Moyarra: An Australian Legend in Two Cantos

By George William Rusden

'Moyarra: An Australian Legend in Two Cantos' is a written work featuring two canto-style poems regarding Moyarra, a town in Victoria, Australia. The poems were written by George William Rusden, an English-born historian, active in Australia.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Good Press
• Release date: Apr 11, 2021
• ISBN: 4064066442125

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George William Rusden

Moyarra: An Australian Legend in Two Cantos

Published by Good Press, 2022

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EAN 4064066442125

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Canto I

Canto II

BY

YITTADAIRN,

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Homo sum: humani nihil a me alienum puto.

LONDON

E. A. PETHERICK & CO., 33 Paternoster Row

AND AT

MELBOURNE AND SYDNEY

1891

Richard Clay and Sons, Limited,

london and bungay.

MOYARRA, by YITTADAIRN.

Sir Frederick Barlee (who was Colonial Secretary of Western Australia for about twenty years) wrote to the Author of Moyarra —5th April, 1873—

"I write one line to thank you for the pleasure you afforded me in the perusal of 'Moyarra.' I really enjoyed it, and read it several times; and to those who know anything of the character of the Australian aboriginal, there is nothing overdrawn or far-fetched.

F. P. Barlee."

MOYARRA

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Written with the foregoing heading, more than half a century ago, and intended for publication in England at that time, the following Legend is now printed in order that the writer may present copies to friends.

Few changes are needed in the prefatory words which were prepared for it in the early half of the