An Anthology of Australian Verse Part 37

Bathgate, Alexander.

Born at Peebles, Scotland, 1845. Educated, local schools and Edinburgh University. Came to New Zealand, 1863. Banking for six years; Barrister and Solicitor in Dunedin, 1872 to present date.

`Far South Fancies' [London, n.d. (1889)].

`The Legend of the Wandering Lake' [Dunedin, n.d. (1905)].

Bayldon, Arthur Albert Dawson.

Born at Leeds, England, 20th March, 1865, of an old North of England family.

Educated at Leeds and travelled extensively in Europe.

Arrived in Queensland, 1889, and since then has travelled over a good deal of Eastern Australia. Now in Sydney, writing stories, essays, etc.

`Lays and Lyrics' (London, 1887).

`The Sphinx, and other Poems' (Hull, 1889).

`Poems' (Brisbane, 1897).

`Poems', enlarged edition [Brisbane, n.d. (1898)].

`The Western Track, and other Verses' (Sydney, 1905).

Bracken, Thomas.

Born in Ireland, 1843. Came to Victoria, 1855. Settled in New Zealand, 1869. Engaged as storekeeper, miner and journalist.

Represented Dunedin in Parliament, 1881-4. Died, 16th February, 1898.

`The Haunted Vale, and other Poems' (Sandhurst, 1867).

`Behind the Tomb, and other Poems' (Melbourne, 1871).

`Flowers of the Freelands' (Melbourne, 1877).

`Lays of the Land of the Maori and The Moa' (London, 1884).

`Paddy Murphy's Annual' (Dunedin, 1886).

`A Sheaf from the Sanctum' (Dunedin, 1887).

`Musings in Maoriland' (Dunedin and Sydney, 1890).

`Lays and Lyrics' (Wellington, 1893).

`Tom Bracken's Annual' (Wellington, 1896).

`Tom Bracken's Annual', No. 2 (Dunedin, 1897).

`Not Understood, and other Poems' (Wellington, 1905, Sydney, 1906).

Brady, Edwin James.

Born at Carcoar, N.S.W., 7th August, 1869, of Irish parents.

Educated, public schools (N.S.W.) and Was.h.i.+ngton (D.C.), America.

Engaged in farming and various other occupations in N.S.W.

Editor `Australian Workman', 1891; Editor and proprietor of `The Grip', Grafton, N.S.W.; Editor of `The Worker' (Sydney), 1905; now a free-lance Journalist in Sydney.

`The Ways of Many Waters' (Sydney, 1899).

`The Earthen Floor' (Grafton, 1902).

Brennan, Christopher John.

Born at Sydney, 1st November, 1870, of Irish parents.

Educated, St. Aloysius and St. Ignatius Coll., Sydney.

Graduated M.A., Sydney University, won James King Travelling Scholars.h.i.+p, and spent some years in Europe. Now a.s.sistant Librarian, Sydney Public Library.

`XXI Poems: Towards the Source' (Sydney, 1897).

Brereton, John Le Gay.

Born at Sydney, 2nd September, 1871; son of the late Dr. J. Le Gay Brereton.

Educated, Sydney Grammar School; graduated B.A., Sydney University.

Now a.s.sistant Librarian at the same University.

`The Song of Brotherhood, and other Verses' (London, 1896).

`Perdita' (Sydney, 1896).

`Sweetheart Mine' (Sydney, 1897).

`Sea and Sky' (Sydney, 1901).

`Oithona' (Sydney, 1902).

Browne, Thomas Alexander ("Rolf Boldrewood").

Born in London, 6th August, 1826. Son of Captain Sylvester Browne, who came to Australia with his family in 1830. Educated, W. T. Cape's School, Sydney. Became a Squatter in Port Fairy district, Victoria, at seventeen. Police Magistrate and Gold Fields Commissioner, 1870-1895. Wrote serials for `Town and Country Journal'; "Ups and Downs" (subsequently re-named "The Squatter's Dream", London, 1879); "Robbery under Arms" (appeared in `Sydney Mail', 1882, published in London, 1888); since then has issued seventeen other novels.

Now residing in Melbourne.

`Old Melbourne Memories' (Melbourne, 1884, prose and verse).

Cambridge, Ada (Mrs. Cross).

Born at St. Germains, Norfolk, England, 21st November, 1844; eldest daughter of Henry Cambridge and Thomasine, daughter of Dr. C. Emerson. Married Rev. George F. Cross, of Ely, 25th April, 1870. Arrived in Melbourne, 19th August, 1870.

Commenced writing serial stories for `Australasian', 1875; has since published a number of novels in London and given an account of her life here in "Thirty Years in Australia" (1901).

`Hymns on the Holy Communion' (London, 1866).

`The Manor House and other Poems' (London, 1875).

`Unspoken Thoughts' (London, 1887).

Carmichael, Grace Jennings (Mrs. Mullis).

Born in Gippsland, Victoria, about 1867. Spent most of her early life in the bush. Went to Melbourne, entered Children's Hospital Training School and obtained certificate, 1890. Married Mr. Francis Mullis.

Died, 9th February, 1904, at Leyton, near London.

`Poems' (London and Melbourne, 1895).

Castilla, Ethel.

Born at Kyneton, Victoria, 19th June, 1861; daughter of Frederic Ramos de Castilla, an Englishman of Spanish descent, and May Robertson, daughter of an Edinburgh Writer to the Signet.

Has lived mostly in Melbourne and contributed frequently to `Australasian', `Sydney Mail', etc.

`The Australian Girl, and other Verses' (Melbourne, 1900).

Clarke, Marcus Andrew Hislop.

Born at Kensington, London, 24th April, 1846; son of William Hislop Clarke, Barrister. Educated, Dr. Dyne's School, Highgate. Came to Victoria, 1864.

Employed as a Bank clerk for a few months, then on a station for a year.

Journalist in Melbourne, 1867-71. Appointed Secretary to Trustees, Melbourne Public Library, 1871; a.s.sistant Librarian, 1875.

Married, 1869, Marian Dunn, daughter of John Dunn, Comedian.

Wrote "For the Term of His Natural Life" for `The Australian Journal', 1870, which, partly re-written, was published in London, 1874.

Died, 2nd August, 1881.

Verse collected and published in `The Marcus Clarke Memorial Volume', 1884, and `The Austral Edition of Selected Works of Marcus Clarke', 1890 (Melbourne).

Colborne-Veel, Mary Caroline (Miss).

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.

`The Fairest of the Angels, and other Verse' (London, 1894).

Currie, Archibald Ernest.

Born at Christchurch, New Zealand, 1884, of British stock.

Educated, Christchurch High School and Canterbury College.

Graduated M.A., University of New Zealand.

Cuthbertson, James Lister.

Born in Scotland, 1851. Educated, Glenalmond, and Merton College, Oxford.

Graduated B.A. Arrived in Melbourne, 1874. Senior Cla.s.sical Master, Geelong Grammar School, 1875-96.

`Barwon Ballads' (Melbourne, 1893).