Adam Lindsay Gordon
Australian poet, jockey and politician (1833-1870) · Australia · Writers · Died at 36
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Something wrong?Adam Lindsay Gordon was a British-Australian poet, horseman, police officer and politician. He was the first Australian poet to gain considerable recognition overseas, and according to his contemporary, writer Marcus Clarke, Gordon's work represented "the beginnings of a national school of Australian poetry".
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Gordon riding Outlaw, 1863
Gordon's Ballarat cottage, relocated from Craig's Hotel to the Ballarat Botanical Gardens
Brighton Beach, the site of Gordon's death
Statue of Gordon in Melbourne. Carved beneath are the following lines from "Ye Wearie Wayfarer": "Life is mostly froth and bubble / Two things stand like stone / Kindness in another's trouble / Courage in your own".
Arthur Streeton's Above Us the Great Grave Sky (1890)Writers from Australia 6
About this person
Country
Australia
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1833 to 1870 · aged 36
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