By the Grey Gulf-Water
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| "By the Grey Gulf-Water" | |
|---|---|
| by A. B. Paterson | |
| Written | 1897 |
| First published in | The Bulletin |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Publication date | 11 December 1897 |
| Lines | 36 |
| Full text | |
 By the Grey Gulf-water at Wikisource | |
"By the Grey Gulf-Water" is a poem by Australian bush poet Banjo Paterson (Andrew Barton Paterson).[1]
It was first published in The Bulletin on 11 December 1897, as by "The Banjo" under the title "On the Grey Gulf-water",[2] and subsequently reprinted in the author's poetry collections and other poetry anthologies.[1]
In a review of Rio Grande's Last Race and Other Verses in The Register (Adelaide) the writer noted that the poem looks at a "little-known region" and describes it "in lines which skilfully give the impression of vague waste space".[3]
A review of the same book in The Evening News (Sydney) called the poem "a mournful and beautiful song of 'a great grey chaos'".[4]