An Anthology of Australian Verse Part 39

`Poems' (Melbourne, 1883).

Heney, Thomas William.

Born at Sydney, November, 1862; eldest son of Thomas W. Heney, Editor and part proprietor of `Monaro Mercury'. Educated at Cooma.

Entered `Sydney Morning Herald' office, 1878; `Daily Telegraph', Sydney, 1884; `Western Grazier', Wilcannia, 1886; `Echo', 1889; `S. M. Herald', 1891, and is now Editor of the last-named Journal.

`Fortunate Days' (Sydney, 1886).

`In Middle Harbour, and other Verse' (London, 1890).

Holdsworth, Philip Joseph.

Born at Balmain, near Sydney, 12th January, 1849; father English, mother Irish. Editor Sydney `Athenaeum', `Ill.u.s.trated Sydney News'.

For many years Cas.h.i.+er in the Treasury, Sydney; afterwards Secretary, Forest Department, till 1892. Died 19th January, 1902.

`Station Hunting on the Warrego, and other Poems' (Sydney, 1885).

Hyland, Inez K. (Miss).

Born at Portland (Victoria), 1863; daughter of T. F. Hyland and grand-daughter of Dr. Penfold, Magill (S.A.).

Educated at Miss Kentish's School, Castlemaine, and by Madame Marvel.

Died at Magill (S.A.), 1892.

`In Suns.h.i.+ne and in Shadow' (Melbourne, 1893).

Jephcott, Sydney Wheeler.

Born at Colac-Colac (Victoria), 30th November, 1864, parents having lately immigrated from Warwicks.h.i.+re (England).

Grew up in the bush and educated himself. Engaged in farming on the Upper Murray (Victoria).

`The Secrets of the South' (London, 1892).

Kelly, John Liddell.

Born near Airdrie, Scotland, 19th February, 1850. Left school at eleven, self-educated afterwards. Married, 1870. Emigrated to New Zealand, 1880.

Has since worked as a Journalist. Sub-editor `Auckland Star'; Editor `Auckland Observer'; a.s.sistant Editor `Lyttelton Times'; now Editor `New Zealand Times', Wellington.

`Tahiti, the Land of Love and Beauty' (Auckland, 1885).

`Tarawera, or the Curse of Tuhoto' (Auckland, 1887).

`Zealandia's Jubilee' (Auckland, 1890).

`Heather and Fern' (Wellington, 1902).

Kendall, Henry Clarence.

Born at Kermington, near Ulladulla, N.S.W., 18th April, 1841; son of Basil Kendall (born in New Zealand) and Melinda M`Nally (of Irish descent).

Brought up and educated in the bush of N.S.W. coast districts.

At the age of thirteen went with his uncle as a cabin boy, and spent two years cruising in the Pacific. Returned to Sydney and became a shop a.s.sistant for a time; then clerk of J. Lionel Michael, Solicitor at Grafton. After the death of Michael he obtained, through Henry Halloran, an appointment in the Government Lands Office, Sydney. Married Charlotte, daughter of Dr. Rutter, of Sydney, 1868; went to Melbourne, 1869, and engaged in journalistic work.

After the death of his daughter Araluen, he returned to Sydney, 1871: went to Camden Haven in charge of Messrs. f.a.gan Bros.' timber-yards, and spent seven years there. Appointed by Sir Henry Parkes Superintendent of State Forests, 1881, and went to live at Cundletown (N.S.W.). Died in Sydney, 1st August, 1882.

`At Long Bay: Euroclydon' (Sydney, n.d.).

`The Glen of the White Man's Grave' (Sydney, n.d.).

`Poems and Songs' (Sydney, 1862).

`The Bronze Trumpet: a Satirical Poem' (Sydney, 1866).

`Leaves from Australian Forests' (Melbourne, 1869, 1870).

`Songs from the Mountains' (Sydney, 1880).

`Orara, a Tale' (Melbourne, 1881).

`Poems' (Melbourne, 1886, 1890, 1903).

Lawson, Henry Hertzberg.

