Nine Miles From Gundagai
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CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Publication date1923
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| "Nine Miles From Gundagai" | |
|---|---|
| by Jack Moses | |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Publication date | 1923 |
| Lines | 32 |
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 Nine Miles From Gundagai at Wikisource | |
"Nine Miles From Gundagai" is a poem by Australian poet Jack Moses.[1]
It was first published in the poet's collection of poetry and stories Beyond the City Gates : Australian Story and Verse[2] in 1923, and later in a number of other Australian poetry anthologies.
The poet relates the story of his dog who sat on the tucker box nine miles outside the New South Wales town of Gundagai to guard its contents.
Further publications
After its initial publication in the Beyond the City Gates : Australian Story and Verse collection in 1923, the poem was reprinted as follows:
- The North Queensland Register 14 January 1924[1]
- Australian Bush Songs and Ballads edited by Will Lawson, Frank Johnson, 1944[3]
- An Anthology of Australian Verse edited by George Mackaness, Angus & Robertson, 1952[4]
- Favourite Australian Poems edited by Ian Mudie, Rigby, 1963[5]
- Silence Into Song : An Anthology of Australian Verse edited by Clifford O'Brien, Rigby, 1968[6]
- The Illustrated Treasury of Australian Verse edited by Beatrice Davis, Nelson, 1984[7]
- A Treasury of Bush Verse edited by G. A. Wilkes, Angus and Robertson, 1991[8]
- Little Book of Dogs compiled by Maree Bentley and Jo Karmel, National Library of Australia, 2008[9]
- 100 Australian Poems You Need to Know edited by Jamie Grant, Hardie Grant, 2008[10]
- The ABC Book of Australian Poetry: A Treasury of Poems for Young Children edited by Libby Hathorn, ABC Books, 2010[11]