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C.J. Dennis
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis (7 September 1876 – 22 June 1938), better known as C. J. Dennis, was an Australian poet and journalist known for his best-selling verse novel ''The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke'' (1915). Alongside his contemporaries and occasional collaborators Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson, Dennis helped popularise Australian slang in literature, earning him the title "the laureate of the larrikin". When Dennis died, Australia's then Prime Minister Joseph Lyons said he was destined to be remembered as the "Australian Robert Burns". Biography C. J. Dennis was born in Auburn, South Australia the first of three sons to Irish-born parents James Dennis (born 1828) and his second wife Katherine "Kate" Frances (nee Tobin) (1851-1890), both had emigrated to Australia in the 1860s, his father owned hotels in Auburn, and then later in Gladstone and Laura. His mother suffered ill health, so Clarrie (as he was known) was raised initially by his great-aunt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auburn, South Australia
Auburn is a small town in the southern edge of the Clare Valley, in the Mid North of South Australia. It lies in the northern Mount Lofty Ranges just east of the Skilly Hills. Auburn is bisected by the Wakefield River as it makes its way to the sea at Port Wakefield, South Australia, Port Wakefield. It has strong poetical themes, being named from a poem and the birthplace of a famed poet. History The first European to explore through the Auburn district, in April 1839, was John Hill (explorer), John Hill, who was followed one month later by Edward John Eyre. On 10 March 1840 John Morphett selected a special survey of 4,000 acres on the Wakefield River as land agent for three English investors, George Lambert (Royal Navy officer), Admiral George Lambert, Edward Royd Rice, Edward Rice M.P., and Robert Aglionby Slaney, Robert Slaney M.P. Very soon after, just outside the southwest corner of this survey, a pioneering character named William Tateham squatted on the Wakefield Rive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Worker (Wagga)
''The Australian Worker'' was a newspaper produced in Sydney, New South Wales for the Australian Workers' Union. It was published from 1890 to 1950. History The newspaper had its origin in ''The Hummer'', "Official organ of the Associated Riverina Workers", a newspaper produced in Wagga Wagga in the depths of the 1890s depression on 19 October 1891. The paper was jointly funded by the Wagga branches of the Amalgamated Shearers' Union of Australasia and the General Workers' Union, which merged in 1894 to form the Australian Workers' Union. ''The Hummer'' was the first union-owned newspaper in New South Wales (there was a privately owned pro-labor paper called ''The Shearers' Record'' published by Andrews and Taylor), and was born out of the perception that many or most mainstream newspaper proprietors and editors were sufficiently hostile to Unionism to suppress or mutilate letters and news items sympathetic to workers' rights, and to come down heavily on the side of business ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Glugs Of Gosh
''The Glugs of Gosh'' is a book of satirical verse written by Australian author C. J. Dennis, published by Angus & Robertson in 1917. The book's 13 poems are vignettes of life in a fictional kingdom called Gosh, inhabited by an arboreal race (that is to say, climbers) known as Glugs. Dennis describes the Glugs as a "stupid race of docile folk". The illustrations, by Dennis's regular collaborator Hal Gye, depict the Glugs as short humanoids with large heads. Written in the style of children's nonsense poetry, the work attacks free trade, along with what Dennis saw as Australia's social conformity, intellectual cowardice and rampant bureaucracy. Although the book has greater literary merit than the larrikin-inspired doggerel verse for which Dennis is famed, it was a commercial failure. According to one biographer, "the veiled political and economic satirical verse was lost on the public." The book is dedicated to his wife. Background Dennis wrote the poem "Joi, the Glug" for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Moods Of Ginger Mick
''The Moods of Ginger Mick'' is a Verse novel, verse novel by Australian poet and journalist C. J. Dennis, published by Angus and Robertson, in 1916. The collection includes fifteen illustrated plates by Hal Gye. The novel is a sequel to the poet's ''The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke'' and tells the story of Ginger Mick, a minor character from that first novel. Eight of the poems included here were first published in ''The Bulletin (Australian periodical), The Bulletin'' magazine; the rest were published here for the first time. Dedication * "To the boys who took the count" Contents * "wikisource:The Moods of Ginger Mick/Introduction, Introduction" * "wikisource:The Moods of Ginger Mick/Duck an' Fowl, Duck an' Fowl" * "wikisource:The Moods of Ginger Mick/War, War" * "wikisource:The Moods of Ginger Mick/The Call of Stoush, The Call of Stoush" * "wikisource:The Moods of Ginger Mick/The Push, The Push" * "wikisource:The Moods of Ginger Mick/Sari Bair, Sari Bair" * "wikisource:The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Backblock Ballads And Other Verses
