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Peter Simson's Farm
"Peter Simson's Farm" (1896) is a poem by Australian poet Edward Dyson. It was originally published in '' The Argus'' on 22 February 1896 and subsequently reprinted in a collection of the author's poems, other newspapers and periodicals and a number of Australian poetry anthologies. Synopsis The poem tells of the fortunes of Peter Simson as he hacks a farm out of the scrub to make a home for his family. But the arrival of rabbits in the area ruins everything and his once-prosperous farm becomes a wasteland. Critical reception While reviewing the poet's collection of poems, ''Rhymes from the Mines'', a reviewer in ''The Australian Town and Country Journal'' noted: "Among the 'Other Lines,' those on 'Peter Simson's Farm' and 'The Theoretical Selector' are eloquent of the real conditions of the battle between man and nature, and worthy of the consideration of those who talk lightly of the advantages of 'going upon the land.'" In a review of ''The Oxford Book of Australasian Ver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Dyson
Edward George Dyson (4 March 1865 – 22 August 1931), or 'Ted' Dyson, was an Australian journalist, poet, playwright and short story writer. He was the elder brother of illustrators Will Dyson (1880–1938) and Ambrose Dyson (1876–1913), with three sisters also of artistic and literary praise. Dyson wrote under several – some say many – nom-de-plumes, including Silas Snell. In his day, the period of Australia's federation, the poet and writer was "ranked very closely to Australia's greatest short-story writer, Henry Lawson". With Lawson known as the "swagman poet", William Henry Ogilvie, Ogilvie the "horseman poet", Dyson was the "mining poet". Although known as a freelance writer, he was also considered part of ''The Bulletin (Australian periodical), The Bulletin'' writer group. Early life He was born at Morrisons, Victoria, Morrison's Diggings near Ballarat in March 1865. His father, George Dyson, arrived in Australia in 1852 and after working on various dig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Argus (Melbourne)
''The Argus'' was an Australian daily morning newspaper in Melbourne from 2 June 1846 to 19 January 1957, and was considered to be the general Australian newspaper of record for this period. Widely known as a conservative newspaper for most of its history, it adopted a left-leaning approach from 1949. ''The Argus''s main competitor was David Syme's more liberal-minded newspaper, ''The Age''. History The newspaper was originally owned by William Kerr, who was also Melbourne's town clerk from 1851–1856 and had been a journalist at the ''Sydney Gazette'' before moving to Melbourne in 1839 to work on John Pascoe Fawkner's newspaper, the '' Port Phillip Patriot''. The first edition was published on 2 June 1846. The paper soon became known for its scurrilous abuse and sarcasm, and by 1853, after he had lost a series of libel lawsuits, Kerr was forced to sell the paper's ownership to avoid financial ruin. The paper was then published by Edward Wilson. By 1855, it had a daily c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhymes From The Mines And Other Lines
''Rhymes From the Mines and Other Lines'' (1896) was the first collection of poems by Australian poet Edward Dyson. It was released in hardback by Angus and Robertson Angus & Robertson (A&R) is a major Australian bookseller, publisher and printer. As book publishers, A&R has contributed substantially to the promotion and development of Australian literature.Alison, Jennifer (2001). "Publishers and editors: A ... in 1896, but not reprinted until 1973, and then with the title ''Rhymes From the Mines''. It features some of the poet's major early works, including " The Old Whim Horse", "The Rescue" and "The Worked-Out Mine". The original collection includes 39 poems by the author that are reprinted from various sources, though they mainly originally appeared in ''The Bulletin''. Contents * "The Men of the Mines" * " The Old Whim Horse" * " Cleaning Up" * " The Rescue" * "Bashful Gleeson" * " The Worked-Out Mine" * "German Joe' * "Waiting for Water" * " When Brother Peetree Pray ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Oxford Book Of Australasian Verse
