A Hop Through Australia's History |
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1844 - Legendary Leichhardt
Ludwig Leichhardt,
Gourmet diehard,
Decides to chart
The North West heart.
After good start
Plans fall apart,
Taken off guard
He loses a pard.
Stumbles ill-starred,
Acts like de Sade,
Pigs out on lard,
And possum roulade.
After year of hard
Desert promenade,
Gains the North scarred,
And is held in regard.
Now avant-garde,
Honoured in art,
Myopic Leichhardt
The West wants to chart.
Gathers vanguard,
While Eyre and Sturt smart,
Leaves much hurrahed
On new Westward start.
No Bonaparte,
He finds his way barred,
Dies lost and charred
In desert graveyard.
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