The Last of His Tribe (poem)

"The Last of His Tribe"
by Henry Kendall
Written1864
First published inThe Sydney Morning Herald
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
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"The Last of His Tribe" is a poem by Australian writer Henry Kendall[1] that was first published in The Sydney Morning Herald on 27 September 1864, under the title "Woonoona: The Last of His Tribe".[2]

It was later included in the author's poetry collection Leaves from Australian Forests (1869), and was subsequently reprinted in various newspapers, magazines and poetry anthologies (see below).[1]

Reception

The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature states: "In it Kendall captures the attractive nature of Aboriginal life and sentimentally mourns its passing."[3]

Further publications

  • Leaves from Australian Forests by Henry Kendall, George Robertson, 1869[4]
  • Poems of Henry Clarence Kendall, George Robertson, 1903[5]
  • The Golden Treasury of Australian Verse edited by Bertram Stevens, Angus and Robertson, 1909[6]
  • The Children's Treasury of Australian Verse edited by Bertram Stevens and George Mackaness, Angus and Robertson, 1913[7]
  • Selections from the Australian Poets edited by Bertram Stevens, Cornstalk Publishing, 1913[8]
  • Selected Poems of Henry Kendall edited by T. Inglis Moore, Angus and Robertson, 1957[9]
  • "The Bulletin", 11 December 1957[10]
  • Favourite Australian Poems edited by Ian Mudie, Rigby, 1963[11]
  • From the Ballads to Brennan edited by T. Inglis Moore, Angus & Robertson, 1964[12]
  • The Poetical Works of Henry Kendall edited by Thomas Thornton Reed, 1966[13]
  • Silence Into Song : An Anthology of Australian Verse edited by Clifford O'Brien, Rigby, 1968[14]
  • The Penguin Book of Australian Verse edited by Harry Heseltine, Penguin Books, 1972[15]
  • The Collins Book of Australian Poetry edited by Rodney Hall, Collins, 1981[16]
  • The Illustrated Treasury of Australian Verse edited by Beatrice Davis, Nelson, 1984[17]
  • Cross-Country : A Book of Australian Verse edited by John Barnes and Brian MacFarlane, Heinemann, 1984[18]
  • Two Centuries of Australian Poetry edited by Mark O’Connor, Oxford University Press, 1988[19]
  • The Macmillan Anthology of Australian Literature edited by Ken L. Goodwin and Alan Lawson, Macmillan, 1990[20]
  • A Treasury of Bush Verse edited by G. A. Wilkes, Angus and Robertson, 1991[21]
  • Henry Kendall: Poetry, Prose and Selected Correspondence edited by Michael Ackland, University of Queensland Press, 1993[22]
  • An Anthology of Australian Literature edited by Ch'oe Chin-yong and Dynthia Van Den Driesen, Hansin Munhwasa, 1995[23]
  • Classic Australian Verse edited by Maggie Pinkney, Five Mile Press, 2001[24]
  • Our Country : Classic Australian Poetry : From Colonial Ballads to Paterson & Lawson edited by Michael Cook, Little Hills Press, 2004[25]
  • Two Centuries of Australian Poetry edited by Kathrine Bell, Gary Allen, 2007[26]
  • An Anthology of Australian Poetry to 1920 edited by John Kinsella, University of Western Australia Library, 2007[27]
  • 60 Classic Australian Poems for Children edited by Chris Cheng, Random House, 2009[28]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Austlit — "The Last of His Tribe" by Henry Kendall". Austlit. Retrieved 6 February 2026.
  2. ↑ ""Woonoona: The Last of His Tribe"". The Sydney Morning Herald, 30 September 1864, p8. Retrieved 6 February 2026.
  3. ↑ The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature, 2nd edition, p450
  4. ↑ "Leaves from Australian Forests by Henry Kendall". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  5. ↑ "Poems of Henry Clarence Kendall by Henry Kendall". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  6. ↑ "The Golden Treasury of Australian Verse edited by Bertram Stevens". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  7. ↑ "The Children's Treasury of Australian Verse edited by Bertram Stevens and George Mackaness". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  8. ↑ "Selections from the Australian Poets edited by Bertram Stevens". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  9. ↑ "Selected Poems of Henry Kendall edited by T. Inglis Moore". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  10. ↑ ""The Last of His Tribe"". The Bulletin, 11 December 1957, pp.38-39. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  11. ↑ "Favourite Australian Poems edited by Ian Mudie". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  12. ↑ "From the Ballads to Brennan edited by T. Inglis Moore". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  13. ↑ "The Poetical Works of Henry Kendall edited by Thomas Thornton Reed". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  14. ↑ "Silence Into Song : An Anthology of Australian Verse edited by Clifford O'Brien". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  15. ↑ "The Penguin Book of Australian Verse edited by Harry Heseltine". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  16. ↑ "The Collins Book of Australian Poetry edited by Rodney Hall". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  17. ↑ "The Illustrated Treasury of Australian Verse edited by Beatrice Davis". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  18. ↑ "Cross-Country : A Book of Australian Verse edited by John Barnes and Brian MacFarlane". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  19. ↑ "Two Centuries of Australian Poetry edited by Mark O'Connor". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  20. ↑ "The Macmillan Anthology of Australian Literature edited by Ken L. Goodwin and Alan Lawson". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  21. ↑ "A Treasury of Bush Verse edited by G. A. Wilkes". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 2 March 2026.
  22. ↑ "Henry Kendall: Poetry, Prose and Selected Correspondence edited by Michael Ackland". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  23. ↑ "An Anthology of Australian Literature edited by Ch'oe Chin-yong and Dynthia Van Den Driesen". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  24. ↑ "Classic Australian Verse edited by Maggie Pinkney". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  25. ↑ "Our Country : Classic Australian Poetry edited by Michael Cook". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  26. ↑ "Two Centuries of Australian Poetry edited by Kathrine Bell". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  27. ↑ "An Anthology of Australian Poetry to 1920 edited by John Kinsella". Austlit. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  28. ↑ "60 Classic Australian Poems for Children edited by Chris Cheng". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
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