An Anthology of Australian Verse Part 38

Daley, Victor James.

Born at Navan, Armagh, Ireland, 5th September, 1858; father Irish, mother of Scottish descent. Went to Plymouth, England, at fourteen, and left there in 1876 for Australia; landed in Sydney and shortly after went to Adelaide, where he worked as a clerk.

Went to Melbourne and joined the Staff of `The Carlton Advertiser'.

Tramped to Queanbeyan, N.S.W., and edited a paper there for five months.

Came to Sydney and wrote for Australian papers, princ.i.p.ally `The Bulletin'.

Lived in Melbourne for a few years; then again in Sydney until his death from phthisis, 29th December, 1905.

`At Dawn and Dusk' (Sydney, 1898).

Deniehy, Daniel Henry.

Born at Sydney, 18th August, 1828, of Irish parentage. Educated, M. Jonson's and W. T. Cape's schools. At fifteen wrote a novelette, "Love at First Sight", printed in `Colonial Literary Journal', 1844.

Went to England with his parents, studied in London and visited the Continent. Returned to Sydney, was articled to Nicol D. Stenhouse and eventually admitted -- the first native-born solicitor on the rolls.

Married Adelaide Elizabeth Hoalls, 1855. Elected to N.S.W. Parliament, 1856-9. Edited `Southern Cross' (Sydney) 1859-60, `Victorian' (Melbourne) 1862-4. Died at Bathurst, N.S.W., 22nd October, 1865.

Some of his writings were collected and published in `The Life and Speeches of Daniel Henry Deniehy', by Miss E. A. Martin, Melbourne (1884).

Domett, Alfred.

Born at Camberwell, England, 20th May, 1811. Matriculated at Cambridge, 1829, called to the Bar, 1841, left England, 1842, for New Zealand.

Was a friend of Robert Browning and inspired the latter's poem, `Waring', which first appeared in `Bells and Pomegranates', No. III., 1842.

Became Colonial Secretary for Province of Munster, N.Z., 1848, and Premier of the Colony in 1862. Wrote "Ranolf and Amohia"

in New Zealand. Returned to England, 1871. Died at Kensington, November, 1887.

`Poems' (London, 1833).

`Venice, a Poem' (London, 1839).

`Ranolf and Amohia, A South Sea Day Dream' (London, 1872, second edition, 2 vols., 1883).

`Flotsam and Jetsam' (London, 1877).

Dyson, Edward George.

Born near Ballarat, Victoria, 5th March, 1865, of English parentage.

Educated, public schools. Worked for some time as a miner in Victoria and Tasmania. Now a Journalist in Melbourne.

`Rhymes from the Mines, and other Lines' (Sydney, 1896).

Evans, George Ess.e.x.

Born in London, 18th June, 1863; son of John Evans, Q.C., M.P., of Welsh descent. Educated at Haverford West (Wales) and St. Heliers (Channel Islands). Came to Queensland, 1881. Farming for some time.

Entered Queensland Government service, 1888, and is now District Registrar at Toowoomba. Joint Editor of `The Antipodean', 1893, 1894, and 1897.

Won prize for best Ode on the Inauguration of the Commonwealth.

`The Repentance of Magdalene Despar, and other Poems' (London, 1891).

`Won by a Skirt' (Brisbane, n.d.).

`Loraine, and other Verses' (Melbourne, 1898).

`The Sword of Pain' (Toowoomba, 1905).

Farrell, John.

Born at Buenos Aires (S. America), 18th December, 1851, of Irish parents.

Came to Australia, 1852; spent his childhood and youth in the Victorian bush. Worked as a farmer, afterwards became a brewer in Victoria and New South Wales. Journalist from 1887, princ.i.p.ally on the staff of `The Daily Telegraph', Sydney, till his death in Sydney, 9th January, 1904.

`Ephemera: An Iliad of Albury' (Albury, 1878).

`Two Stories' (Melbourne, 1882).

`How He Died, and other Poems' (Sydney, 1887).

`Australia to England' (Sydney, 1897).

