Australasia (poem)

"Australasia"
by William Wentworth
Written1823
First published inG. and W. B. Whittaker
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Published in English1823
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"Australasia" is a poem by Australian author William Charles Wentworth. It was the first book of verse composed by a native-born Australian poet.

Subtitled "A Poem Written for the Chancellor's Medal at the Cambridge Commencement, July, 1823", it was first published in London, U.K. in 1823 by G. and W. B. Whittaker in a 27-page pamphlet. It was reprinted in full in The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser on 25 March 1824. Subsequent reprints were generally excerpts.

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