British-Australian poet, horseman, police officer and politician
Adam Lindsay Gordon
Gordon, c. 1860
Born
(1833-10-19)19 October 1833
Charlton Kings, England
Died
24 June 1870(1870-06-24) (aged 36)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Burial place
Brighton General Cemetery
Occupation(s)
Poet, balladist, politician
Adam Lindsay Gordon (19 October 1833 – 24 June 1870) 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".[1]
^Smith, Vivian (2009). "Australian Colonial Poetry, 1788–1888". In Pierce, Peter. The Cambridge History of Australian Literature. Cambridge University Press. pp. 73–92. ISBN 9780521881654
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