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Kendall, Thomas Henry (1839 - 1882)

Index to poems

  1. Arakoon
  2. Araluen
  3. The Barcoo
  4. Bell Birds
  5. Beyond Kerguelen
  6. Billy Vickers
  7. Clari
  8. The Curlew Song
  9. Galatea
  10. Harps We Love
  11. The Hut by the Black Swamp
  12. Illa Creek
  13. In the Valley
  14. Jim the Splitter
  15. King Saul at Gilboa
  16. The Muse of Australia
  17. Narrara Creek
  18. On a Cattle Track
  19. Outre Mer
  20. Syrinx
  21. Wamberal
Biography: 
  • Henry Kendall papers: State Library of New South Wales, and National Library of Australia.
  • Kendall, Thomas Henry. Leaves from Australian Forests. Melbourne: George Robertson, 1869.
  • --. Poems and Songs. Sydney: J. R. Clarke, 1862. Internet Archive.
  • --. Songs from the Mountains. Sydney: William Maddock, 1880. Google book.
  • -- The Poems of Henry Kendall. Ed. Bertram Stephens. Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1920. Internet Archive. Sydney Electronic Text and Image Service (SETIS).
  • Reed, T.T. "Kendall, Thomas Henry (1839-1882)." Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 5. Melbourne University Press, 1974. 13-14.
  • --. Henry Kendall: A Critical Appreciation. Adelaide: Rigby, 1960.

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

Given Name: 
Thomas Henry
Family Name: 
Kendall
Birth Date: 
May 18, 1839
Death Date: 
August 1, 1882
Nationality: 
Australian
Ethnicity: 
Irish
Family Relations: 
wife : Charlotte Kendall

Honours

Occupations

Literary Period: 
Colonial
Literary Movement: 
Unknown

Illness

Cause of Death: 
Tuberculosis
Buried At: 
Waverley Cemetery, Sydney, New South Wales
First RPO Edition: 
2011