Gay, William

Gay, William (1865 - 1897)

Index to poems
  1. A Sonnet of Faith
  2. Australia
  3. Australian Federation
  4. Dirge
  5. Love's Infinity
  6. Love's Menu: Pommes de Terre Frites
  7. Milford Sound In Winter
  8. Primroses
  9. Resurge
  10. Storm
  11. The Crazy World
  12. The Singer
  13. The Sorrowful Fate of Bartholomew Jones
  14. The Sorrowful Fate of Bartholomew Jones
  15. The War of the Ghosts
  16. To a Nurse
Biography
  • Gay, William. Sonnets and Other Verses. Melbourne: E. A. Petherick, 1894. Internet Archive
  • --. Sonnets. Bendigo, 1896.
  • --. Christ on Olympus and Other Poems. Bendigo: W. Gay, 1896.
  • --. The Complete Poetical Works of William Gay. 1911. Internet Archive. SETIS.
  • Ingamells, R. William Gay, Australian Man of Letters (1865-1897). Melbourne, 1952.
  • Jones, Joseph. "Gay, William (1865 - 1897)." Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 8. Melbourne University Press, 1981. 633-34.

We are grateful for access to AustLit in the preparation of these poems.

Given Name
William
Family Name
Gay
Birth Date
May 2, 1865
Death Date
December 22, 1897
Nationality
Australian
Ethnicity
Scottish
Family Relations
father : William Gay
Education
  • University of Glasgow



Religion
Honours
Occupations
  • Teacher



  • Purser



  • Journalist



Literary Period
Modern
Literary Movement
Unknown
Illness
Cause of Death
Tuberculosis
Buried At
Benigo, Australia
First RPO Edition
2011