My Hidden House by James Aitchison

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I have a hidden house

in a garden full of flowers,

and I love to sit in silence

and gaze at it for hours.

The little house was built

in the Gold Rush so I’m told,

but for me it is a treasure

worth more than any gold.

Teacher’s note: This miner’s cottage, built in 1860, is typical of many homes built in the 
Ballarat, Creswick and Clunes district during the Victorian Gold Rush.

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