B. Paterson and Henry Lawson [1867-1922],
who may have staged the debate as a way of selling more poems.
Other writers joined the debate, including Edward Dyson [1865-1931],
who, despite Paterson's remark in this poem, also favoured the bush
in at least one poem. Another noted participant was Will Ogilvie [1869-1963]
who was in Australia during the 1890's (born in Scotland, returned in 1901,
and was in Iowa, U.S.A, from 1905 to 1907).
Other verses from the debate maybe found in "The Man from Snowy River"
by Paterson and "In the Days When the World was Wide" by Henry Lawson.
The second stanza was mistakenly broken into two equal parts
in the original edition.
"`Shouting' for a Camel": A number of camels were brought to Australia,
with their Afghan handlers, in order to have suitable beasts of burden
in the desert regions. There are still wild camels there today.
(A similar scheme was tried in America during the 1800's,
but no camels remain.)
"The Gundaroo Bullock":
[ Said Morgan, "Tis the carcase of an old man native bear. ]
changed to:
[ Said Morgan, "'Tis the carcase of an old man native bear. ]
"Lay of the Motor-Car": To put this poem in perspective,
it must be remembered that this book was published in 1917,
and the poem written earlier.
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