Discovered Australia Poem by Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

Discovered Australia



Round twenty seventeen, the above,
on the plaque the statue of James Cook beneath,
became too blatantly wrong.

Discovered was framed in inverted commas
and on Takeover Day* henceforth,
beneath 'Discovered' was laid a wreath.

Thursday, September 14, 2017
Topic(s) of this poem: change,discovery,grief ,lie
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* used to be Australia Day.
Cook 'discovered' Australia,1770. First settled 26 January 1788.
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Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide
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