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Adam Lindsay Gordon

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Adam Lindsay Gordon 1833-70, Australian poet, b. the Azores. In 1853 he went to South Australia, where he joined the mounted police and later became famous as a steeplechase rider and horse owner. His works include Sea Spray and Smoke Drift (1867), Ashtaroth (1867), and the vigorous Bush Ballads and Galloping Rhymes (1870). Depressed by debts, he committed suicide at 36. His collected poems were published in 1912. Author not available, GORDON, ADAM LINDSAY. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more
The 1980s: Government and Politics: Deaths
American Decades ... 1941-1975), 19 November 1984. Gordon L. Allott, 82, senator (R) from ... 1955-1973), 17 January 1989. J. Lindsay Almond Jr., 87, Democratic representative ... 1950-1972), 2 August 1980. Adam Benjamin Jr., 47, representative ... 1965-1981), 30 September 1988. Gordon H. Scherer, 81, representative ... Read more
Australian literature
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ... novels of Henry Kingsley (brother of Charles Kingsley), who wrote about pioneer life. The bush ballad, begun by Adam Lindsay Gordon , flowered in the work of Henry Lawson (1867-1922) and A. B. ( Banjo ) Paterson (1864-1941), whose Man from Snowy ... Read more

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