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Eva Oakley

11 April 2021 · Leave a Comment

Eva Oakley (1881-1952) was an Australian author and poet. She mainly wrote poetry and stories for children; however, she penned some cookery books and religious verses as well. She was born Eva Bessie Isabel Bartlett in Fitzroy (Victoria) on 9 June 1881. Her father was James … [Read more...] about Eva Oakley

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Mary Gilmore

3 August 2020 · Leave a Comment

Mary Gilmore, 1927, photo

Mary Gilmore (née Cameron) was a poet, author, journalist, and social campaigner. She is especially well-known for her two most famous poems, “No Foe Shall Gather Our Harvest” (1940) and “Nationality” (1942), both written during the Second World War. She was born at the … [Read more...] about Mary Gilmore

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Professor Ernest Scott

30 April 2018 · Leave a Comment

Ernest Scott was born in Northampton, England, on 21 June 1867, and migrated to Australia in 1892. He worked as a journalist for the Globe (London, UK) and then for The Herald (Melbourne, Vic.). Scott then became a Hansard writer for the Victorian parliament, and then the … [Read more...] about Professor Ernest Scott

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Agnes Neale

2 May 2016 · 2 Comments

Agnes Neale, who wrote under the pen name of Caroline Agnes Leane, was an author and poet who lived in South Australia. Neale was born on 5 January 1849 in Cornwall, England, and came to Australia with her family when she was three years old. She died on 22 September 1892 in … [Read more...] about Agnes Neale

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Mary Eliza Fullerton

27 April 2015 · Leave a Comment

Mary Eliza Fullerton was born on 14 May 1868 in Glenmaggie, Victoria. She wrote twelve books (six under her own name) and numerous poems. Her later books of poetry were published under the pseudonym of “E”, as she suspected that her work would otherwise suffer from prejudice, … [Read more...] about Mary Eliza Fullerton

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Michael Massey Robinson

3 November 2014 · Leave a Comment

Michael Massey Robinson was born in 1744 in England. He worked as a lawyer, but was convicted of blackmail, as he had allegedly threatened to publish a poem he had written about a London alderman who had been accused in the past of a murder. Robinson was sentenced to … [Read more...] about Michael Massey Robinson

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“Kookaburra”, author and poet

8 October 2014 · Leave a Comment

“Kookaburra” was an anonymous writer and poet who was often published in The Evelyn Observer, and Bourke East Record (Kangaroo Ground), and its later incarnations as The Eltham and Whittlesea Shires Advertiser and Diamond Creek Valley Advocate (Hurstbridge) and The Advertiser … [Read more...] about “Kookaburra”, author and poet

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John Shaw Neilson

29 July 2014 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article provides links to poems by, and to some biographical information about, John Shaw Neilson.] John Shaw Neilson was born in Penola, South Australia, on 22 February 1872. He died in Melbourne, of heart disease, on 12 May 1942. Books by John Shaw … [Read more...] about John Shaw Neilson

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Martin Hambleton

23 October 2013 · Leave a Comment

Martin Hambleton (a pseudonym used by Thomas Edward Martin) was a writer for the The Sunday Mail (Brisbane, Qld.), and a teacher. He wrote a large number of brief articles especially for children; of particular note was his wide range of articles on various topics of Australian … [Read more...] about Martin Hambleton

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Raffaello Carboni

30 January 2013 · 2 Comments

[Editor: This article provides links to some biographical information about Raffaello Carboni.] Raffaello Carboni was born in Urbino, Italy, on 15 December 1817. He came to Australia in search of gold, took part in the Eureka Rebellion of 1854, and was subsequently tried for … [Read more...] about Raffaello Carboni

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