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‘The Old Squire’, The Bulletin, 28 May 1908

The Old Squire (28 May, 1908), p. 40.jpg

The Bulletin, which was resolutely “anti-imperialist” in its outlook, published a range of verses, ballads and other “poems in which the Middle Ages were represented as despotic and barbaric” (Louise D’Arcens, Old Songs…

Henry Lawson Pilgrimage, Annual Event

Henry Lawson (1867-1922), one of Australia's most famous poets, and a symbol for the Australian Nationalism Movement, is honoured by a pilgrimage that traces his journey from Grenfell NSW to Gulgong NSW (280 kms). PIlgrimage is a medieval concept…

Tags: Australian Nationalism Movement, Australian poetry, bush poet, Grenfell (New South Wales) to Gulgong (NSW), Grenfell Record, Henry Lawson, heritage tourism, horse-drawn vehicles, newspaper, pilgrimage, pilgrims, saints

Viking Valour

A story by Samuel Hirsdon in the â€˜3 Short Stories for Week-End Readingâ€™ section of the Perth newspaper the Sunday Times on October 29, 1939. The story is about a group of Norsemen at sea (led by the curiously named Sir Ranulf, which does…

Tags: Beserker, fiction, Norseman, pagan, Perth, Samuel Hirsdon, short story, Sunday Times, viking, WA, Western Australia

The Last Viking

The childrenâ€™s picture book â€˜The Last Vikingâ€™ by Australian authors Norman Jorgensen and James Foley (illustrator) published by the Western Australian publisher Fremantle Press. The story is about a boy who connects with his inner…

Tags: child, children, Childrenâ€™s literature, fiction, Fremantle Press, illustration, James Foley, juvenile, literature, Norman Jorgensen, picture book, viking, WA, Western Australia, young adult

'Romance'

The long-vanished past is briefly reconfigured in this sad and poignant poem. It allows us a fleeting glimpse of what has (or may have) been, even though we find ourselves standing in the waking world â€œUnder blue skies in a fair land.â€…

Tags: â€˜Creeve Roeâ€™, Alice Werner (1859-1935), castle, chivalry, Gothic medievalism, knight, L. D. (1859-1935), Lucia Di Valle Rojana (1859-1935), melancholia, poetry, romance, tournament, Victor Daley (1858-1905)

Heed Not, Poem by Henry Lawson

Henry Lawson (1867-1922), one of Australia's most famous poets, and a symbol for the Australian Nationalism Movement, protests against what he sees as the 'toadies knighthood' in this verse. He berates those (English) in Australia who seek to…

The King I, Poem by Henry Lawson

It is likely Henry Lawson (1867-1922), one of Australia's most famous poets, and a symbol for the Australian Nationalism Movement, wrote this poem about the death of King Edward VII 1901 - 1910, who reigned for 10 years. Lawson portrays the King as a…

Tags: Australian, Australian Nationalism Movement, Australian poetry, bush poet, bush poetry, Henry Lawson, kingship, masculinity, nationalism, poem, poet, poetry

"The Old Squire Sir William rode to Virland," Henry Lawson

Henry Lawson (1867-1922), one of Australia's most famous poets, and a symbol for the Australian Nationalism Movement.

Tags: Australian, Australian Nationalism, Australian poetry, bush poem, bush poet, bush poetry, Henry Lawson, nationalism, Nationalism Movement, poem, poet, poetry, Sir William rode to Virland

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