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published will please to signify the same, by letter, to Mr. George Isaacs, Gawler (subscribed with the motto previously used), on or before the 31st inst., otherwise their sanction will be inferred. Any competitors desiring their names to be attached to their contributions will please give permission to the
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A TEN GUINEA PRIZE is offered by the Gawler
Institute for the MUSIC to "The Song of Australia", by Mrs. C. J. Carleton, published in this day's paper, subject to the following conditions, viz.:- That the air be written in the G clef, and in any key the composer may select; but not to range below
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hidden wealth could gleam in the darkness". Someone else complained that the poem could equally refer to, say,
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275:Fairest of Britain's daughters fair — Australia!
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223:And all above is azure bright — Australia!
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273:No shackled slave can breathe the air,
249:The idle fancy of a dream — Australia!
245:Where gold lies hid, and rubies gleam,
209:by Mrs. C. J. CARLETON, West-terrace.
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952:More history of "Song of Australia"
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271:And FREEDOM'S sons the banner bear,
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