Born near Grenfell, N.S.W., 17th June, 1867; son of Peter Hertzberg La.r.s.en, a Norwegian, and Louisa Albury, native of N.S.W. Worked with his father, who was a farmer and contractor; came to Sydney at seventeen and learned the trade of a coach-painter; commenced writing verse, 1887; was on the staff of the Queensland `Boomerang', 1890, travelled in N.S.W., West Australia and New Zealand, engaged in various occupations; went to London, 1900. Returned to Sydney, 1903.

`Short Stories in Prose and Verse' (Sydney, 1894).

`In the Days when the World was Wide, and other Verses' (Sydney, 1896).

`Verses Popular and Humorous' (Sydney, 1900).

`Children of the Bush' (London, 1902, prose and verse).

`When I was King, and other Verses' (Sydney, 1905).

Loughran, Edward Booth.

Born at Glasgow, 13th December, 1850, of Irish parents.

Educated in North of Ireland. Arrived in Australia, January, 1866.

Public school teacher in Queensland for several years. Became a Journalist, and was employed on `Rockhampton Bulletin', `Brisbane Courier', and `Melbourne Argus'. Joined Victorian Government `Hansard' in 1879, and in 1893 was appointed Chief of Staff.

`'Neath Austral Skies' (Melbourne, 1894).

Mackay, Jessie (Miss).

Born at foot of the Southern Alps, Canterbury, New Zealand, 15th December, 1864; father and mother Scottish Highlanders.

Brought up on her father's station, South Canterbury.

Educated, Christchurch Normal School. Public school teacher for four years; afterwards private teacher and regular contributor to `Otago Witness'

and other journals.

`The Spirit of the Rangatira, and other Ballads' (Melbourne, 1889).

`The Sitter on the Rail, and other Poems' (Christchurch, 1891).

Martin, Arthur Patchett.

Born at Woolwich, England, 18th February, 1851; eldest son of an Australian pioneer colonist. Educated at Melbourne. Entered Victorian Civil Service, 1862 [sic]; helped to found and was Editor of `Melbourne Review', 1876-1882.

Went to England, 1882. Died there, 15th February, 1902.

`Random Rhymes' (Melbourne, 1876).

`Lays of To-day' (Melbourne, 1878).

`Fernshawe', sketches in prose and verse (Melbourne, 1882; London, 1885).

`The Withered Jester, and other Verses' (London, 1895).

Michael, James Lionel.

Born in London, 1824; eldest son of James Walter Michael, Solicitor, and Rose Lemon-Hart. Articled to his father and became a Solicitor; was a friend of Millais and others of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.

Came to Australia, 1853; practised in Sydney, and subsequently at Grafton, Clarence River, where Kendall entered his office in 1857.

Found drowned in Clarence River with a wound in his skull, 1865.

`Songs without Music' (Sydney, 1857).

`John c.u.mberland' [Sydney, n.d. (1860)].

Moloney, Patrick.

Born at Hawthorn, Victoria, 1843. Educated, St. Patrick's College, Melbourne; graduated M.B., Melbourne University, 1867.

Married Miss Quirk of Carlton (Vic.). Died at Ulverstone, Eng., September, 1904.

O'Dowd, Bernard Patrick.

Born at Beaufort, Victoria, 11th April, 1866, of Irish parents.

Educated in Victorian State schools. Graduated B.A., LL.B., Melbourne University. Admitted to the Bar. Now a.s.sistant Librarian, Supreme Court, Melbourne.

`Dawnward?' (Sydney, 1903), reprinted in `A Southern Garland'

(Sydney, 1904).

`The Silent Land, and other Verses' (Melbourne, 1906).

Ogilvie, William Henry.

Born near Kelso, Scotland, 21st August, 1869. Educated, Kelso High School and Fettes College, Edinburgh. Came to Australia, 1889; engaged in droving, horse-breaking and other occupations in N.S.W. bush.

Returned to Scotland, 1901. Now in Iowa, U.S.A.

`Fair Girls and Gray Horses' (Sydney, 1898, second edition, 1899).

`Hearts of Gold' (Sydney, 1903).