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A
A Barber Who Lives in Belgravia
214
A Boy From Quebec 
211
A Boy of Baghdad 
213
A Bumbling Bushie From Adelong       
348
A Camel From Kalamazoo      
7
A Change Of Air  
C J Dennis    
348
A Child's Alphabet   
Edward Lear   
364
A Clever Old Miser 
210
A Cunning Old Crim From Long Bay
Russell Hannah 
276
A Demented Old Bloke
Russell Hannah 
66
A Doleful Old Fellow 
Wilbur Howcroft  
312
A Dollar To Spend  
216
A Dream       
Maud Keary
367
A Farmer From Slough
214
A Fat Man of Lahore
213
A Feather Brained Fiddler
214
A Fellow Who Lived in New Guinea
278
a fellow who lived in yan yean
208
A fly and a flea in a flue
348
A frog he did a-courting go
10
a funny man of tarentum
215
a girl form asturias
311
a girl of new york
306
a glutton
208
a goat bearded mystic
214
a gravestone
william allingham
118
a house of cards
christina rossetti
223
a hungry dingo
20
a lady from china
214
a lady in blue
306
a lady named lynn
212
a life lesson
Eugene field
271
a little bird
250
a man from blackheath
211
a man of words and not of deeds
267
a mean with a beard
edward lear
213
a memory
william allingham
107
a misspelled tail
elizabeth t corbett
279
a modern alphabet
jim haynes and melanie dyer
375
a nautical ballad
charles edward carryl
288
a new sound
grahame watt
212
a nonsense song
eugene field
293
a person from perth
211
a protest and a protest
john shaw neilson
5
a purple cow
gellert burgess
7
a rain song
e s emerson
200
a sculptor of mark
211
a shearer from west of paroo
378
a smuggler's song
rudyard kipling
144
a snail
maud keary
75
a song of rain
c j dennis
62
a sound argument
279
a sparrer and asparagus
robert williams wood
277
a tadpole's tail
mike jackson
86
a thong is just a friendly sole
colin thiele
96
a toadstool comes up in a night
christina rossetti
267
a tooter who tooted the flute
349
a tribute to firefighters
max fatchen
50
a visit from abroad
james stephens
125
a was an apple pie
363
a was an archer
358
a white hen sitting
christina rossetti
324
a woman from near woronora
209
a young lady from twickenham
382
a young man from balmain
99
a young man from japan
211
a young parson named perkins
210
abby see the goldfish
280
adam and eve
255
adelaide market
jim haynes
36
adventure story
furnley maurice (Frank Wilmot)
123
algernon
hilaire belloc
345
all the bells were ringing
christina rossetti
270
alphabet of famous goops
Gellert burgess
368
amy margaret's five years old
william allingham
244
an ancient egyptian papyrus
209
and s-s-so to b-b-bed
max fatchen
226
an eccentric old boffin
216
am emerald is as green as grass
christina rossetti
270
an inventor
210
angels at the foot
christina rossetti
244
an alphabet
edward lear
371
an oddly shaped girl from yapeet
311
an old baker of rye
210
an old lady of brooking
213
an old lady
215
an old lady of kent
210
an old man from calcutta
211
an old man in a hearse
216
an old man in a tree
edward lear
212
an old man of darjeeling
378
an old man who supposed
edward lear
212
an old miser from ayr
210
an old person from fratton
209
an old person of ware
edward lear
312
an old person of wick
edward lear
312
an old woman of crete
213
ants in the cup
russell hannah
4
apple pie
208
aratula
212
armies in the fire
robert louis stevenson
104
as i was going to st ives
254
astronomy
bartlett adamson
96
at night
maud keary
104
at the showground at tullibigeal
383
aunt susan
209
auntie wim
wilbur howcroft
189
aussie alphabet
jim haynes
375
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B
banjo
Jim Haynes
37
Bannerman of the dandenong
alice werner
130
bazonka
spike milligan
292
bell birds
henry kendell
204
beneath the sea
maud keary
125
bertie and the pirates
greatrex newman
124
betty botter bought some butter

 

348
be warned
max fatchen
98
bird song
c j dennis
322
boothill epitaphs
119
boy dreams
mabel forrest
238
brisbane
jim haynes
40
brother and sister
lewis carroll
344
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C
Cairns
282
Calico pie
edward lear
294
calling all cars
max fatchen
226
camp crazy
max fatchen
242
can a parrot
spike milligan
306
cane toad
jim haynes
85
captain cook

