Those were the days when each man trusted the other and rarely found his trust betrayed – when a helping hand was readily extended to the needy or the unfortunate battler even before it was sought. Rough days they were, but they were gladsome and bright with the spirit of manliness and a faith in […]
In The Future by Prospect Good
10/10/2020 By Leave a Comment
In The Future Oh what will the bush bards sing in time When the digging days are done? When the roaring times have been sung in rhymes The yarns of the past all spun? When there’s no new field to rush and work And never a camp fire gleams When the stampers roar can be […]
The Greatest Polo Match – a verse
19/09/2020 By Leave a Comment
Magnet Mirror and Murchison Reflector 12 January 1928 Polo Shadows. Now saddle up your brumbies, And tighten up your girth; The task is now before you, And we will soon know what your worth For you’ll meet the greatest horsemen, That ever yet has been; And see the greatest polo match, That ever yet was […]
When the Children Come Home – by Henry Lawson
05/09/2020 By Leave a Comment
On a lonely selection far out in the West An old woman works all the day without rest, And she croons, as she toils ‘neath the sky’s glassy dome, `Sure I’ll keep the ould place till the childer come home.’ She mends all the fences, she grubs, and she ploughs, She drives the old horse […]
The Prospector’s Daughter
22/08/2020 By Leave a Comment
Southern Cross Times 31 May 1919, page 2 The Prospector’s Daughter Proud of gait, grandly tall, Dainty of hand and foot withal Graced with the glorious length of limb That thro’ the ages poets sing. Graceful of form, bewitching fair, Gracious of mien and debonair; Out looking the world thro’ fearless eyes, Welcoming life in […]
