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The Lone Hand (magazine)
''The Lone Hand'' was a monthly Australian magazine of literature and poetry published between 1907 and 1928. The magazine was based in Sydney. History ''The Lone Hand'' was founded in 1907 by J. F. Archibald and Frank Fox (author), Frank Fox as a monthly Australian magazine of literature and poetry as a sister magazine to ''The Bulletin (Australian periodical), The Bulletin''. It was modelled on ''Strand Magazine, The London Strand''.''The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature'' William H Wilde, Joy Hooton and Barry Andrews Oxford University Press 2nd ed. 1994 Originally, Archibald had wanted the name ''Lone Hand'' for what became ''The Bulletin''. Once the magazine was established, Archibald had little to do with its running. It tended to echo the themes of ''The Bulletin''; Australian individuality and mateship, and support for the White Australia Policy. In common with ''The Bulletin'', contributions from the public were solicited and paid for at the 'going rate'. A re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Fox (author)
Sir Frank Ignatius Fox (10 August 1874 – 1960) was an Australian-born journalist, soldier, author and campaigner; he lived in Britain from 1909. Early life and education Frank Ignatius Fox was born in 1874 in Adelaide, second son of Charles James Fox (editor), Charles James Fox, one-time Adelaide Educational Institution, Latin teacher, journalist and editor of ''The Irish Harp and Farmers' Herald'', and his wife Mary Ann (''née'' Toole). He moved to Hobart in 1883, when his father became editor of the ''Tasmanian Mail'', and was educated at Christ College (University of Tasmania), Christ College. At an early age he wrote paragraphs for his father's paper. Career Fox was appointed editor of ''The Australian Workman'' in 1893, then in 1895 the (Bathurst, New South Wales, Bathurst) ''National Advocate'', before joining ''The Age'', where he served as chief of their reporting staff. He joined the staff of the ''Sydney Bulletin'' in 1901 and was acting editor for a time. As "Fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
C J Dennis
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis (7 September 1876 – 22 June 1938), better known as C. J. Dennis, was an Australian poet and journalist known for his best-selling verse novel ''The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke'' (1915). Alongside his contemporaries and occasional collaborators Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson, Dennis helped popularise Australian slang in literature, earning him the title "the laureate of the larrikin". When Dennis died, Australia's then Prime Minister Joseph Lyons said he was destined to be remembered as the "Australian Robert Burns". Biography C. J. Dennis was born in Auburn, South Australia the first of three sons to Irish-born parents James Dennis (born 1828) and his second wife Katherine "Kate" Frances (nee Tobin) (1851-1890), both had emigrated to Australia in the 1860s, his father owned hotels in Auburn, and then later in Gladstone and Laura. His mother suffered ill health, so Clarrie (as he was known) was raised initially by his great-aunt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roderic Quinn
Roderic Joseph Quinn (26 November 1867 – 15 August 1949) was an Australian poet. Early life Quinn was born in Sydney the seventh child of Irish parents: Edward Quinn, letter-carrier, and his wife Catherine. He was educated at Catholic schools, where he met and formed lifelong friendships with Christopher Brennan and E. J. Brady. After finishing school, he studied law irregularly and taught for six months at Milbrulong Provisional Public School, near Wagga Wagga. Then came a short stint as a public servant back in Sydney, where he became editor of the ''North Sydney News''. Career Quinn began publishing his poetry in '' The Bulletin'' during the 1890s and continued to do so for the rest of his life, writing over 1200 individual pieces in all. He published a novel, ''Mostyn Stayne'', in 1897, but it was not successful. He wrote a number of short stories during his career, but he does not appear to have returned to the novel format. Poetry remained his first calling and ''The B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambrose Pratt
Ambrose Goddard Hesketh Pratt (31 August 1874 – 13 April 1944) was an Australian writer born into a cultivated family in Forbes, New South Wales.''Oxford Companion to Australian Literature'' (2nd ed.) Oxford University Press, Melbourne 1994 Early life Pratt was the third of seven children of Eustace Pratt, a well-connected physician fluent in Mandarin Chinese who had spent some time in India and China, and was a friend of Henry Parkes and Edmund Barton. His grandfather Henry Pratt, also a medical man, had in his later years become obsessed with Eastern religions and philosophies of India and Tibet. Ambrose himself was brought up by an amah (occupation), amah and educated at St Ignatius' College, Riverview and Sydney Grammar School. He had private tutors for French, German, and the manly arts boxing, riding, fencing and shooting. After abandoning studies in Medicine, he took up Law. Writing career Around the time of his university studies Pratt began writing pro-labour (and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dowell O'Reilly
Dowell Philip O'Reilly (18 July 1865 – 5 November 1923) was an Australian poet, short story writer and politician. Early life O'Reilly was born at Sydney. His father, Rev. Thomas O'Reilly, was a well known clergyman of the Church of England, who came of a family with many military and naval associations. Dowell was the son of his second marriage, to a Miss Smith who came from a well-educated and artistic family. Dowell O'Reilly was educated at Sydney Grammar School, and when his father died he assisted his mother in keeping a preparatory school for boys at Parramatta. In 1884 O'Reilly published a small volume, ''Australian Poems'', and in 1888 a larger volume of verse, ''A Pedlar's Pack''. Both books are now extremely rare. It has been stated that the author destroyed most of the copies of the second volume in his disappointment at its lack of success. Political career In 1894 O'Reilly was elected a member of the Legislative Assembly for Parramatta and sat for four years. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest O'Ferrall
