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W.A. POETS FROM THE PAST

His Book

"Cobbers of Mine  and other poems"

originally printed 1919,  reprinted by his family in the 1970s

The book contains the following poems and short stories

Beside the Serpentine

Cobbers of Mine

Maloney's Nugget

The Echo of the Axes

The Diggers Quadrilles

When a Million Soldiers Fall

Sweeney Done a Hand

Halcyon Memories

The Camp Fire Pest

The Old Time Track

The Soldier From Belele

Squaring Ten by Fives

Sloper "Ginger" Riley

The Mining Magnate

Filing Out a Gap

Around the White Horse Blow

The Bush Geologist

Stinker's Boarding House

The Meekatharra Hero

A Christmas Toast

Sir Harry Barron's Trip

Polo Shadows

"Knockerline" Baker V.C.

Stone Broke

Finale (Unnamed)

and the short Stories:

McGARRIGAL’S YARN ABOUT CYANIDE GROGEN

McGARRIGAL AND THE WAITRESS

McGARRIGAL ON ACCIDENTS

McGARRIGAL ON TIMBER THIEVES

McGARRIGAL AMONG THE JARRAHS

If anyone has any other  poems by The Axeman, I would love to have them to put on this page

Alf "The Axeman" Wallace

Born:

Died:  

Biography:  

I have no information whatsoever about this poet, other than he was living in the  Meekatharra district in 1919 when he published his book "Cobbers of Mine and other verses" 

 

If anyone has some biographical info, I'd love to get it for inclusion in these pages. 

 

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