Originally published 30 September 1864 Illustrator Mary Haginikitas | ||
Similar The Poems of Henry Kendall, Leaves from Australia, The Man from Snowy Ri |
"The Last of His Tribe" is a poem by Australian writer Henry Kendall that was first published in The Sydney Morning Herald on 30 September 1864, under the title "Woonoona: The Last of His Tribe".
Contents
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).
Reception
The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature states: "In it Kendall captures the attractive nature of Aboriginal life and sentimentally mourns its passing."
Further publications
References
The Last of His Tribe (poem) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA