poetry

Anna Wickham: the memory of a moment

The poet Anna Wickham (1884-1947) drew her pen-name from the landscape of her Queensland childhood and youth.

Song of the Artesian Water, 1896

Now the stock have started dying, for the Lord has sent a drought,
But we're sick of prayers and Providence - we're going to do without,
With the derricks up above us and the solid earth belo

Location

Australia

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1 January 1896

25 February 2011

The bulletin

Australia

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artesian water
poetry
Curiosity
Dreaming

The writers of Tamborine Mountain

Since the novelist, poet and essayist, Mabel Forrest, first made her home there in 1929, writers and artists have been attracted by the beauty, peace and mild climate of the Tamborine Mountain area