Francis William Ophel (Prospect
Good)
Born:
3 Dec 1871 Point McLeay, South Australia
Died:
1912
Biography:
Francis lived in South Australia until about 1893 during which time he
was "home schooled" by his father, a preacher. Later he had a variety
of jobs ranging from woolpicker, to office worker.
He then spent about a year in Broken Hill, again having a variety of
occupations, photographer, prospector, clerk before heading west to
the newly discovered eastern goldfields of Western Australia
Ophel published verse in the Kalgoorlie Sun under the name
'Prospect Good' while he was working in Western Australia.
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Where to Find his Poems - Chronological order
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Makin' Tucker |
The Bulletin |
Vol 19 No 956 11 June 1898 |
The Cockatoo Digger |
The Murchison Advocate |
12 Nov 1898 |
McIntyre's Ride |
The Bulletin |
Vol 19 No 980 26 Nov 1898 |
The Song Of The New-Found Field |
Bulletin |
Vol 19 N0 981 3 Dec 1898 |
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A Dead Finish Courtship |
? |
1899 ? |
A Mining Anology |
The Bulletin |
Vol 20 No 989 28 Jan 1899 |
When The Stampers Start |
The Bulletin |
Vol 20 No 991 11 Feb 1899 |
The Gold Fever |
The Bulletin |
Vol 20 No 991 11 Feb 1899 |
The Last Shift |
Bulletin |
Vol 20 No 998 1 April 1899 ? |
The New Song |
The Bulletin |
Vol 20 No 1015 29 July 1899 |
Deposed |
The Bulletin |
Vol 20 No 1036 23 Dec 1899 |
Pirates |
The Bulletin |
Vol 21 No 1046 3 Mar 1900 |
The First Shift |
The Bulletin |
Vol 21 No 1058 26 May 1900 |
Where the Green Fades Into Grey |
The Bulletin |
Vol 22 No 1094 2 Feb 1901 |
The Love Star |
The Bulletin |
Vol 22 No 1100 16 mar 1901 |
The Gulf Between |
The Bulletin |
Vol 22 No 1119 27 July 1901 |
Love's Brief Day |
The Bulletin |
Vol 23 No 1170 19 July 1902 |
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His Epitaph
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The Sun (Kalgoorlie) |
December 1902 |
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A Bush Song |
Sunday Times |
5 July 1903 |
Phantoms of the Dark |
The Sun (Kalgoorlie)
Sunday Times |
26 July 1903
August 2nd 1903 |
The Glamour Lights |
Figaro |
12 Dec 1903 |
Stranded |
Figaro |
16 Jan 1904 |
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Topic Of The Hour |
Figaro |
5 March 1904 |
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Song Of The Stamps |
Figaro |
26 March 1904 |
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Pioneers |
Spectator |
16 July 1904 |
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The Sagamen |
The Bulletin Vol 28 No
1420 |
2 May 1907 |
A Rhyme of the West |
The Sun (Kalgoorlie) |
Jan 1908 |
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The Prospectors |
Westerly No 1 |
1957 |
In the Future |
Margins -
West Coast Poetry 1829 - 1988 |
Fremantle Press 1988 |
