John Philip Bourke
John Philip Bourke | |
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| Born | 5 August 1857 |
| Died | 13 January 1914 (aged 56) |
| Occupation | poet |
John Philip Bourke (5 August 1857 – 13 January 1914) was an Australian poet.[1]
Bourke was born in Nundle, New South Wales, on the Peel River diggings, New South Wales, the son of William David Bourke, butcher, and his wife Jane, née Shepherd. After a primary education, he became a prospector with his father. He occasionally contributed verse to The Bulletin. He retired from the education department in 1887 after being found drunk by a school inspector.
Bourke died at Boulder, Western Australia, on 13 January 1914.[2][3][4]
Bourke's own estimation of his talent was modest:[5]
- We singers standing on the outer rim
- Who touched the fringe of poesy at times
- With half-formed thoughts, rough-set in halting rhymes,
- Through which no airy flights of fancy skim —
- We write "just so", an hour to while away,
- And turn the well-thumbed stock still o'er and o'er …[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "John Philip Bourke (1857–1914)". Bourke, John Philip (1857–1914) by Bruce Bennett. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ^ "Obituary". Kalgoorlie Western Argus. Vol. XX, no. 1001. Western Australia. 20 January 1914. p. 14. Retrieved 16 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Vale John Phillip Bourke". The Sun (Kalgoorlie). No. 779. Western Australia. 18 January 1914. p. 5. Retrieved 16 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "The Late John Phillip Bourke". The Catholic Press. No. 947. New South Wales, Australia. 12 February 1914. p. 23. Retrieved 16 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Austlit - Off the Bluebush by John Philip Bourke". Austlit. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
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