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Charles Buckmaster (1951–1972) was an Australian poet. He was involved in the publication of ''The Great Auk''. During his lifetime, he published two volumes of poetry, both reprinted after his death by the
University of Queensland Press University of Queensland Press (UQP) is an Australian publishing house based in Brisbane, Queensland. Founded in 1948 as a traditional university press, UQP now publishes books for general readers across fiction, non-fiction, poetry, children's ...
collection. While his output was not prolific, his poems have been included in many poetry
anthologies In book publishing, an anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler; it may be a collection of plays, poems, short stories, songs, or related fiction/non-fiction excerpts by different authors. There are also thematic and ge ...
. His early death placed him with Michael Dransfield, another short lived poet of the era. Australian poet
Robbie Coburn Robbie Coburn (born 25 June 1994) is an Australian poet and author. His young adult verse novel ''The Foal in the Wire'' was published in 2025. Early life and education Born in Melbourne in 1994, Robbie Coburn grew up on his family's farm in ...
’s 2019 collection ''The Other Flesh'' ( UWA Publishing) was dedicated to Buckmaster.


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1950 births 1972 deaths Place of birth missing 20th-century Australian poets Australian male poets 20th-century Australian male writers {{Australia-poet-stub