 

251
careless willie i
387
careless willie ii
387
centipede soccer
russell hannah
4
charles augustus fortescue
hilaire belloc
337
children lost
max Fatchen
134
chile willy
277
 
christmas
marchette chute
232
 
christmas cards
109
 
cicada
gregory north
14
 
clancy of the overflow
a b 'Banjo' paterson
48
 
cockney alphabet
373
 
colonel fazackerley butterworth toast
charles causley
140
 
come on in
250
 
condamine bells
jack sorenson
67
 
contagion
spike milligan
313
 
cows don't fly
383
 
crocodile
2
 
crooked
mike jackson and rowan hammond
100
 
cuppacumalonga
c j dennis
38
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D
daddy fell into the pond
alfred noyes
94
daddy moses killed a skunk
262
dad meets the martians
stephen whiteside
174
dan dan
262
dictation dictation dictation
255
doctor bell
276
doctor foster
252
dog poo
tulip kilbourne
386
don bradman
jim haynes
52
don't care
265
don't quit
265
do you
270
drink up
max fatchen
65
 
dunderbeck
379
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E
Early windy morning
stephen whiteside
197
ears
max fatchen
99
einstein
216
emperor tiberius
216
epitaph - williamtown cemetery
118
epitaph - martin elginbrodd
118
epitaph - robert louis stevenson
robert louis stevenson
118
erky perky
378
escape at bedtime
robert louis stevenson
103
extremities
gellert burgess
208
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F
fancy dress
208
father william
lewis carroll
300
faults
267
firewood
259
first kiss
99
five old crows
327
flaming christmas
mike jackson
92
floorless room
gellert burgess
208
foney it'd rain
jim haynes
58
football fan
96
 
franklin hyde
hilaire belloc
341
 
fred's job
peg vickers
325
 
frisky whisky squirrel
74
 
funny
russell hannah
380
 
fur and feathers
a b 'Banjo' paterson
5
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G
games with names
Max fatchen
30
gas
269
gentlemen, ladies and bald headed babies
284
george
hilaire belloc
342
glenelg
jim haynes
37
go anna go
peter winkler
3
godfrey gordon gustavus gore
william brighty rands
335
gogango
jim haynes
40
going to school
c j dennis
240
going to the market
250
 
gramophone needle
212
 
grand old captain kirk
258
 
granny
spike milligan
95
 
growing up
c j dennis
86
 
grownups
jim haynes
231
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H
happy landing
max fatchen
175
hare today, gone tomorrow
jim haynes and paddy ryan
186
henry king
hilaire belloc
346
high explosive
a b 'Banjo' paterson
20
hist!
c j dennis
222
hopeless hooked on meringue
278
horse
spike milligan
89
housewife's lament
112
how australian are you?
jim haynes
41
how doth the little crocodile
lewis carroll
87
 
how mcdougal topped the score
thomas e spencer
176
 
how silly can you get?
jim haynes
276
 
how the camel got his hump
rudyard kipling
266
 
how we drove the trotter
w t doodge
350
 
hugs
105
 
hurt no living thing
christina rossetti
270
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I
i eat my peas with honey
252
i got up this morning
marchette chute
223
i had a little brother
258
i had a little pig
7
i have seen you, little mouse
74
i met a man
284
i remember, i remember
thomas hood
243
i saw you
259
i sometimes think
105
i wish
grahame watt
68
 
i worry 'bout the penguin
jim haynes
325
 
ice cream
tulip kilbourne
344
 
'I'd like to be' series
c j dennis
235
 
if
rudyard kipling
272
 
if all the world was paper
284
 
if all were rain and never sun
christina rossetti
271
 
if i was prime minister
jim haynes
241
 
if you meet a crocodile
87
 
i'll tell thee everythin i can
lewis carroll
302
 
in and out
118
 
incy wincy spider
251
 
inky pinky pinka
385
 
inky pinky ponky
251
 
in the closet
383
 
in the stable
a b 'Banjo' paterson
154
 
invalid
furnley maurice (Frank Wilmot)
224
 
it's coming
max fatchen
201
 
it's raining, it's pouring
251
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J
jabberwocky
lewis carroll
122
jacky howe
43
jim
hilaire belloc
381
john smith and co
mark twain
280
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K
kalgoorlie
grahame watt
28
keep the billy boiling
jack moses
66
kevin from kongwak
jim haynes
209
king david and king solomon
james naylor
268
kingsford smith
winifred tennant
52
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L
lazy jack
bill scott
384
little boy blue
eugene field
244
little orphan annie
james whitcombe riley
138
little sandra
wilbur howcroft
98
loch ness
387
love song to a yabbie
grahame watt
12
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M
macavity
t s eliot
142
magical, magical moon
peter winkler
221
march flies
c j dennis
77
mary had a little bear
383
mary had a little lamb
378
mary had a lot
380
matilda
hilaire belloc
340
mavericprowles
spike milligan
385
melbourne
30
memories
'Pip'
102
 
