Flag of the Southern Cross
1887 poem by Australian writer Henry Lawson
"Flag of the Southern Cross" | |
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by Henry Lawson | |
First published in | Truth |
Country | Australia |
Language | English |
Publication date | 1887 |
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"Flag of the Southern Cross" is a poem written in 1887 by Australian bush poet Henry Lawson. The title refers to the Eureka Flag flown at the Eureka Rebellion in Ballarat, Victoria in 1854. It was originally published in Truth, a Sydney newspaper.
The victory song of the Australian cricket team — "Under the Southern Cross I Stand" — is said to have been inspired by this poem.[1]
Publication history
After its initial newspaper publication it was then included in the following anthologies:
- Henry Lawson : Collected Verse : Vol 1. 1885-1900 edited by Colin Roderick, Angus & Robertson, 1967[2]
- A Campfire Yarn : Henry Lawson Complete Works 1885-1900 edited by Leonard Cronin, Lansdowne, 1984[3]
See also
- 1887 in Australian literature
References
- ^ Stevenson, Andrew (2 January 2007). "Tune in for a new voice in victory". The Age. Fairfax. Retrieved 26 July 2009.
- ^ "Henry Lawson : Collected Verse (A&R)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ "A Campfire Yarn : Henry Lawson Complete Works 1885-1900 (Lansdowne)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
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Works by Henry Lawson
- Flag of the Southern Cross (1887)
- A Song of the Republic (1887)
- Faces in the Street (1888)
- Andy's Gone with Cattle (1888)
- The Roaring Days (1889)
- The Teams (1889)
- The Fire at Ross's Farm (1890)
- The Song of Old Joe Swallow (1890)
- Freedom on the Wallaby (1891)
- Up the Country (1892)
- The City Bushman (1892)
- The Poets of the Tomb (1892)
- Saint Peter (1893)
- The Never-Never Country (1901)
- Scots of the Riverina (1917)
- His Father's Mate (1888)
- The Drover's Wife (1892)
- The Bush Undertaker (1892)
- On the Edge of a Plain (1893)
- The Union Buries Its Dead (1893)
- Bill, the Ventriloquial Rooster (1898)
- The Loaded Dog (1901)
- A Double Buggy at Lahey's Creek (1901)
- A Child in the Dark, and a Foreign Father (1902)
- While the Billy Boils (1896)
- On the Track (1900)
- Over the Sliprails (1900)
- Joe Wilson and His Mates (1901)
- Crime in the Bush (1899)
- While the Billy Boils (1921)
- Lawson (1943)
- Three in One (1957)
- The Drover's Wife (2021)
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