Arthur Bayldon

Arthur Bayldon (20 March 1865 – 26 September 1958) was an English-born Australian poet.

Arthur Bayldon
BornArthur Albert Dawson Bayldon
20 March 1865
Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Died26 September 1958
Randwick, New South Wales, Australia
Occupationwriter
LanguageEnglish
NationalityEnglish/Australian
Years active1887 - 1932

Bayldon was born in 1865, at Leeds, England, and was educated at Leeds Grammar School.[1] He emigrated to Australia in 1889 prior to which he had travelled extensively in Europe. He was an excellent swimmer, and drew much attention to a stroke of his own invention — underwater on his back, with legs and arms bound.[2]

He was literary critic for The Bulletin, and as a bush poet has been ranked with Henry Lawson, Banjo Patterson, Will Ogilvie, E. J. Brady, and Rod Quinn.[3]

He died in 1958, aged 93.

Bibliography

Poetry collections
  • Lays and Lyrics (1887)
  • Poems (1897)
  • The Western Track and Other Verses (1905)
  • The Eagles : Collected Poems of Arthur Bayldon (1921)
  • Apollo in Australia; and Bush Verses (1944)

Short story collection
  • The Tragedy Behind the Curtain and Other Stories (1910)

References
  1. E. Morris Miller & Frederick T. Macartney, Australian Literature, Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1956, p.53.
  2. "Arthur Bayldon — Some Fragments of Autobiography". The Worker (Wagga). New South Wales, Australia. 23 June 1910. p. 21. Retrieved 26 May 2020 – via Trove.
  3. "The Gay Company of Balladists". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 16 August 1949. p. 2. Retrieved 26 May 2020 – via Trove.


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