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'''Barcroft Henry Thomas Boake''' ( |
'''Barcroft Henry Thomas Boake''' (26 March 1866 – May, 1892) was an [[Australia]]n [[poet]]. |
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Born in [[Sydney]], Boake worked as a surveyor and a boundary rider in [[New South Wales]] and [[Queensland]], but is best remembered for his poetry, a volume of which was published five years after his death. A sufferer of [[bipolar disorder]], he is believed to have committed suicide. His body was found hanging by the neck from a stockwhip at Middle Harbour in Sydney eight days after he disappeared on |
Born in [[Sydney]], Boake worked as a surveyor and a boundary rider in [[New South Wales]] and [[Queensland]], but is best remembered for his poetry, a volume of which was published five years after his death. A sufferer of [[bipolar disorder]], he is believed to have committed suicide. His body was found hanging by the neck from a stockwhip at Middle Harbour in Sydney eight days after he disappeared on 2 May 1892. One writer on Boake's life has mentioned that the suicide took place during the 1891-93 [[economic depression|depression]] when the poet was unable to find work, also noting that "it has been suggested that he killed himself for the love of one of the McKeahnie girls," sisters of the [[horseman]] [[Charlie McKeahnie]].<ref name="mckeahnie">Hugh Capel. [http://www.boake.net/articles1.html "Maybe This is the Snowy Horseman,"] ''Canberra Times,'' February 25, 2002</ref> |
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|SHORT DESCRIPTION=[[Australia]]n [[stockman]] and [[poet]] |
|SHORT DESCRIPTION=[[Australia]]n [[stockman]] and [[poet]] |
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|DATE OF BIRTH=26 March 1866] |
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|PLACE OF BIRTH=[[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]] |
|PLACE OF BIRTH=[[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]] |
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|DATE OF DEATH=10 May 1892 |
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|PLACE OF DEATH=[[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]] |
|PLACE OF DEATH=[[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]] |
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Revision as of 13:25, 12 October 2008
Barcroft Henry Thomas Boake (26 March 1866 – May, 1892) was an Australian poet.
Born in Sydney, Boake worked as a surveyor and a boundary rider in New South Wales and Queensland, but is best remembered for his poetry, a volume of which was published five years after his death. A sufferer of bipolar disorder, he is believed to have committed suicide. His body was found hanging by the neck from a stockwhip at Middle Harbour in Sydney eight days after he disappeared on 2 May 1892. One writer on Boake's life has mentioned that the suicide took place during the 1891-93 depression when the poet was unable to find work, also noting that "it has been suggested that he killed himself for the love of one of the McKeahnie girls," sisters of the horseman Charlie McKeahnie.[1]
Notes
- ^ Hugh Capel. "Maybe This is the Snowy Horseman," Canberra Times, February 25, 2002
Bibliography
- Barcroft Boake. Where the Dead Men Lie: and Other Poems, 1897.
- Hugh Capel. "Tragic End for a Bush Poet," The Canberra Times, March 27, 2002
External links
- Barcroft Henry Boake at Boake.net
- Barcroft Boake (1866-1892) at Middlemiss.org
- Cecil Hadgraft, 'Boake, Barcroft Henry Thomas (1866 - 1892)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 3, MUP, 1969, pp 186-187.
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