''Backblock Ballads and Other Verses'' is the first collection of poems by the Australian writer C. J. Dennis, published by E. W. Cole, Melbourne, in 1913. It includes his famous poems "Wheat" and " The Austra-laise", as well as the first book publication of several poems that would later appear in ''The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke''. The collection consists of 58 poems from a variety of sources. The bulk of the collection was later re-issued in 1918 under the title of ''Backblock Ballads and Later Verses''. The title is a homage to Rudyard Kipling's '' Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses''. Dennis included a "Glossary" of terms used in the poems at the end of the book, which he sub-titled "For the use of the thoroughly genteel". Contents * "'Urry!" * "Roamin' Free" * "Langwidge" * "Doch-an-Doris" * "An Old Master "An Old Master" is a poem by Australian poet C. J. Dennis. It was first published in '' The Bulletin'' magazine on 4 August 1910, and later in the poet's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Glugs Of Gosh, P2
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Derum
John Bernard Derum (born 9 January 1946) is an Australian stage, film and television actor. He is also an artistic administrator and directed and produced for theatre companies throughout Australia and for television. Derum has also been a politician for local council. Early life John Bernard Derum was born in St Vincent's Maternity Hospital in East Melbourne (now demolished) on 9 January 1946. He is the son of Scottish immigrants. From the age of 10, Derum studied and performed in choral music and musical theatre, with the Australian Boys Choir. He also performed and competed in Irish and folk dancing. Career Screen Derum first appeared on Australian television in the first episode of ''Homicide'' in 1964 – a serious role as the delinquent son of a bank security guard. Later, he appeared in another Australian police drama ''Division 4'' (1970–1972). He became well known for his role as Narrator Neville in the first season of the ABC's irreverent satire/comedy ''The Aun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABC TV (Australian TV Channel)
ABC TV, formerly known as ABC1, is an Australian national public television network. It is owned and operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and is the flagship (broadcasting), flagship ABC Television (Australian TV network), ABC Television network. The headquarters of the ABC TV channel and the ABC are in Ultimo, New South Wales, Ultimo, an inner-city suburb of Sydney. The very first public broadcasting, national public television station in Australia officially and formally formal full grand opening night ceremony took place by Prime Minister of Australia Robert Menzies in ABN (TV station), Sydney at stroke of night 7:00:00pm Time in Australia, Sydney Time on 5 November 1956 as ABC National Television Service under the call sign ABN (TV station), ABN-2 with the very first main flagship television presented by Michael Charlton (journalist), Michael Charlton and James Dibble reading the very first television news, main flagship television news bulletin, followed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne Herald
''The Herald'' was a morning – and later – evening broadsheet newspaper published in Melbourne, Australia, from 3 January 1840 to 5 October 1990. It later merged with its sister morning newspaper ''The Sun News-Pictorial'' to form the ''Herald-Sun''. Founding The ''Port Phillip Herald'' was first published as a semi-weekly newspaper on 3 January 1840 from a weatherboard shack in Collins Street. It was the fourth newspaper to start in Melbourne. The paper took its name from the region it served. Until its establishment as a separate colony in 1851, the area now known as Victoria was a part of New South Wales and it was generally referred to as the Port Phillip district. Preceding it was the short-lived '' Melbourne Advertiser'' which John Pascoe Fawkner first produced on 1 January 1838 as hand-written editions for 10 weeks and then printed for a further 17 weekly issues, the '' Port Phillip Gazette'' and ''The Port Phillip Patriot and Melbourne Advertiser''. But within e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gadfly (Adelaide)
''The Gadfly'' was a weekly magazine produced in Adelaide, South Australia between February 1906 and February 1909, founded by the poet C. J. Dennis. History The first issue of 28 pages was identified as: published in Currie Street, Adelaide, price 3d., subscription 12/6d. p.a., posted. The front page artwork on most issues consisted largely of Australian motifs. From 10 April 1907 the cover design was international and "''beau monde''" stylish; then from 31 July covers featured original artwork or a photograph, below a banner reading "The Gadfly — An Independent Australian Weekly Newspaper". Dennis was assisted by Beaumont Smith and Alice Grant Rosman in the production of ''Gadfly''. Contents and contributors ''Gadfly'' commenced as an outlet for Australian writers and artists, but broadened in scope to include social gossip, and news and comments on stage and sport. Its contributors included Dennis, Edward Dyson and "Grant Hervey" ( George Henry Cochrane); artists inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conrad Eitel
Conrad may refer to: People * Conrad (name) * Saint Conrad (other) Places United States * Conrad, Illinois, an unincorporated community * Conrad, Iowa, a city * Conrad, Montana, a city * Conrad Glacier, Washington Elsewhere * Conrad, Alberta, Canada, a former unincorporated community * Conrad Mountains, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica * Mount Conrad, Oates Land, Antarctica * Mount Conrad (Canada), Purcell Mountains, British Columbia Businesses * Conrad Editora, a Brazilian publisher * Conrad Electronic, a German retailer * Conrad Hotels, the global luxury brand of Hilton Hotels * Conrad Models, a German manufacturer of diecast toys and promotional models Other uses * ''Conrad'' (comic strip) * CONRAD (organization), an American organization that promotes reproductive health in the developing world * ORP ''Conrad'', name of the cruiser HMS ''Danae'' (D44) while loaned to the Polish Navy (1944-1946) See also * Conradi * Conradin * Conradines * Conrads (di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
