From the Archives - Extracts from Mulga Wire no. 253, Sep 2020 - Poetry & more

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1. The Swagman at the Golden Gate (anon)
first published in The Penguin Book of Humorous 
Australian Verse by Bill Scott, 1984

2.  From the Archives - Harold Percy Croydon "Duke" Tritton
1886 - 1965 Life Member  ... 
(Duke at Concert Party) ... he would normally sing
solo as he was difficult to accompany because he would normally
vary the tempo.
... when offered tickets to the smash hit "Guys and Dolls", he declined
 saying if it was called "Blokes & Sheilas" he would go.
They changed the name for the night! 

3.  S1 - The Flu 

4.   S2 - The Flu by "Kookaburra", published in the
Eltham and Whittlesea Shires Adviser and Diamond Creek
Valley Advocate, 21 February 1919, p.1

5.   S3 - The Digger and the Flu by Anonymous, 
Published in the Cairns Post, 3 Jun 1919. p.7

6.   S4.  After the Flu by Anonymous
Published in the Gippsland Times, 20 Jan 1929, p. 6

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