Material relating to Adam Lindsay Gordon, 1852-1936 [manuscript]
- Bib ID:
- 2642982
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Access Conditions:
- Available for reference. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- 1852-1936
- 1 cm. (2 v.)
- Summary:
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A chronology of the life of Adam Lindsay Gordon and the Gordon Movement to Dec. 30th 1936, compiled by J.K. Moir (contains portrait and photographic (pos.) of a letter from Gordon to Dr. K.); Also newspaper cuttings on Lindsay Gordon Lovers Society; Unveiling of the Adam Lindsay Gordon memorial in the Poet's corner of Westminster Abbey on May 11 1934 by H.R.H. the Duke of York, accompanied by H.R.H. the Duchess of York, followed by an address on the poet Gordon, by his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury. (Booklet, 1 vol. bound in vellum, "with the compliments of the Gordon Memorial Committee of London").
- Biography/History:
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Came to Australia in 1853, was a horsebreaker and gentleman rider, who published his first book of verse in 1867 and shot himself because of financial difficulties in 1870.
- Notes:
- Manuscript reference no. : NLA MS 81.
- Cited In:
- Guide to collections of manuscripts relating to Australia ; A1000.
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1852-1936
- Occupation:
- Poets
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- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 9999
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