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"An Anthology of Australian Verse"


Foott, "Where the Pelican Builds": "The unexplored parts of Australia
are sometimes spoken of by the bushmen of Western Queensland
as the home of the Pelican, a bird whose nesting-place,
so far as the writer knows, is seldom, if ever, found." -- Author's Note.
Foott, "New Country": `Gidya' -- a Queensland and N.S.W. aboriginal word
for a tree of the acacia species (A. homalophylla).
`Clay-Pan' -- a shallow depression of the ground on Australian plains,
whose thin clayey surface retains water for a considerable time.
Wilson, "Fairyland": `Parson Bird' -- The Tui, or New Zealand mocking bird.
The male has tufts of curled white feathers under the neck,
like a clergyman's bands.
Farrell, "Australia to England": First printed, under the title of
"Ave Imperatrix", in `The Daily Telegraph' (Sydney), on June 22, 1897,
the day of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
F. Adams, "Gordon's Grave": Adam Lindsay Gordon is buried
in Brighton (Victoria) Cemetery. Above the grave is erected
a shattered column crowned with a laurel wreath.


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