michael finigan
254
 
mickety mulga
t ranken
58
 
missing persons
colin thiele
2
 
monday's child
265
 
mother in law
215
 
mother shake the cherry tree
christina rossetti
230
 
mr and mrs discobbolos
edward lear
316
 
mr lear's alphabet
edward lear
360
 
my choice
wilbur howcroft
202
 
my dinosaur
jim haynes
22
 
my feet
gellert burgess
98
 
my homeland
wilbur howcroft
285
 
my kelpie
wilbur howcroft
81
 
my mother said
262
 
my shadow
robert louis stevenson
234
 
my ute
milton taylor
82
 
my wise old grandpapa
wilbur howcroft
295
 
mulga bill's bicycle
a b 'Banjo' paterson
182
 
muttaburrasaurus
milton taylor
22
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N
namatjira
jim haynes
52
 
native companions dancing
john shaw neilson
323
ned kelly
jim haynes
42
neighbours
282
never throw a brick
295
new sights
268
new gnu
 
12
night
james stephens
103
night cricket
max fatchen
31
night thoughts
robert louis stevenson
219
 
night vision
stephen whiteside
99
 
nobody loves me
378
 
no more pencils
259
 
northeast by north (Black swans)
charles souter
330
 
nuclear pill
382
 
nutty nursery rhyme
max fatchen
9
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O
Ode to a bandicoot
wilbur howcroft
12
ode to a sneeze
george wallace
96
oh dear what can the matter be
261
old alfred
209
old man platypus
a b 'Banjo' paterson
71
one fine day i
292
one fine day ii
292
one one was a race horse
280
one potato
250
only one mother
george cooper
106
 
on the ning nang nong
spike milligan
312
 
Oo-er oo-er oo-er
386
 
Oojah-ka-piv
spike milligan
313
 
orange
russell hannah
66
 
ouch
max fatchen
98
 
'Ough! a fonetic fancy
w t doodge
278
 
our cow
c j dennis
80
 
our house
jim haynes
98
 
our street
c j dennis
240
 
our teacher
215
 
our touch football day
gregory north
190
 
over the border
157
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P
pat winterbottom
215
pea soup
282
phillip le barr
spike milligan
313
pioneer
jack sorenson
42
pitter patter, splosh and splatter
max fatchen
65
pittypat and tippytoe
eugene field
245
places
30
platypus and kookaburra
rex ingamells
21
pooper scooper
tulip kilbourne
387
poor, poor country
john shaw neilson
194
 
pop's in the garden
386
 
prunes
259
 
pussycat, pussycat
max fatchen
83
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Q
Quay
w t goodge
281
question not
adam lindsay gordon
267
quick mick
383
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R
railway carriage
robert louis stevenson
106
rain
robert louis stevenson
206
rain, rain, go away
251
reactionary
hughes mearns
284
rebecca
hilaire belloc
334
remember the waltzing
jim haynes
108
Riding song
c j dennis
241
 
rindercella - a tairyfale
jim haynes
354
 
robinson crusoe's story
charles edward carryl
188
 
rododendron
276
 
roses are red
259
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S
said hanrahan
p j hartigan (John o'Brien)
60
same as you
e j brady
268
sausage dog
383
scatter brained lou
378
scott's wild stuff stew
francis humphris brown
170
seal lullaby
rudyard kipling
88
sea serpent
9
sea shell
amy lowell
198
see a pin and pick it up
268
seldom can't
christina rossetti
267
 
