First Fruits of Australian Poetry Book The first volume of verse published in Australia, written by Barron Field and printed by George Howe in Sydney in 1819. image Milestone First published 1819 {"name":"First published","target":"","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>1819<\/span>"},"date_start":"1819","date_end":"1819"} Position Writer Field, Barron {"name":"Writer","target":"Field, Barron","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'><\/span>"},"date_start":null,"date_end":null} Type Book {"name":"Book","target":"","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'><\/span>"},"date_start":null,"date_end":null}