Bertram Stevens chose the best short poems written by Australians or inspired by Australian scenery and life up to the opening of the twentieth century. The selection runs from colonial lyrics and odes on explorers like Flinders to bush ballads and nature poems, with work by Henry Kendall, Adam Lindsay Gordon, Banjo Paterson and Henry Lawson.
A good starting point for Australian poetry in the years around Federation. Download the free EPUB.