151:'. Of Jewish origins, his grandfather, John Moses, arrived as a convict to Hobart on a seven-year sentence. Eventually, he married an Irish woman named Mary Conolly, before moving to the Colony of New South Wales to become a pastry cook in
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was to be launched by
Christmas 1937 but sold from April 1938, containing poems including 'The postage stamp' and 'To Wogga Wog-Gar'. The book was reprinted several times (the fourth reprint was in 1972), and proceeds going to the
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Jack Moses remained a prominent figure in country shows throughout New South Wales and at smoke concerts where he recited his poems and told stories of the bush. Given to be a born reciter, renditions included the works of
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Florence Nightingale in Ashfield, Sydney, on 18 June 1900. The daughter of a bridge contractor, she died aged 53 on Saturday, 3 September 1932, at her residence of 'Mirrabooka', New South Head Road,
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Bell, O. (nyg — possibly 1980s), 'Tales of Old
Gundagai No.2, Oscar I Bell, President of Gundagai & District Historical Society and former Gundagai Shire Councillor, Gundagai, p.3.
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Moses became a wine and whisky salesman travelling around
Australia. Commencing first with the firm of Frank Bouffier, this followed with thirty years as a
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Rutledge, Martha, 'Moses, John (Jack) (1861–1945)', Australian
Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University
298:. Aged 82, when asked 'What do you regard as most responsible for your great age, Jack?', Moses responded 'I'll tell you, sonny, I never go in!'.
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saying in 1923 that he liked Moses' poems as they "dealt with the interests of real
Australian bush people in a truthful, non-gloomy manner."
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Bohemian, ' ... tells us in prose and verse of many, a pleasant experience met with by him in his wanderings far and wide'.
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Australia and what it could produce'. He was survived by his son, John Moses.
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Robertson, was published in January 1932. Contributing writers included Lawson's daughter Bertha Lawson,
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to be an important advertisement for their historic Australian town, and influenced creation of the famous monument, '
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and the follow-up 1928 poem 'They're going to lock the Lachlan'.
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by someone known only as "Bowyang Yorke", was considered by
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394:Nine miles from Gundagai, and other verses
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565:"Gundagai's dog is gilt-edged investment"
826:http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article976471
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313:In his later years, Moses lived at the
90:Poet, elocutionist, travelling salesman
336:. Managing director W. G. Cousins of
328:', Moses died of heart disease at the
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1055:"They're going to lock the Lachlan"
174:representative, and finishing with
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483:"Jack Moses and `The Tuckerbox'"
435:National Library of Australia,
196:Moses' poem 'The dog sat on the
178:(the latter two now part of the
824:National Library of Australia,
220:" (1938), the publisher quoted
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286:and other North Coast shows.
182:company). Travelling was by
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870:The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)
403:Australian Red Cross Society
330:Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
127:" from which the well-known
125:The dog sat on the tuckerbox
70:, New South Wales, Australia
515:The Maitland Weekly Mercury
488:The Australian Jewish Times
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145:Haymarket, New South Wales
1081:"Jack Moses and his book"
898:The Sydney Morning Herald
253:Henry Lawson–By his mates
921:"Jack Moses Testimonial"
537:"Advertising Glen Innes"
332:, and was buried at the
306:, and was buried at the
218:Nine Miles from Gundagai
101:Nine miles from Gundagai
160:Royal Agricultural Show
147:, 'when cows grazed in
143:Jack Moses was born in
1140:Sunday Mail (Brisbane)
975:"Poet Jack Moses Dies"
949:"Jack Moses passes on"
720:Sunday Mail (Brisbane)
715:"Henry LAWSON's MATES"
206:Gundagai Shire Council
1135:"Poems of Jack Moses"
1085:The Northern Champion
839:"Death of Jack Moses"
798:"Mr. Jack Moses dead"
689:"Jack Moses rejoices"
384:Beyond the city gates
180:Treasury Wine Estates
693:Yass Tribune-Courier
354:'The dog sat on the
274:His visits included
257:John Le Gay Brereton
210:Dog on the tuckerbox
129:Dog on the Tuckerbox
123:who wrote the poem "
542:Glen Innes Examiner
511:"Country promotion"
398:Angus and Robertson
338:Angus and Robertson
334:South Head Cemetery
308:South Head Cemetery
296:Bondi Icebergs Club
212:', five miles from
80:South Head Cemetery
1029:"Lock the Lachlan"
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893:"Mrs. John MOSES"
663:"A kitchen drama"
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611:"Personal"
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365:'Lock the
356:tucker-box
326:troubadors
290:Later life
176:Leo Buring
172:Lindeman's
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139:Early life
117:Jack Moses
110:John Moses
41:1861-01-12
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198:tuckerbox
186:coaches,
149:Hyde Park
121:bush poet
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360:Gundagai
304:Vaucluse
214:Gundagai
133:Gundagai
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456:27 June
367:Lachlan
284:Wingham
188:sulkies
282:, and
267:, and
244:, and
107:Parent
68:Sydney
378:Books
349:Poems
344:Works
280:Cobar
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