send her down
jim haynes
64
 
shearing at castlereagh
a b 'Banjo' paterson
51
 
shearing on the speeway
169
 
she frowned and called him mr
281
 
silence in the court
262
 
silly old baboon
spike milligan
2
 
smiles
103
 
snowy mountains
mike jackson
35
 
solomon grundy
255
 
song of the wattle
veronica mason
27
 
song of a sock
107
 
song of the dardenelles
henry lawson
44
 
space ace
max fatchen
237
 
spider
col wilson
78
 
spiders
tulip kilbourne
13
 
stars
max fatchen
110
 
stars in the sea
roderic quinn
109
 
state of mind
264
 
summer holidays
jim haynes
242
 
sunset in perth
russell hannah
28
 
superstition
grahame watt
97
 
swinging
maud keary
237
 
sydney to hobart
jim haynes
278
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T
Table manners
gellert burgess
269
taking his chance
henry lawson
158
talbragar
henry lawson
165
tale of a tooth
henry e horne
172
tangmalangaloo
p j hartigan (John O'Brien)
54
tea talk
c j dennis
95
tempestuous tarts
wilbur howcroft
385
ten little monkeys
254
the ABC
spike milligan
374
the akond of swat
edward lear
298
 
the alphabet in rhyme
359
 
the ant explorer
c j dennis
76
 
the animal fair
252
 
the aussie airline
jim haynes
53
 
the australian sunrise
james lister cuthbertson
29
 
the ballad of the drover
henry lawson
132
 
the bathroom bunyip
colin thiele
97
 
the bear at the zoo
7
 
the bonny port of sydney
henry lawson
37
 
the boobook owl
c j dennis
331
 
the boy stood in the witness box
380
 
the brolga's laugh
322
 
the bush
james lister cuthbertson
199
 
the bush animals' band
noel stallard
18
 
the camel complains
charles edward carryl
84
 
the circus
c j dennis
230
 
the city mouse and the garden mouse
christina rossetti
74
 
the codfish
85
 
the common cormorant
16
 
the courtship of the yonghy bonghy bo
edward lear
290
 
the clever rabbit
d h souter
16
 
the crafty crocodile
wilbur howcroft
4
 
the crescent moon
amy lowell
198
 
the crooked man
252
 
the cub
russell hannah
8
 
the dangerous dinosaur
stephen whiteside
388
 
the day aunt aggie bit our dog
wilbur howcroft
179
 
the day our trotter kicked aunt kate
wilbur howcroft
179
 
the day the spaceship took aunt meg
wilbur howcroft
174
 
the dinosaur climber's kit
stephen whiteside
23
 
the dong with the luminous nose
edward lear
304
 
the drovers
c j denis
42
 
the drovers' dream
168
 
the duel
eugene field
184
 
the fairies
william allingham
137
 
the famine
c j dennis
323
 
the feast
c j dennis
323
 
the female highwayman
151
 
the first fleet was eleven small ships
40
 
the fish marathon
russell hannah
9
 
the fish talent quest
russell hannah
8
 
the Geebung polo club
a b 'Banjo' paterson
180
 
the germ chaser
c j dennis
343
 
the Ghost of the murderer's hut
a b 'Banjo' paterson
72
 
the great wind
maud keary
195
 
the green frog
colin thiele
85
 
the gyrating goose
wilbur howcroft
17
 
the hen
lord alfred douglas324
 
the highwayman
alfred noyes
146
 
the indian myna
c j dennis
326
 
the jumblies
edward lear
308
 
the kangaroo island ferry
jim haynes
40
 
the lady of niger
13
 
the land of nod
robert louis stevenson
219
 
the land where i was born
john shaw neilson
218
 
the lazy roof
gellert burgess
94
 
the little cormorant
Stephen whiteside
16
 
the little ghost
edna st vincent millay
136
 
the little green man
bill scott
175
 
the little peach
eugene field
345
 
the little turtle
vachel lindsay
85
 
the long road home
c j dennis
246
 
the lyre bird
charles souter
332
 
the mad gardener's song
lewis carroll
297
 
the magpies' song
frank s williamson
327
 
the man from ironbark
a b 'Banjo' paterson
56
 
the man from menindee
d h souter
43
 
the man from snowy river
a b 'Banjo' paterson
126
 
the meanest trick
gellert burgess
269
 
the melbourne cup
lesbia harford
30
 
the mighty sea
197
 
the moon's the north wind's cookie
vachel lindsay
198
 
the mummy
jim haynes
278
 
the murray, mate
gregory north
32
 
the new gnu
352
 
the night
313
 
the noses' holiday
jim haynes
296
 
the nursery alphabet
358
 
the oak
maud keary
206
 
the old bush track
gertrude hart
110
 
the owl and the pussycat
edward lear
286
 
