Voices from the Past - Voice Of Australians

Australia is a country rich in history and culture, and its friendly people are sure to make you feel at home. Australia has a wealth of outstanding authors, their work is admired around the world.

Australians have always been outspoken. Two famous Australians, Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson, used their writings to reveal the problems in Australia and also its strength and courage.

The Drover’s Wife is a must read if you want to know about what life was like for women in the bush. Henry Lawson shows us a day in her life that captures the isolation and shows her courage and determination.

If you like sports, try Dyson’s A Friendly Game of Football. If you like horse racing read Banjo’s famous A Dream of the Melbourne Cup, or Father Riley’s Horse or Gordon’s How We Beat the Favourite. For a good yarn about horse racing try Boake’s How Babs Malone Cut Down the Field.

John O’Brien is a favourite of ours. He uses humour in stories like Said Hanrahan to show us his Australia. No belly laughs, but we hope it will bring a smile of recognition as he introduces you to the colourful characters of his day.

Although it was written as a children’s book, Ethel Pedley’s Dot and the Kangaroo e-book is a delight for the child in all of us. It’s a fanciful tale of a little girl lost in the bush and the very outspoken animals that help her get home while riding in the pouch of a friendly kangaroo.

In contrast The Red Kangaroo by Ethel Castilla is the story of a kangaroo hunt that goes wrong in more ways than one. It’s an affair of the heart that lead to unexpected consequences.

We hope you enjoy our selection of poems and stories about Australia.

Voices from the Past
— PAGE ONE — Remembrance Poems Banjo Paterson Henry Lawson Ethel C. Pedley Norman Lindsay Mary Hannay Foott Adam Lindsay Gordon Barcroft Henry Boake C J Dennis • E W Cole Louis Esson • John O’Brien Ethel Castilla • Mary Gilmore	— PAGE TWO — James Lister Cuthbertson Henry Handel Richardson Inez Hyland • Victor Daley Edward George Dyson George Essex Evans Caroline Carleton Louisa Lawson Henry Kendall Rex Ingamells 1920s Aussie Dictionary