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  1. Napier, Elliott   Oceania. Born: 1870, Died: 1940, 4 poems.
    His work includes The Magic Carpet (1932) a collection of biographical sketches and two collections of verse Potted Biographies and Underneath the Bough.
  2. Boldrewood, Rolf   Oceania. Born: 1826, Died: 1915, 2 poems.
    Rolf Boldrewood was the psuedonym for Thomas Alexander Browne, essayist, poet and novelist whose most influencial work was 'Robbery under Arms.' first printed in 1888 .
  3. Deniehy, Daniel Henry   Oceania. Born: 1828, Died: 1865, 4 poems.
    Deniehy, a thorough republican, later became involved with free-thinkers such as Henry Parkes, Charles Harpur and the Rev. J.D. Lang. Deniehy supported Lang in his opposition to Britain's "foreign war" in the Crimea. He hoped to set up a popular part
  4. Michael, James Lionel   Oceania. Born: 1824, Died: 1865, 4 poems.
    Born in London, 1824; eldest son of James Walter Michael, Solicitor,
    and Rose Lemon-Hart.
  5. Carleton, Caroline   Oceania. Born: 1819, Died: 1874, 4 poems.
    Caroline Carleton, nee Baynes, was born near London in 1819. In 1839 she came to South Australia with her husband.  Mrs Carleton wrote the words to   "The Song of Australia" . She died at Wallaroo on 10 July 18. 1874
  6. Palmer, Nettie   Oceania. Born: 1876, 3 poems.
    She returned to Melbourne and completed an Ma in 1912. In 1914 she returned to England and married Vance Palmer, beginning one of Australia's most important literary partnerships.
  7. Forster, William   Oceania. Born: 1818, Died: 1882, 3 poems.
    Born at Madras, 1818. Moved to Australia, 1829. A member of Australian Parliment, Colonial Treasurer, and an extensive writer.
  8. Fisher, Lala   Oceania. Born: 1872, Died: 1929, 1 poems.
  9. Colborne-Veel, Mary   Oceania. Died: 1923, 8 poems.
    Born at Christchurch, N.Z.; daughter of Joseph Veel Colborne-Veel,
    M.A., Oxon., who came to New Zealand in 1857. Educated at home.
    Contributed frequently to Australian, English and other periodicals.
  10. Heney, Thomas William   Oceania. Born: 1862, Died: 1928, 4 poems.
    Born in Sydney,in  November, 1862; he was the eldest son of Thomas W. Heney,
    Editor and part proprietor of `Monaro Mercury'. Educated at Cooma.Nsw
    Entered `Sydney Morning Herald' office, 1878.
  11. Whitney, George Charles   Oceania. Born: 1884, 1 poems.
    Born at Drummoyne, near Sydney, 25th May, 1884; father Australian, mother English. Educated, Fort Street Public School and Sydney University.
  12. Harney, W E   Oceania. Born: 1895, Died: 1962 (modern), 1 poems.
    He wrote extensively on his wanderings and life among Aboriginal people, and also worked as a broadcaster both in Australia and for the Bbc in Britain.
  13. Bayldon, Arthur Albert Dawson   Oceania. Born: 1865, Died: 1958 (modern), 8 poems.
    he shows the influence of the Victorian Romantic tradition, although his verse does experience a change of tone from romantic to realist once in Australia, where he soon came to notice as a freelance journalist and a Bulletin poet.
  14. Stephens, A G   Oceania. Born: 1865, Died: 1933, 2 poems.
    His influence was immense in the development of an indigenous literary culture in the Australian continent.
  15. Crawford, Robert   Oceania. Born: 1868, Died: 1930, 206 poems.
  16. Wilmot, Frank   Oceania. Born: 1881, Died: 1942, 6 poems.
    Frank Wilmot also known as  'Furnley Maurice' he  was a well-known figure on the Australian literary scene in the 1920s and 1930s
  17. Bathgate, Alexander   Oceania. Born: 1845, Died: 1930, 1 poems.
    Bathgate worked closley with poet, journalist Thomas Bracken, author of the New Zealand National Anthem “God Defend New Zealand”, after purchasing the Evening Herald in Dunedin and was the principal founder of the Dunedin Amenities Society in 1888.
  18. Fullerton, Mary   Oceania. Born: 1868, Died: 1946, 12 poems.
    Mary Elizabeth Fullerton was born at Glenmaggie, Victoria, in 1868. Educated at home and at the local school, Fullerton was an avid reader who was well educated in the Bible and knew well the works of Milton, Shelley and Byron.
  19. Devaney, James   Oceania. Born: 1880, 4 poems.
    Poet, Biographer and Novelist

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  20. Desmond, Arthur   Oceania. Born: 1853, Died: 1920, 2 poems.
    He published a number of  verses in the Bulletin , the New Zealand Observer and Free Lance and other local papers, and in his own short-lived weekly paper, the Tribune
  21. Storrie, Agnes   Oceania. Born: 1865, Died: 1936, 2 poems.
    Storrie, Agnes L. (Mrs. Kettlewell).
    Born near Adelaide, South Australia Poems (Sydney, 1899).
  22. Maquarie, Arthur   Oceania. Born: 1874, 6 poems.
  23. Derham, Enid   Oceania. Born: 1882, Died: 1941, 8 poems.
    Enid Derham, a Melbourne graduate, lectured in English between 1922 and 1941. In 1912 she published "The Mountain Road and Other Verses"and "Empire" ( a children's play).