the painted ceiling
any lowell
233
 
the parrot and the carrot
robert williams wood
301
 
the pea and the pewee
robert williams wood
349
 
the pecan and the toucan
robert williams wood
277
 
the pelican
323
 
the peppery man
arthur macy
260
 
the pessimist
ben king
111
 
the pobble who has no toes
edward lear
307
 
the price of a kiss
elise espinasse
160
 
the ptarmigan
282
 
the puffin and nuffin
robert williams wood
324
 
the quangle wangle's hat
edward lear
317
 
the raindrops
maud keary
206
 
the rhyme of dorothy rose
pauline frances camp
264
 
the road of now and then
furnley maurice (Frank wilmot)
248
 
the rouseabout
Thomas e spencer
318
 
the sad story of a motor fan
h a field
338
 
the sanctuary
j w gordon (Jim grahame)
70
 
the secret song
margaret wise brown
195
 
the shadow show
furnley maurice (Frank Wilmot)
221
 
the shark
lord alfred douglas
87
 
the sick stockrider
adam lindsay gordon
162
 
the silver eye
c j denis
328
 
the smoker parrot
john shaw neilson
324
 
the snare
james stephens
89
 
the snow queen
maud keary
125
 
the soldier band
furnley maurice (Frank wilmot)
225
 
the song of the cicadas
roderic quinn
79
 
the spider from the gwydir
173
 
the spotted heifers
c j denis
356
 
the spring is sprung
277
 
the story of augustus
heinrich hoffman
346
 
the story of fidgety philip
heinrich hoffman
336
 
the story of flying robert
heinrich hoffman
341
 
the swagman
c j dennis
59
 
the swagman at the golden gate
185
 
the swing
robert louis stevenson
237
 
the traveller
c j dennis
320
 
the travelling post office
a b 'Banjo' paterson
46
 
the triantiwontigongolope
c j dennis
6
 
the unseen playmate
robert louis stevenson
227
 
the walrus and the carpenter
lewis carroll
314
 
the way through the woods
rudyard kipling
135
 
the white rabbit's evidence
lewis carroll
311
 
the wild colonial boy
152
 
the wind
robert louis stevenson
196
 
the wind has such a rainy sound
christina rossetti
197
 
the yellow robin
c j dennis
329
 
the yeti
wilbur howcroft
7
 
there once was a captain named cook
jim haynes
40
 
there once was a lady from clyde
352
 
there once was a woman of waikerie
349
 
there's a daddy longlegs
greg champion and jim haynes
80
 
there was a little girl
henry wadsworth longfellow
255
 
there was an old lady who swallowed a fly
256
 
there was an old man
edward lear
312
 
there was a young fellow named fisher
355
 
thick green slime
bill scott
382
 
thirty days hath september
254
 
thoughts of home
rowley clark
102
 
three little birds
215
 
three wise old women
elizabeth t corbett
301
 
thunderbolt
bill scott
157
 
tidying my room
stephen whiteside
242
 
to my mother
robert louis stevenson
111
 
too wise
280
 
train to morrow
353
 
travel
edna st vincent millay
111
 
trouble on the selection
henry lawson
232
 
tully
66
 
two and two
214
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uluru
jim haynes
37
 
undersea
marchette chute
8
 
unlikely epitaphs
120
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W
Waltzing matilda
a b 'Banjo' paterson
 
Wandoan
28
 
Waratah, my mountain queen
henry lawson
199
 
watching eye
colin thiele
75
 
wattle
jack moses
27
 
way down south
252
 
wayward willie
wilbur howcroft
339
 
weary will
a b 'Banjo' paterson
73
 
weather
marchette chute
195
 
weather
352
 
what hippos do
13
 
when bertha comes to tea
henry lawson
224
 
when the circus came to town
p j hartigan (John o'Brien)
228
 
When the sun's behind the hill
c j dennis
114
 
while shepherds
96
 
who has seen the wind?
christina rossetti
197
 
whole duty of children
robert louis stevenson
269
 
who's there?
max fatchen
20
 
why?
212
 
why?
271
 
wind
amy lowell
196
 
windy
max fatchen
94
 
windy nights
robert louis stevenson
206
 
winifred wise
352
 
winterwise
268
 
wonder wander
eugene field
287
 
wood duck
jim haynes
355
 
woolloomooloo
c j dennis
280
 
wrangdillion
james whitcombe riley
306
 
wynken, blyken and nod
eugene field
220
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you and I
c j dennis
274
 
your friend the insect
grahame watt
75
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