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Banjo Paterson• Andrew Barton “Banjo” Paterson• Australian Bush Poet, Journalist
and Author• Created most popular Australian
bush poems
Notable Poems“Clancy of The Overflow”‘’The Man From Snowy River”“Waltzing Matilda”“Prelude”“Conroy’s Gap”
Christopher Brennan
• Influenced Australian writers• Christopher Brennan Award
was created (lifetime achievement in poetry)
Notable Poems
• Because She Would Ask Me Why I loved Her• Autumn• Epiloue 1908• Fire in the Heavens• I Am Shut Out Of Mine Own Heart• Spring Breezes• Sweet Silence After Bells
Adam Lindsay Gordon• Australian poet• Jockey• Politician• Once referred as National Poet Of
Australia• Only Australian with a monument in
poets corner of Westminster Abbey in England
Notable Poems• The Lovers• An Old Master• “Paw”• The Builders• Wheat• “Got-a-Fag”• The Chase of Ages
Dorothea Mackellar• Isobel Marion Dorothea
Mackellar• Australian poet and Fiction
writter• Her poem “My Country” Is best
known Australian poem because of its 2nd stanza
Notable Poems• My country• Fire This Life That We Call Our Own• Dawn at The Dawning of The Day• Colour• The Colours of Light• Burning Off• In a Southern Garden
Dame Mary Gilmor
• Teacher and a writer • Editor of woman’s pages of
The Australian Worker Newspaper for 23 yrs.
Notable Poems
• Eve-Song• Marri’d• Nationality• No Foe Shall Gather Our Harvest• O Singer in Brown• Old Botan Bay
A.D Hope
• Alec Derwent Hope• Controversial figure erudite
mind and wicked wit to devastating effect as a critic
Notable Poems• On An Early Photograph of My
Mother• Patch And Mend• Poor Charley’s Dream• Croesus and Lais• Pervigilium Veneris• Apollo and Daphne
Judith Wright• Prolific Australian poet,critic,short story
writer• Published more than 50 books• Environmentalist, Social Activist
Campaigning aboriginal land rights• Believed that the poet should be
concerned with national ang social problems
Notable Poems
• The Old Prison• Request To a Year• Five Senses• Legend• Magpies• The Company of Lovers• Metho Drinker
Gwen Harwood• Australian poet librettist• One of the Australia’s finest poets• 420 works• (386 poems• 13 Librettos)• Mother of the Author John
Harwood
Les Murray• Australia poet, Anthologist and
critic• Regarded as one of the leading
poets of his generation