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The Buried Chief
Poem by Australian writer Henry Parkes
"The Buried Chief" (1886) is a poem by Australian poet Henry Parkes.[1]
The poem was written by Henry Parkes, on 6 November 1886, after the death of Sir James Martin — three times Premier of New South Wales, and Chief Justice of New South Wales from 1873 to 1886 — on 4 November.[2]
It was originally published in The Sydney Morning Herald on 24 November 1886 and subsequently reprinted in Fragmentary Thoughts by the author and a number of Australian poetry anthologies.[1]