Arthur Bayldon (20 March 186526 September 1958 ) was an English-born Australian poet. Bayldon was born in 1865, at

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, and was educated at

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. 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. He was literary critic for ''The Bulletin'', and as a bush poet has been ranked with

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, Will Ogilvie,

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, and Rod Quinn. 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

English emigrants to colonial Australia Australian poets 1865 births 1958 deaths Australian literary critics People from Leeds {{australia-poet-stub