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11. Australian Authors - Charles Harpur (1813-1868)
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| Charles Harpur was born in 1813 of convict parents and later raised in the Hawkesbury River district of New South Wales. He started his working life as a sheep farmer before moving on the position of assistant gold commissioner at Araluen in 1859. During his lifetime Harpur published Thoughts: A Series of Sonnets in 1845, The Bushrangers, A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems in 1853, and The Tower of the Dream in 1865, along with several other smaller works. Charles Harpur is considered the first Australian born poet of consequence. |
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