"God's Own Country"

Title"God's Own Country"
Year for Search1890
AuthorsBracken, Thomas(1843-98)
Secondary TitleLays and Lyrics. God's Own Country and Other Poems
Pagination5-9
Date Published1890/1893
PublisherBrown, Thomson & Co.
Place PublishedWellington, New Zealand
KeywordsAotearoa New Zealand author, Australian author, Irish author, Male author
Annotation

New Zealand as a eutopia. Origin of the word Godzone to describe New Zealand.

Additional Publishers

Rpt. in Ballads of Thomas Bracken (Palmerston North, New Zealand: The Dunmore Press, 1975), 13-17. Said to have been originally published in the Yea Chronicle [Yea, Australia 1890] and rpt. in the New Zealand Herald (May 28, 1892): 9, although the Herald says it was written especially for it.

Holding Institutions

ATL

Author Note

The author (1843-98)  was born in Ireland, was sent to Australia at age 12, and moved to Aotearoa/New Zealand in 1869.

Full Text

1890 Bracken, Thomas (1843-98). “God’s Own Country.” In his Lays and Lyrics. God’s Own Country and Other Poems (Wellington, New Zealand: Brown, Thomson & Co., 1893), 5-9. Rpt. in Ballads of Thomas Bracken (Palmerston North, New Zealand: The Dunmore Press, 1975), 13-17. Said to have been originally published in the Yea Chronicle [Yea, Australia 1890?] and rpt. in the New Zealand Herald (May 28, 1892): 9, although the Herald says it was written especially for it. ATL

New Zealand as a eutopia. Origin of the word Godzone to describe New Zealand. The author was born in Ireland, was sent to Australia at age 12, and moved to Aotearoa/New Zealand in 1869.