Feb 182023

Bill The Bullock-Driver – Australian Poem

Bill The Bullock-Driver - Australian Poem

Bill the Bullock Driver is an Australian poem written by Henry Kendall (1839-1882). It is one of the best known and most quoted selections of Australian poetry.

Feb 182023

Watching – Australian poem

Watching - Australian poem

Henry Kendall was an Australian poet, whose work was greatly influenced by the Australian bush. “Watching” is one such poem, written in 1879.

Feb 182023

Mountains – Australian Poem

Mountains - Australian Poem

“Mountains” is an Australian poem written by Henry Kendall. The poem was published in 1878

Feb 182023

Etheline – Australian Poem

Etheline - Australian Poem

The poem ‘Etheline’ was written by Henry Kendall (1839-1882). The poem discusses the perception of beauty in a young girl and is commonly referred to as an Australian classic.

Feb 182023

Bob – Australian Poem

Bob - Australian Poem

“Bob” is an Australian Poem written by Henry Kendall (1839-1882). This poem was written in 1869 and has been included in many anthologies of Australian poetry.

Feb 182023

Geraldine – Australian Poem

Geraldine - Australian Poem

Geraldine is a poem by Henry Kendall. It appears in Kendall’s 1874 collection of poems, ‘The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke’, the first Australian collection to be published with illustrations.

Feb 182023

Coogee – Australian Poem

Coogee - Australian Poem

Coogee is a poem written by Henry Kendall (1839-1882), an Indigenous Australian poet.

Feb 182023

September in Australia – Australian Poem

September in Australia - Australian Poem

September in Australia is an Australian Poem written by Henry Kendall (1839-1882). It describes the beauty of autumn in his homeland and the harsh conditions that it produces.

Feb 182023

The Warrigal – Australian Poem

The Warrigal - Australian Poem

‘The Warrigal’ is an Australian poem written by Henry Kendall in 1882. The long poem is about a convict’s memories of sailing from England to Australia, and his life there.