Monday

The call of the Australian Bush 1880



vintage photo 1880 Queensland
1880 Northern Queensland Australia
Travelling through the bush in the Cooktown District

The road is rough - but to my feet
Softer than is the city street;
And then the trees! - how beautiful
She-oak and gum - how fresh and cool!
From The Call of the Bush by Dora Wilcox,
born Mary Theodora Joyce Wilcox (1873-1953) poet and playwright.

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