Melbourne contest for best Australian poem

Year
1868
Kendall, Thomas Henry (1839 - 1882)
Index to poems
  1. Arakoon
  2. Araluen
  3. Bell Birds
  4. Beyond Kerguelen
  5. Billy Vickers
  6. Clari
  7. Galatea
  8. Harps We Love
  9. Illa Creek
  10. In the Valley
  11. Jim the Splitter
  12. King Saul at Gilboa
  13. Narrara Creek
  14. On a Cattle Track
  15. Outre Mer
  16. Syrinx
  17. The Barcoo
  18. The Curlew Song
  19. The Hut by the Black Swamp
  20. The Muse of Australia
  21. Wamberal
Biography
  • Henry Kendall papers: State Library of New South Wales, and National Library of Australia.
  • Kendall, Thomas Henry. Leaves from Australian Forests. Melbourne: George Robertson, 1869.
  • --. Poems and Songs. Sydney: J. R. Clarke, 1862. Internet Archive.
  • --. Songs from the Mountains. Sydney: William Maddock, 1880. Google book.
  • -- The Poems of Henry Kendall. Ed. Bertram Stephens. Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1920. Internet Archive. Sydney Electronic Text and Image Service (SETIS).
  • Reed, T.T. "Kendall, Thomas Henry (1839-1882)." Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 5. Melbourne University Press, 1974. 13-14.
  • --. Henry Kendall: A Critical Appreciation. Adelaide: Rigby, 1960.

We are grateful for access to AustLit in the preparation of these poems.

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