thread: Australian poems

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    Australian poems

    Could i please have a list of famous australian poets and poems?

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    Lucy in the sky with diamonds.

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    Banjo Paterson.

    Try google for more.

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    I don't have a list, but some I know of are:

    Gwen Harwood
    Les Murray
    Henry Lawson
    Banjo Paterson

    Sorry, I used to know heaps more. I'll be back if I remember more.

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    Dorethea MacKellar (sp?) - My Country

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    Dorethea MacKellar (sp?) - My Country
    :yeahthat: Such a beautifully written poem

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    A bit off topic, but my dad rewrote 'My Country' for his foster dad's birthday one year...

    I love a sunburnt country, and singing in the rain, I love my boat and 4wd, but easterlies are a pain....


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    Ah! That was one of the ones i was thinking of Sarah, thanks.

    And thanks for others!

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    I loved Banjo Patterson as a teenager. I should find my book.

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    Lucy in the sky with diamonds.

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    I read Clancy of the Overflow to the kids at bedtime. My FAVE.

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    Dandy Ranges ;)
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    Harry "Breaker" Morant .. "Old Harlequin"