FROM THE WORKINGMEN OF QUEENSLAND TO THE BROKEN HILL MINERS.

You gallant Barrier miners,

We send these lines to you,

Our hearts are with you in the strife

Your fight is ours too;

We send our heartfelt sympathy

And, what is better still,

We freely send the needful cash,

Brave men of Broken Hill.

We, too, have struggled and have fought

Though slandered and belied;

We, too, have seen the Church and State

Ranged on the squatter's side.

You bravely sent us aid and help

With noble hearts and will,

And now we're here to pay you back -

Brave men of Broken Hill.

Before the world your “masters” stand

With broken word and pledge,

With savage grip they swing and maul

And try to force the wedge.

When they refuse to arbitrate,

But force us downward still,

It only shows our cause is just -

Brave men of Broken Hill.

Have courage, boys, the day will come

When right will rule o'er wrong,

That day will come, as sure as fate,

It may be, too, ere long.

Stand firm together, side by side,

They yet must eat their fill,

And greed be taught a lesson yet -

Brave men of Broken Hill.

                                                                                                      Owen  Maguire,  Hughenden

Brisbane October 1, 1892.