"A Vision Of The Hurdle Race" 1889 ??
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2018 10:23 am
When one gathers old bush poetry books, occasionally strange and fascinating things fall out of them!
As an example, here is what fell out of a signed book by Jack Moses (Nine Miles From Gundagai, 1938) recently.
It is a very delicate and Hand-Written bush ballad entitled :
"A Vision Of The Hurdle Race"
.. and I thought that I would share it with fellow bush poetry enthusiasts.
A galloping bush rhyme.
It was written in 1889 at Eagle Farm in Brisbane (outer north Brisbane)... by A. J. Conners of Ormond Lodge. That makes it nearly 130 years old.
I intend to transcribe it in order that it can be easily read and preserved.
Quite possibly it is the only copy of this poem in existence. In owning it, there is a real responsibility to the nation to preserve it. Also to exhibit it, if possible.
So the question is... who is A.J. Connors?
....and to a lesser degree, where/what is Ormond Lodge?
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Gary.
As an example, here is what fell out of a signed book by Jack Moses (Nine Miles From Gundagai, 1938) recently.
It is a very delicate and Hand-Written bush ballad entitled :
"A Vision Of The Hurdle Race"
.. and I thought that I would share it with fellow bush poetry enthusiasts.
A galloping bush rhyme.
It was written in 1889 at Eagle Farm in Brisbane (outer north Brisbane)... by A. J. Conners of Ormond Lodge. That makes it nearly 130 years old.
I intend to transcribe it in order that it can be easily read and preserved.
Quite possibly it is the only copy of this poem in existence. In owning it, there is a real responsibility to the nation to preserve it. Also to exhibit it, if possible.
So the question is... who is A.J. Connors?
....and to a lesser degree, where/what is Ormond Lodge?
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Gary.