"God's Own Country"
| Title | "God's Own Country" |
| Year for Search | 1890 |
| Authors | Bracken, Thomas(1843-98) |
| Secondary Title | Lays and Lyrics. God's Own Country and Other Poems |
| Pagination | 5-9 |
| Date Published | 1890/1893 |
| Publisher | Brown, Thomson & Co. |
| Place Published | Wellington, New Zealand |
| Keywords | Aotearoa 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. |
