest style. It is written in the me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barcroft Boake
Barcroft Henry Thomas Boake (26 March 1866 – 2 May 1892) was an Australian poet. Background Born in Sydney, Boake worked as a surveyor and a boundary rider, but is best remembered for his poetry, a volume of which was published five years after his death. Boake was eldest son of Barcroft Capel Boake (b. Dublin, 1838) and his wife Florence Eva, née Clarke (1846–1879). In July 1886 Boake joined E. Commins, a surveyor, and had experience as a field-assistant, working for some time in the Monaro (New South Wales). After spending two years in the surveying camp Boake was disinclined to return to the city, took service as a boundary rider, and worked in New South Wales and Queensland. In May 1890 Boake joined W. A. Lipscomb, a surveyor, and remained with him until the end of 1891. About this time he began to send verses to The Bulletin, which were published. His poems were all published posthumously in 1897 by A.G. Stephens in a collection titled "Where the Dead Men Lie: an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sydney Mail
''The Sydney Mail'' was an Australian magazine published weekly in Sydney. It was the weekly edition of ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' newspaper and ran from 1860 to 1938. History ''The Sydney Mail'' was first published on 17 July 1860 by John Fairfax and Sons. In 1871 the magazine was renamed for the first time, and it was published as ''The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser'' from 1871 to 1912. In 1912 it reverted to its original name, ''The Sydney Mail'', and was published under this masthead until 28 December 1938 when the magazine ceased publication. It was published on a weekly basis and became known for its illustrations. Earlier titles ''The Sydney Mail'' had absorbed another John Fairfax publication when it began in 1860, the ''Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List'', which was first published in 1844 by Charles Kemp and John Fairfax and at that time absorbed the ''Sydney General Trade List''. This was the final title of the ''List'', which began pub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with Deserts of Australia, deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately Early human migrations#Nearby Oceania, 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Where The Dead Men Lie, And Other Poems
''Where the Dead Men Lie, and Other Poems'' (1897) is the first and only collection of poems by Australian poet Barcroft Boake. Edited by A. G. Stephens, it was released in hardback by Angus and Robertson in 1897, five years after the poet's death. It contains an introduction by the editor, an introductory poem by Will H. Ogilvie, and features the poet's major works "Jack's Last Muster", "Jim's Whip" and "Where the Dead Men Lie". The original collection includes 33 poems by the author that are reprinted from various sources, though they mainly originally appeared in ''The Bulletin''. In his introduction to the volume, editor Stephens posed the question: "Should Boake be treated from a literary standpoint or from a personal standpoint — as poet or as man and poet?" Stephens chose the personal, later noting "...Boake's least remarkable compositions, with two or three exceptions, are as characteristic of Australia and of himself as are the most remarkable. So, instead of trying t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1890 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * Rhymers' Club founded in London by W. B. Yeats and Ernest Rhys as a group of like-minded poets who meet regularly and publish anthologies in 1892 and 1894; attendees include Ernest Dowson, Lionel Johnson, Richard Le Gallienne, John Davidson, Edwin Ellis, Victor Plarr, Selwyn Image, A. C. Hillier, John Todhunter, Arthur Symons, Ernest Radford and Thomas William Rolleston; Oscar Wilde attends some meetings held in private homes * Dove Cottage, Grasmere in the English Lake District acquired by the Wordsworth Trust. Works published in English United Kingdom * Richard Garnett, ''Iphigenia in Delphi'' * W. S. Gilbert, ''Songs of a Songbird'' * Rudyard Kipling, "Danny Deever", first of the Barrack-Room Ballads * William McGonagall, ''Poetic Gems'' * Walter Pater, ''Appreciations with an Essay on Style'' * Mary F. Robinson, ''The New Arcadia'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1890 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1890. Events *January – William Heinemann launches his Heinemann publishing business in London's Covent Garden with Hall Caine's successful novel ''The Bondman''. * January 25 – L. Frank Baum begins publishing and editing his newspaper '' The Aberdeen Saturday Pioneer'' in Aberdeen, South Dakota; it survives for just over a year. *March 8 – Bram Stoker begins work on '' Dracula''. *c. June–September – Joseph Conrad, at this time serving as Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski with a Belgian steamer company, makes a journey on the Congo River which will inspire his novel '' Heart of Darkness'' (1899). *July 13 – Ambrose Bierce's short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge", one of his best known works, is first published, in ''The San Francisco Examiner''. *July–August – Bram Stoker holidays with his family at Whitby on the north-east coast of England and from the library there re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1890 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1890. Books * Ada Cambridge – ''Not All in Vain : A Novel'' * Carlton Dawe – '' The Golden Lake'' * E. W. Hornung – '' A Bride from the Bush'' * Fergus Hume — ''Miss Mephistopheles'' * Alick Macleod – '' An Australian Girl'' * Hume Nisbet ** ''Ashes: A Tale of Two Spheres'' ** ''Bail Up!: A Romance of Bushrangers and Blacks'' Short stories * Marcus Clarke — ''Australian Tales'' * Ernest Favenc ** "A Haunt of the Jinkarras: A Fearsome Story of Central Australia" ** "Spirit-Led" * Henry Lawson – "The Third Murder: A New South Wales Tale" * Price Warung ** "How Muster-Master Stoneman Earned His Breakfast" ** "Lieutenant Darrell's Predicament" ** "Under the Whip, or, The Parson's Lost Soul" Children's and Young Adult * Ernest Favenc – ''The Secret of the Australian Desert'' Poetry * Barcroft Boake – "Jack's Last Muster" * Victor J. Daley – "Ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Literature
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. However, the narrative art of Australian writers has, since 1788, introduced the character of a new continent into literature—exploring such themes as Aboriginality, ''mateship'', egalitarianism, democracy, national identity, migration, Australia's unique location and geography, the complexities of urban living, and " the beauty and the terror" of life in the Australian bush. Overview Australian writers who have obtained international renown include the Nobel-winning author Patrick White, as well as authors Christina Stead, David Malouf, Peter Carey, Bradley Trevor Greive, Thomas Keneally, Colleen McCullough, Nevil Shute an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Poems
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