  24. Richardson, Robert   Oceania. Born: 1850, Died: 1901, 2 poems.
    Born in Armidale New South Wales in 1850
  25. Martin, Arthur Patchett   Oceania. Born: 1851, Died: 1902, 7 poems.
    Born in Woolwich, England, 18th February, 1851; eldest son of an Australian pioneer colonist. Educated at Melbourne. Entered Victorian Civil Service, 1862  helped to found and was Editor of `Melbourne Review', 1876-1882.
  26. McCrae, Hugh   Oceania. Born: 1876, Died: 1958 (modern), 4 poems.
    Hugh McCrae was born in Melbourne, the son of poet George Gordon McCrae and grandson of diarist Georgiana McCrae.
  27. Brasch, Charles Orwell   Oceania. Born: 1909, Died: 1973 (modern), 1 poems.
    The poetry he wrote during the 1930s, which he described as his first ‘real’ poetry, is marked by his divided loyalties to two countries; written in England
  28. Strong, Archibald Thomas   Oceania. Born: 1876, Died: 1930, 10 poems.
    Strong, who had the reputation as Australia’s most widely read and cultured person, had produced an acclaimed translation of Beowulf in 1925
  29. Loughran, Edward Booth   Oceania. Born: 1850, 3 poems.
    Edward Booth Loughran began his working life as a teacher and was subsequently a journalist, working on the Parliamentary staff of the Melbourne newspaper 'The Argus' and later heading the staff of the 'Victorian Hansard'.
  30. Favenc, Ernest   Oceania. Born: 1846, Died: 1908, 3 poems.
    Ernest Favenc was born in London in 1845 and educated in Berlin and Oxford.
    He arrived in New South Wales in 1863 and, after being in colony for 1 year, in a commercial position, he afterwards worked in the pastoral industry in  frontier
  31. Carmichael, Grace Jennings   Oceania. Born: 1867, Died: 1904, 2 poems.
    Born in Gippsland, Victoria, about 1867. Spent most of her early life in the bush.
  32. Souter, Charles Henry   Oceania. Born: 1864, Died: 1944, 3 poems.
    Contributed to the "Bulletin", particularly ballads, shanties and poems. Appeared as an expert on 5Ad's radio session, "Information Please".  
  33. Quinn, Patrick Edward   Oceania. Born: 1862, 1 poems.
    Patrick was educated at various Sydney schools.After School he worked as a Journalist.   He later became a Member of N.S.W. Legislative Assembly a position he maintained for six years.
  34. Sandes, John   Oceania. Born: 1863, Died: 1938, 6 poems.
  35. Hogg, Robert   Oceania. Born: 1864, Died: 1941, 6 poems.
    He had published four volumes of poems between 1917 and 1920 under the name Robert Blochairn. Most of this verse is undistinguished, but a brilliant satire on the Marquis of Bute is composed in the style of Burns.
  36. Curnow, Allen   Oceania. Born: 1911, Died: 2001 (modern), 6 poems.
    His earliest poems appeared in the university periodicals Kiwi in 1931 and Phoenix (he was a member of the editorial committee) in 1932–33.
  37. Kelly, John Liddell   Oceania. Born: 1850, Died: 1926, 2 poems.
    Born near Airdrie, Scotland, 19th February, 1850. John Liddell Kelly left school at the age of eleven.
  38. Cole, Elsie   Oceania. Born: 1884, Died: 1968 (modern), 2 poems.
    Born in New south Wales Australia in 1884
  39. Wilson, Lady Ann Glenny   Oceania. Born: 1848, Died: 1930, 4 poems.
    Also knows as Mrs. James Glenny Wilson, Ann was educated at Geelong High School and a private school in St Kilda, Melbourne, where she was an excellent student.
  40. Domett, Alfred   Oceania. Born: 1811, Died: 1887, 4 poems.
    Domett was very interested in literature and published many poems while in England, the most famous being A Christmas Hymn.
  41. Finnin, Mary   Oceania. Born: 1906, 2 poems.
  42. Moloney, Dr Patrick   Oceania. Born: 1843, Died: 1904, 3 poems.
    Moloney was educated at St Patrick's College, Melbourne, graduating M.B. Melbourne University in 1867.Published one poem under the pseudonym 'Australis'
  43. Ross, David MacDonald   Oceania. Born: 1865, 6 poems.
  44. Simpson, Martha M   Oceania. Born: 1869, 1 poems.
    Martha began working with the Department of Public Instruction in 1886 and was later made head of the Kindergarten section of the Public School in Tamworth.
  45. O Hara, John Bernard   Oceania. Born: 1864, Died: 1927, 3 poems.
    His best known poem, "Happy Creek”, was popular with two generations of Victorian schoolchildren.
  46. Allen, Leslie Holdsworth   Oceania. Born: 1879, Died: 1964 (modern), 1 poems.
  47. Mason, Ronald A K   Oceania. Born: 1905, Died: 1971 (modern), 1 poems.
    His translation of Horace's 'O fons Bandusiae' ('O fair Bandusian fountain') was evidently a class exercise done in the fifth form. In that same year he first encountered A. R. D. Fairburn, with whom he formed a close association over the next decade
  48. Hebblethwaite, James   Oceania. Born: 1857, Died: 1927, 4 poems.
    The writer of verse, rather than its subject, James Hebblethwaite was born in Preston, Lancashire, in 1857. For health reasons, he migrated in 1890 to Tasmania (formerly Van Diemen's Land), Australia's smallest and least populous state. He taught at
  49. Twisleton, Henry Lea   Oceania. Born: 1847, Died: 1900, 1 poems.
    Born at Winskill, near Settle, Yorkshire, England, 9th November, 1847. Twisleton was a teacher and poet.
  50. Murdoch, Nina   Oceania. Born: 1890, Died: 1976 (modern), 3 poems.
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