`My Sundowner, and other Poems' (Sydney, 1904).

`How He Died, and other Poems' (Sydney, 1905).

Foott, Mary Hannay (Mrs.).

Born at Glasgow, 26th September, 1846; daughter of James Black, mother descended from literary family of Hannay. Arrived in Australia, 1853. Educated in Melbourne. Married Thomas Wade Foott, 1874, and went to live at Dundoo, Queensland. After death of her husband, 1884, was Literary Editor of `The Queenslander' for ten years.

Now a teacher at Rocklea, Queensland.

`Where the Pelican Builds, and other Poems' (Brisbane, 1885).

`Morna Lee, and other Poems' (London, 1890).

Forster, William.

Born at Madras, 1818. Came to Australia, 1829.

Educated, W. T. Cape's School, Sydney. Became a Squatter.

Entered New South Wales Parliament, was Premier, 1860, and afterwards held portfolios in various ministries.

Appointed Agent-General and went to London, 1876.

Returned to New South Wales and died there, 30th October, 1882.

`The Weirwolf: a Tragedy' (London, 1876).

`The Brothers: a Drama' (London, 1877).

`Midas' (London, 1884).

Gay, William.

Born at Bridge of Weir, Renfrews.h.i.+re, Scotland, 1865.

Arrived in New Zealand, April, 1885. Went to Melbourne, 1888.

Appointed a.s.sistant Master, Scotch College, which position he held until his health broke down. Travelled about the colony until 1892, when he became much worse and was removed to Bendigo.

Bedridden for the last two years of his life. Died at Bendigo, 22nd December, 1897.

`Sonnets, and other Verses' (Melbourne, 1894).

`Sonnets' (Bendigo, 1896).

`Christ on Olympus, and other Poems' (Bendigo, 1896).

Gilmore, Mary J. (Mrs.).

Born near Goulburn, New South Wales, 16th August, 1865; father -- Donal Cameron -- a Highlander, mother a Hawkesbury native.

Educated at public schools; became a school teacher, 1881.

Joined the New Australia movement and went to Paraguay, 1895.

Married William Gilmore, 1897. Returned to Australia, 1902.

Now resident in Casterton (Victoria).

Gordon, Adam Lindsay.

Born at Fayal, Azores Islands, 1833; son of Captain Adam Durnford Gordon of Worcester (England), descendant of an old Scottish family.

Went to England, 1840; entered Cheltenham College about 1844, Woolwich Military Academy 1850, and afterwards Merton College, Oxford.

Arrived at Adelaide, South Australia, November, 1853, and became a mounted trooper, afterwards a horse-breaker.

Married Maggie Park, October, 1862, and lived at Mt. Gambier, South Australia, for two years. Elected to South Australian Parliament, 1865; resigned November, 1866. Moved to Ballarat (Victoria), November, 1867, where he purchased a livery stable. Became celebrated as a steeplechase rider. His only child, Annie Lindsay, died in 1868, his business failed, and he had several falls while racing; his claim to the Barony of Esslemont (Scotland) was defeated; shot himself, 24th June, 1870.

`The Feud' (Mt. Gambier, 1864).

`Sea Spray and Smoke Drift' (Melbourne, 1867 and 1876).

`Ashtaroth: a Dramatic Lyric' (Melbourne, 1867 and 1877).

`Bush Ballads and Galloping Rhymes' (Melbourne, 23rd June 1870).

`Poems' (Melbourne, 1877, 1880, 1882, 1884, 1888).

Harpur, Charles.

Born at Windsor, New South Wales, 1817; son of a schoolmaster.

Followed various occupations, princ.i.p.ally farming.

Gold Commissioner at Araluen for eight years. Married Mary Doyle, 1850.

Died 10th June, 1868, at Eurobodalla, N.S.W.

`Thoughts: A Series of Sonnets' (Sydney, 1845).

`The Bushrangers, and other Poems' (Sydney, 1853).

`A Poet's Home' (Sydney, 1862).

`The Tower of the Dream' (Sydney, 1865).