Ernest Francis "Kodak" O'Ferrall (16 November 1881 – 22 March 1925) was an Australian journalist and writer, known for his comic sketches, short-stories and verse published under the pseudonym 'Kodak'. He was on the staff of ''The Bulletin (Australian periodical), The Bulletin'' magazine as a sub-editor and writer from about late 1907 to August 1920, after which he worked for ''Smith's Weekly'' until his death of tuberculosis in March 1925. He was widely-known for his humorous stories and verse published in the aforementioned journals and ''The Lone Hand (magazine), The Lone Hand'', as well as collections in book form, often illustrated by artist colleagues. His verses were used in a series of advertisements for Cobra Boot Polish featuring the character of 'Chunder Loo', illustrated by Lionel Lindsay. The advertisements appeared in ''The Bulletin'' for over a decade and were published as a popular children's book in 1915. Biography Early years Ernest Francis O'Ferrall wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh McCrae
Hugh Raymond McCrae OBE (4 October 1876 – 17 February 1958) was an Australian writer, noted for his poetry. Life and career McCrae was born in Melbourne, the son of the Australian author George Gordon McCrae and grandson of the painter and diarist Georgiana McCrae. Originally he trained as an architect, but later took up drawing, writing and acting, settling eventually in Sydney Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Syd ... and later in the New South Wales town of Camden. His works are notable for a sense of lightness and delicacy, and he produced, in addition to a volume of memoirs, a considerable body of verse, and a light operetta, an edition of his grandmother's journal, and a volume of prose pieces. McCrae starred as Australian poet Adam Lindsay Gordon in W. J. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Low (cartoonist)
Sir David Alexander Cecil Low (7 April 1891 – 19 September 1963) was a New Zealand political cartoonist and caricaturist who lived and worked in the United Kingdom for many years. Low was a self-taught cartoonist. Born in New Zealand, he worked in his native country before migrating to Sydney in 1911, and ultimately to London (1919), where he made his career and earned fame for his Colonel Blimp depictions and his satirising of the personalities and policies of German dictator Adolf Hitler, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, and other leaders of his times. Low was born and educated in New Zealand. His first work was published when he was only 11 years old. His professional career began at ''The Canterbury Times'' in 1910. The following year he moved to Australia and worked for '' The Bulletin''. His work attracted the attention of Henry Cadbury, the part owner of '' The Star'', and Low moved to London in 1919, working for that paper until 1927, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percy Lindsay
Percival (Percy) Charles Lindsay (17 September 1870 – 21 September 1952) was an Australian landscape painter, illustrator and cartoonist, born in Creswick, Victoria. Percy was the first child born to Jane Lindsay (née Williams) and Dr Robert Charles Lindsay. His siblings included the well-known artists: Sir Lionel Lindsay, Norman Lindsay, Ruby Lindsay and Sir Daryl Lindsay. Percy initially discovered his passion for painting while attending school, and his skills continued to evolve during the late 1880s. He received valuable guidance and instruction from artists Fred Sheldon and Walter Withers, which allowed him to develop his painting abilities to a professional level. Their tutelage played a significant role in shaping Percy's artistic talents and refining his technique. Lindsay moved to Melbourne Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Lindsay
Norman Alfred William Lindsay (22 February 1879 – 21 November 1969) was an Australian artist, etcher, sculptor, writer, art critic, novelist, cartoonist and amateur boxing, boxer. One of the most prolific and popular Australian artists of his generation, Lindsay attracted both acclaim and controversy for his works, many of which infused the Australian landscape with erotic paganism, pagan elements and were deemed by his critics to be "anti-Christian, anti-social and degenerate". A vocal Australian nationalism, nationalist, he became a regular artist for ''The Bulletin (Australian periodical), The Bulletin'' at the height of its cultural influence, and advanced staunchly anti-modern art, modernist views as a leading writer on Australian art. When friend and literary critic Bertram Stevens (critic), Bertram Stevens argued that children like to read about fairies rather than food, Lindsay wrote and illustrated ''The Magic Pudding'' (1918), now considered a classic work of Austr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lionel Lindsay
Sir Lionel Arthur Lindsay (17 October 187422 May 1961) was an Australian artist, known for his paintings and etchings. Early life Lindsay was born in the Victoria (Australia), Victorian town of Creswick, Victoria, Creswick, into a creative family, brother of artist Norman Lindsay and like him was an List of Australian art critics (news periodicals), Australian newspaper art critic, and also sibling of the lesser-known artists Daryl Lindsay, Ruby Lindsay and Percy Lindsay. Lionel became a pupil-assistant at the Melbourne Observatory (1889–1892) and later studied at the National Gallery School, Melbourne and in George Coates' rooms. Lindsay taught himself etching and engraving in the 1890s while a student, immediately prior to his first trip to Spain and England. On his return to Australia he settled in Sydney as a freelance artist and journalist, contributing to ''The Bulletin (Australian periodical), The Bulletin'' and other magazines and newspapers. He married Jean, a si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Lawson
Henry Archibald Hertzberg Lawson (17 June 1867 – 2 September 1922) was an Australian writer and bush 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 short story writer". A vocal Australian nationalism, nationalist and republicanism in Australia, republican, Lawson regularly contributed to ''The Bulletin (Australian periodical), The Bulletin'', and many of his works helped popularise the Australian English, Australian vernacular in fiction. He wrote prolifically into the 1890s, after which his output declined, in part due to struggles with alcoholism and mental illness. At times destitute, he spent periods in Darlinghurst Gaol and psychiatric institutions. After he died in 1922 following a cerebral haemorrhage, Lawson became the first Australian writer to be granted a state funeral. He was the son of the poet, publisher and feminist Louisa Law ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