''The Oxford Book of Australasian Verse '' (1918) is anthology of poems by Australian and New Zealand poets edited by Walter Murdoch. It was published in hardback by Oxford University Press in London in 1918. The anthology includes 192 poems by various authors. Contents * From : "Australasia", William Charles Wentworth * " Weary", Henry Parkes * "Four Score", Henry Parkes * "Fatherland", Henry Parkes * "The Eye of the Beholder", James L. Michael * "Words", Charles Harpur * "A Mid-Summer Noon in the Australian Forest", Charles Harpur * "Andrew Marvell" , Charles Harpur * " A Similitude", Charles Harpur * "She Loves Me Love A Confession", Charles Harpur * "A Regret", Charles Harpur * "The Angel of Life", Richard Rowe * "To His Wife", Daniel Henry Deniehy * "Morning at Sea in the Tropics", George Gordon McCrae * " The Sick Stock-Rider", Adam Lindsay Gordon * "Bush Delights (By Wood and Wold)"", Adam Lindsay Gordon * " A Dedication", Adam Lindsay Gordon * "Whisperings in Wat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Murdoch
Sir Walter Logie Forbes Murdoch, (17 September 187430 July 1970) was a prominent Australian academic and essayist famous for his intelligence and wit. He was a founding professor of English and former Chancellor of the University of Western Australia (UWA) in Perth, Western Australia. A member of the prominent Australian Murdoch family, he was the father of Catherine, later prominent as Dr Catherine King (1904–2000), a radio broadcaster in Western Australia; the uncle of both Sir Keith, a journalist and newspaper executive, and Ivon, a soldier in the Australian Army; and the great uncle of international media proprietor Rupert Murdoch. Murdoch University is named in Sir Walter's honour; as is Murdoch, the suburb surrounding its main campus, located in Perth, Western Australia. Background and early career Murdoch was born on 17 September 1874 at Rosehearty, Scotland to Rev. James Murdoch, minister of the Free Church of Scotland, and his wife Helen, née Garden, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1896 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1896. Books * Guy Boothby ** ''The Beautiful White Devil'' ** ''Doctor Nikola'' * Ernest Favenc – ''The Moccasins of Silence'' * E. W. Hornung – ''The Rogue's March: A Romance'' * Fergus Hume – ''The Expedition of Captain Flick'' * Louise Mack – '' The World is Round'' * Ethel Turner – ''The Little Larrikin'' Short stories * Barbara Baynton – "The Tramp" (aka "The Chosen Vessel") * Ada Cambridge – "The Wind of Destiny" * Albert Dorrington – "A Bush Tanqueray" * Edward Dyson ** "Court Day at Billybilly" ** "The Elopement of Mrs Peters" ** "Spicer's Courtship" * Henry Lawson ** "Black Joe" ** "The Geological Spieler" ** ''While the Billy Boils'' * Louisa Lawson – "What the Frogs Said" * K. Langloh Parker – ''Australian Legendary Tales'' (edited) * A. B. Paterson – "White-When-He's-Wanted" * Steele Rudd – "Dad and the Two Donovans" * Charles Henry S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1896 In Poetry
— closing lines of Rudyard Kipling's ''If—'', first published this year Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * July 7 – Charles Thomas Wooldridge is hanged at Reading Gaol in England for uxoricide, inspiring fellow-prisoner C.3.3. Oscar Wilde's ''The Ballad of Reading Gaol'' (1897). * William Morris publishes the Kelmscott Press edition of Chaucer's works Works published in English Australia * John Le Gay Brereton: ** ''Perdita, A Sonnet Record'' ** ''The Song of Brotherhood and Other Verses'' * Edward Dyson, ''Rhymes from the Mines and Other Lines'' * Henry Lawson: ** ''In the Days When the World was Wide and Other Verses''"Lawson, Henry (1867 - 1922)" article, ''Australian Dictionary of Biography Online Edition'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1896 Poems
Events January–March * January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end, as Jameson surrenders to the Boers. * January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state. * January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Röntgen has discovered a type of radiation (later known as X-rays). * January 6 – Cecil Rhodes is forced to resign as Prime Minister of the Cape of Good Hope, for his involvement in the Jameson Raid. * January 7 – American culinary expert Fannie Farmer publishes her first cookbook. * January 12 – H. L. Smith takes the first X-ray photograph. * January 17 – Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War: British redcoats enter the Ashanti capital, Kumasi, and Asantehene Agyeman Prempeh I is deposed. * January 18 – The X-ray machine is exhibited for the first time. * January 28 – Walter Arnold, of East Peckham, Kent, England, is fined 1 shilling for speeding at (exceeding the contemporary speed limit of , the first spee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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