Australia Day poems

In 2010 Bill Hayden and Tony Abbott selected some of their favourite poems for Australia Day. The readings by Lionel Farrell were so popular that we are again offering them to our readers in celebration of Australia Day.

Readings by Lionel Farrell

"Beach Burial" by Kenneth Slessor here…

"Clancy of the Overflow" by A.B. “Banjo” Paterson here…

"Australia" by Dame Mary Gilmour here…

"Was it the Sun That Broke My Dream" by Christopher Brennan here…