E. J. Brady
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E. J. Brady (7 August 1869 – 22 August 1952) was an Australia
n poet.
He was born at Carcoar
, New South Wales
, and was educated both in the United States
and Sydney
. He worked as a wharf clerk, a farmer, and journalist, and edited both rural and city newspapers.
He was a friend and correspondent of Sir Edmund Barton
, the first Australian prime minister, and helped to save Henry Lawson
's life in 1910.
He later established a writers' and artists' colony at Mallacoota
, in 1909, and he continued to live there until his death in 1952 at the age of 83.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n poet.
He was born at Carcoar
Carcoar, New South Wales
Carcoar is a town in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia, in Blayney Shire. In 2006, the town had a population of 218 people. It is situated just off the Mid-Western Highway 258 km west of Sydney and 52 km south-west of Bathurst and is 720 m above sea-level...
, New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, and was educated both in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
. He worked as a wharf clerk, a farmer, and journalist, and edited both rural and city newspapers.
He was a friend and correspondent of Sir Edmund Barton
Edmund Barton
Sir Edmund Barton, GCMG, KC , Australian politician and judge, was the first Prime Minister of Australia and a founding justice of the High Court of Australia....
, the first Australian prime minister, and helped to save Henry Lawson
Henry Lawson
Henry Lawson was an Australian writer and poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial period and is often called Australia's "greatest writer"...
's life in 1910.
He later established a writers' and artists' colony at Mallacoota
Mallacoota, Victoria
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, in 1909, and he continued to live there until his death in 1952 at the age of 83.
Poetry
- The Ways of Many Waters (1899)
- The Earthen Floor (1902)
- The Ways of Many Waters (1909)
- Bushland ballads 1910
- Bells and Hobbles (1911)
- The House of the Winds (1919)
- Wardens of the Seas (1933)