DAVID LEWIS PAGET - AUSTRALIAN POET. Born in Nottingham, England; lived in Great Barr, Birmingham until the age of 13, when migrated to Australia. Lived in Adelaide, left school at 15 to join the Navy.
Stayed only eight months, joined Air Force at 21 and became Instrument Fitter on Neptunes, Orions, Mirages and Winjeels. Eight years spent at bases; Edinburgh S.A., Wagga NSW, Townsville Qld., Point Cook Victoria and Williamtown, NSW.
In 1976 fulltime to Flinders University of South Australia, Bachelors degree in English and History. Medical Investigator for Dept. of Veterans Affairs, Senior Project Officer for Community Youth Support Scheme. Chairman of the Northern Yorke Peninsula Community Needs Forum, President of the Moonta Mines Narrow Gauge Railway Committee. Raised the finance for, and built tourist railway from Moonta Mines to the old Moonta Railway Station. Wrote and published a magazine for the unemployed called 'Bread'. Wrote and published monthly magazines 'Trader's Gate' and 'Central Yorke Peninsula Mercury' for three years in the late 1980's. Ran printing and publishing business Mushroom Graphics until 1990, then Cottage Print until 2005.
Father of 7, grandfather of 20; until recently was Teaching English at Wenzhou Medical College, an arm of the Wenzhou University, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China. Now retired and living in Moonta, South Australia, a historical Cornish miners settlement. Author of the non-fiction 'Arrows from Wenzhou', a detailed account of the twelve months spent in China - (now available as an e-book on the Bookhabit.com competition site).
Poetry Books -
1-Stand Up & Be Counted - 1974
2-The Venus Bird - 1974
3-Terra Australis Incognita - 1975
4-Ishtar - 1977
5-Bitter Harvest - 1977
6-Weep - 1980
7-Inspirators - 1981
8-Spoils of War - 1984
9-Cader Rook - 1996
10-Perspectives in a Black Season - 2003
11-The Red Knight - 2003
Family History Books -
12-In My Father's Words - 1994
13-Queenie - 1996
Local History Book -
14-Of Miners & Methodists - 1988
Novels - (Fiction) -
15-Cates's Creek - 2001
16-The Sumner Tontine - 2001
17-Dark Harbour - 2001
18-The Afterdeath - 2002
19-Prittik's Will - 2002
20-Heaven's Ridge - 2002
21-Experiment in Fear - 2002
22-Blackrock Island - 2002
Humour (Book) -
23-Tales of Wudgi Crossing - 2003
Travel Book -
24-Arrows from Wenzhou - 2007
Stayed only eight months, joined Air Force at 21 and became Instrument Fitter on Neptunes, Orions, Mirages and Winjeels. Eight years spent at bases; Edinburgh S.A., Wagga NSW, Townsville Qld., Point Cook Victoria and Williamtown, NSW.
In 1976 fulltime to Flinders University of South Australia, Bachelors degree in English and History. Medical Investigator for Dept. of Veterans Affairs, Senior Project Officer for Community Youth Support Scheme. Chairman of the Northern Yorke Peninsula Community Needs Forum, President of the Moonta Mines Narrow Gauge Railway Committee. Raised the finance for, and built tourist railway from Moonta Mines to the old Moonta Railway Station. Wrote and published a magazine for the unemployed called 'Bread'. Wrote and published monthly magazines 'Trader's Gate' and 'Central Yorke Peninsula Mercury' for three years in the late 1980's. Ran printing and publishing business Mushroom Graphics until 1990, then Cottage Print until 2005.
Father of 7, grandfather of 20; until recently was Teaching English at Wenzhou Medical College, an arm of the Wenzhou University, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China. Now retired and living in Moonta, South Australia, a historical Cornish miners settlement. Author of the non-fiction 'Arrows from Wenzhou', a detailed account of the twelve months spent in China - (now available as an e-book on the Bookhabit.com competition site).
Poetry Books -
1-Stand Up & Be Counted - 1974
2-The Venus Bird - 1974
3-Terra Australis Incognita - 1975
4-Ishtar - 1977
5-Bitter Harvest - 1977
6-Weep - 1980
7-Inspirators - 1981
8-Spoils of War - 1984
9-Cader Rook - 1996
10-Perspectives in a Black Season - 2003
11-The Red Knight - 2003
Family History Books -
12-In My Father's Words - 1994
13-Queenie - 1996
Local History Book -
14-Of Miners & Methodists - 1988
Novels - (Fiction) -
15-Cates's Creek - 2001
16-The Sumner Tontine - 2001
17-Dark Harbour - 2001
18-The Afterdeath - 2002
19-Prittik's Will - 2002
20-Heaven's Ridge - 2002
21-Experiment in Fear - 2002
22-Blackrock Island - 2002
Humour (Book) -
23-Tales of Wudgi Crossing - 2003
Travel Book -
24-Arrows from Wenzhou - 2007
- Last seen on Jul 31 4:42 AM. Member since September 26, 2007.
- I'm a amber angel poet for 4 comments.
- I am a man (Australia)
- When I'm not writing, I'm Retired.
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My Poetry
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There were red roses, and white roses At the wedding of Jenny McGill,
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This came to me complete in a dream, including the names of the protagonists.
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A true story of Moonta's early Methodist Church at East Moonta South.
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The answer to the question every woman has wanted to know!
