Arthur Bayldon

Arthur Bayldon (20 March 1865 – 26 September 1958)^[1] was an English-born Australian poet.

Arthur Bayldon
Born	Arthur Albert Dawson Bayldon (1865-03-20)20 March 1865 Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Died	26 September 1958(1958-09-26) (aged 93) Randwick, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation	Poet literary critic short story writer
Language	English
Nationality	English/Australian
Years active	1887–1932

Life

Bayldon was born in 1865, at Leeds, England, and was educated at Leeds Grammar School.^[2] He emigrated to Brisbane in 1889 prior to which he had travelled extensively in Europe. He was an excellent swimmer, and drew much attention to a stroke of his own invention — underwater on his back, with legs and arms bound.^[3]

He was literary critic for The Bulletin, and as a bush poet has been ranked with Henry Lawson, Banjo Patterson, Will Ogilvie, E. J. Brady, and Rod Quinn.^[4]

He died in 1958, aged 93.

Bibliography

Poetry collections

• Lays and Lyrics (1887)
• Poems (1897)
• The Western Track and Other Verses (1905)
• The Eagles : Collected Poems of Arthur Bayldon (1921)
• Apollo in Australia; and Bush Verses (1944)

Short story collection

• The Tragedy Behind the Curtain and Other Stories (1910)

References

1. "Bayldon, Arthur Albert Dawson (1865–1958) by Ken Stewart". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
2. E. Morris Miller & Frederick T. Macartney, Australian Literature, Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1956, p.53.
3. "Arthur Bayldon — Some Fragments of Autobiography". The Worker (Wagga). New South Wales, Australia. 23 June 1910. p. 21. Retrieved 26 May 2020 – via Trove.
4. "The Gay Company of Balladists". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 16 August 1949. p. 2. Retrieved 26 May 2020 – via Trove.