Around the Boree Log and Other Verses is a collection of poems by Australian writer John O'Brien, published by Angus and Robertson in 1921.
[3] Writing in Freeman's Journal J. M. Cusack welcomed the collection and commented: "The 'Boree,' the author tells us is one of the best fire woods in Australia.
So he gathers us in an old bush home on a cold, wet night, pokes up the boree fire, and lets 'the doves of fancy loose to bill and coo again.'
Though he has painted his country in glory, he has not forgotten the grand old pioneers–the Irish mothers and fathers, who have written big deeds on the early pages of Australian history, a fact no true Australian will forget...The poems are full of things wondrously beautiful, while lines which are sparkling gems glisten here and there, on every page.
Although the beauty of bush home life and the charm of religious faith, are almost his exclusive themes, the writer touches a wide range of human emotions.