They may not have been born in Sydney, but the city was a large part of their life.
Many are linked to the great resource The Australian Poetry Library, a joint initiative of the University of Sydney and the Copyright Agency Limited, which also displays the poems of these Sydney Poets.
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Thank you from Lesley Tauranac
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Emily Mary Barton (1817 – 1909)
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Banjo Paterson commenced study at Sydney Grammar School in 1874 and during this time he lived in Gladesville in a cottage called Rockend, with his grandmother. The cottage is currently a restaurant and protected by the Heritage Council of New South Wales and classified by the National Trust because of it's connection with Paterson. He became a clerk and a qualified solicitor in Sydney.
In 1885, his poetry was published in the Sydney edition of The Bulletin under "The Banjo", the name of his favourite horse. In 1890, The Banjo wrote "The Man from Snowy River" his most renowned poem.
Paterson was a war correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald during the Second Boer War. In April 1903 he married Alice Emily Walker, and they lived in Queen Street, Woollahra, a suburb of Sydney. He was editor of the Sydney Evening News from 1904 to 1906. In 1908 he moved away from Sydney to Yass.
In the 1920's he wrote about rugby league football for the Sydney Sportsman.
He died in Sydney on 5 February 1941, aged 76, of a heart attack. His grave and his wife's, are in the Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, Sydney.
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A.G.Stephens ( 1865 - 1933 )
National Library of Australia, image nla.pic-an23513757
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1949 Stamp honouring Henry Lawson
Henry Lawson (17 June 1867 – 2 September 1922) and his connection to Sydney.
In 1883 Lawson joined his mother, his brother and sister in Sydney at his mother's request. Lawson was working and also studying at night for his matriculation, so he could go on to university, but he failed his exams.
He later wrote for the Bulletin which, in 1892, paid for a trip to the drought affected areas of New South Wales. This resulted in contributions to the Bulletin Debate a famous argument in The Bulletin magazine from 1892-93 between two of Australia's most iconic writers and poets: Henry Lawson and "Banjo" Paterson. Lawson said that Paterson romanticised bushlife and Paterson said Lawson's view of life in the bush was full of doom and gloom. The harsh reality of life in the country became a part of many of Lawson's stories.
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| Henry Lawson (right) with J.F. Archibald, the co-founder of The Bulletin |
James McAuley (1917 – 1976)
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Bruce Beaver (1928 – 2004)
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Amanda Stewart (1959 - )
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who will be next?
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