Eva Oakley 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 Campbell … [Read more...] about Eva Oakley
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Mary Gilmore
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
Professor Ernest Scott
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
Agnes Neale
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
Mary Eliza Fullerton
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
Michael Massey Robinson
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
“Kookaburra”, author and poet
“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
John Shaw Neilson
[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
Martin Hambleton
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
Raffaello Carboni
[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