E. J. Brady

E. J. (Edwin James) Brady (7 August 1869 – 22 August 1952) was an Australian poet.

He was born at Carcoar, New South Wales, and was educated both in the United States and Sydney. He worked as a wharf clerk, a farmer, and journalist, and edited both rural and city newspapers.

He was a friend and correspondent of Sir Edmund Barton, the first Australian prime minister, and helped to save Henry Lawson's life in 1910.

He later established a writers' and artists' colony at Mallacoota, in 1909, and he continued to live there until his death in 1952 at the age of 83.

Bibliography

Poetry

* "The Ways of Many Waters" (1899)
* "The Earthen Floor" (1902)
* "The Ways of Many Waters" (1909)
* "Bushland ballads" 1910
* "Bells and Hobbles" (1911)
* "The House of the Winds" (1919)
* "Wardens of the Seas" (1933)

Prose

* "Sydney Harbour" (1903)

External links

* [http://oldpoetry.com/authors/Edwin%20James%20%20Brady Edwin James Brady from the Old Poetry Archive]

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NAME=Brady, E. J.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Brady, Edwin James
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Australian poet
DATE OF BIRTH=7 August 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH=Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia
DATE OF DEATH=22 August 1952
PLACE OF DEATH=Mallacoota, Victoria, Australia