Site History

26 May 01

New Poem by Ric - "Old Snagger"

03 Jun 01

New Poem by Ric - "Cyber Sex"

04 Jun 01

Links to Cowboy Poetry sites

08 Jun 01

New Poem by Ric - "The Diggers"

27 Jun 01

New Poet, Steve Smith added to site

30 Jun 01

New Poem by Ric - "How Not To Prospect For Gold"

4th Jul 01

New Poem by Ric - "Prospecting With Kev"

12th Jul 01

New Poem by Steve Smith - "Liquid Knowledge" and link to Frank Halliwells site added.

16th Jul 01

New Poems by Steve Smith - "A Funeral", "Sherry In The Trifle" and "Kaks" added. New poem by Ric, "The Stockwhip"

19th Jul 01

New Poem by Steve Smith - "Pockets"

15th Aug 01

New Poem by Laurie Meintjes - "Swaggy Comes Good"

19th Aug 01

New Poem by Val Wallace - "Yesterday's Freedom"

6th Sep 01

"Lost" by Banjo Paterson added to site

10th Oct 01

"Said Hanrahan" by John O'Brien added to site

11th Oct 01

"Around The Boree Log" by John O'Brien added to site. Poets register added.

12th Oct 01

New page added for register of bush verse clubs and contacts.

21st Mar 02

New poem by Ric - "Barry's Chooks"

28th Mar 02

New pages added to commence repository for traditional Australian Bush Music.

1st Apr 02

Song added "All For Me Grog"

16th Apr 02

New poems added - "Casey's After Mass" and "Presbyt'ry Dog" by John O'Brien. "How McDougal Topped The Score" by Thomas Spencer

30th Apr 02

New song added "The Dying Stockman"

2nd May 02

New poem added "The Brumbies" by Will Ogilvie.

22nd May 02

New poems added, "The Dog's Meeting", "The Spider By The Gwydir" and "The Pig" by the famous poet A. Nonymous.

31st May 02

Added "Tangmalangaloo" by John O'Brien and new pages set up for the poetry of Barcroft Boake.

7th June 02

Added the following to the Bush Music pages:- "Augathella Station or Brisbane Ladies", "Click Go The Shears", "Poor Ned", "Waltzing Matilda" and "With My Swag Upon My Shoulder".

18th July 02

New link added to Bush Verse Writing Tips

19th Nov 02

Henry Lawson's "Faces In The Street" and "Jack Dunn of Nevertire" added. Mary Hannay-Foott's "Where The Pelican Builds Her Nest.

27th Nov 02

New songs added - "Banks of the Condamine", a traditional bush ballad and "Diamantina Drover" by Redgum. Poets register and Clubs register also updated.

19th Dec 02

New poem by Ric - "Social Workers"

14th Feb 03

New poet, Kevin Magher added plus new links and entries to the poets and clubs registers.

13th Mar 03

New poem by Ric - "Outlaw". New poems added "The Shearer's Nightmare" and "Aussie Love Poem"

9th Apr 03

New songs added "The Great Australian Dream" and "The Ringer & The Princess", both by Graeme Connors. Music pages format changed.

11 Apr 03

New page added for Bookings & Appearances with scheduled appearance dates. "Click Go The Shears" also added to Music pages.

3rd Nov 03

Added "Sweeney" by Henry Lawson and "The Riding of The Rebel" by Will Ogilvie

19th Nov 03

Added "Santa Claus" by Banjo Paterson

17th May 04

Complete site update and redesign completed

27th May 04

Events page set up.

Nov 04

Newsletter commenced and available for free subscription

22nd Dec 04

Site graphics completely revised and upgraded to a 1024 x 768 site

28th Jan 05

Replace the old Message Board with a PHP based Forum.

7th Feb 05

February Newsletter issued.

9th Feb 05

Some features added to the site including the ability to input your name so you will receive a personal welcome to the site and also varying page transitions when going from page to page. Menus realigned to left margin and front page text size fixed for Internet Explorer.

10th Mar 05

Events pages updated to include an index at the top of the page with links to named anchors.

18th Jul 05

Site completely rewritten and updated to comply with XHTML Strict. All pages now validate in accordance with World Wide Web standards. All CSS updated as well. Jack Drake added to the pages. Trish Anderson's photo added and updated information on Gosford Bush Poets. All email addresses cloaked to assist in avoiding spam. Google search added for the site and the web

1st Aug 05

New song added - "The New Chum Shearer".

8th Aug 05

Page for Ladies Poetry added. (Can you suggest some?) All Ric's information has been transferred to his personal page with his verse. Website upgraded from 20Mb to 50Mb of space to cater for more Poets and Muso's, so let's hear from you! These pages are about the Bush Poetry & Music movement. Get involved and get exposed. With over 3,000 hits a month to these pages, can you afford not to?

16 Aug 05

Carol Reffold added to pages

22 Aug 05

Added Rod Williams page to site. Linked poets listed in the register to their pages on the site.

13th October 2005

Added Col Wilson and five poems to the site. Added Graham Jenkin and two poems to the site. Site fully upgraded to XHTML 1.1 and validated. Commenced upgrade of site and validation for WAI AAA.

2 Feb 2006

Added historical information about Adam Lindsay Gordon to the pages.

5 Feb 2006

Added bush poet Dennis Scanlon to register. Also added Dennis to the pages with five of his poems and a biography

6 Feb 2006

Added bush poet Merv Webster to site and made hime feature poet for the next two months.