Bullocky (Wright poem)

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"Bullocky"
by Judith Wright
First published in The Bulletin
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Publication date27 September 1944

"Bullocky" (1944) is a poem by Australian poet Judith Wright. [1]

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It was originally published in The Bulletin on 27 September 1944, [2] and was subsequently reprinted in the author's single-author collections and a number of Australian poetry anthologies. [1]

The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature states the poem "links the bullock driver in his pioneer role of unlocking the land with Moses, leading his people into the promised land...The poem indicates that the continuing fruitfulness and progress of the coiuntry depend upon the past as much as the present; that Australia of the future will be shaped by its traditions and history." [3]

Critical reception

In reviewing Modern Australian Poetry, edited by H. M. Green, in The Advocate (Melbourne) reviewer "L.M." called the poem "a splendid example of [Wright's] mastery over words and vigorous, unusual imagery." [4]

Critic "E.M.", writing in The Age (Melbourne) about Wright's poetry, stated that the poem "could only have been written by someone who had seen the flickering firelight on a ribbon gum or a candlebark—by one who knew many nights in the bush...And the poem is ourselves, our country, our life. It is all the memories of autumn camping, and yet it is the past, our fathers' memories too, a mature evocation of the time when the life of the bush moved to a ballad rhythm." [5]

Publication history

After the poem's initial publication in The Bulletin magazine in 1944 it was reprinted as follows:

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References

  1. 1 2 "Austlit — "Bullocky" by Judith Wright". Austlit. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  2. ↑ ""Bullocky"". The Bulletin, 27 September 1944, p2. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  3. ↑ The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature edited by Wilde, Hooton and Andrews, 2nd edition, p125
  4. ↑ ""Modern Australian Poetry"". Advocate. The Advocate 15 January 1947, p10. 15 January 1947. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  5. ↑ ""IMage and the Maker: In Praise of Judith Wright"". Age. The Age, 2 May 1953, p14. 2 May 1953. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  6. ↑ "Australian Poetry 1945 selected by R. G. Howarth". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  7. ↑ "Poets of Australia : An Anthology of Australian Verse by edited by George Mackaness". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  8. ↑ "The Moving Image : Poems by Judith Wright". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  9. ↑ "Modern Australian Poetry edited by H. M. Green". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  10. ↑ "An Anthology of Australian Verse edited by George Mackaness". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  11. ↑ "A Book of Australian Verse edited by Judith Wright". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  12. ↑ "New Land, New Language : An Anthology of Australian Verse edited by Judith Wright". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  13. ↑ "The Penguin Book of Australian Verse edited by John Thompson, Kenneth Slessor and R. G. Howarth". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  14. ↑ "Five Senses : Selected Poems by Judith Wright". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  15. ↑ "Judith Wright : Selected Poems by Judith Wright". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  16. ↑ "Six Voices : Contemporary Australian Poets edited by Chris Wallace-Crabbe". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  17. ↑ "Modern Australian Verse edited by Douglas Stewart". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  18. ↑ "Silence Into Song : An Anthology of Australian Verse edited by Clifford O'Brien". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  19. ↑ "A Book of Australian Verse edited by Judith Wright". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  20. ↑ "Judith Wright : Collected Poems, 1942-1970 by Judith Wright". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  21. ↑ "The Penguin Book of Australian Verse edited by Harry Heseltine". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  22. ↑ "The Collins Book of Australian Poetry edited by Rodney Hall". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  23. ↑ "Cross-Country : A Book of Australian Verse edited by John Barnes and Brian MacFarlane". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  24. ↑ "The Illustrated Treasury of Australian Verse edited by Beatrice Davis". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  25. ↑ "A Human Pattern : Selected Poems by Judith Wright". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  26. ↑ "Two Centuries of Australian Poetry edited by Kathrine Bell". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  27. ↑ "100 Australian Poems You Need to Know edited by Jamie Grant". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  28. ↑ "Grace and Other Poems by Judith Wright". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
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