Barcroft Boake (poet)
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Barcroft Boake (poet)
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Barcroft Henry Thomas Boake was an Australian stockman and poet who wrote primarily within the bush poetry tradition. He was active for only a few years before his suicide at the age of 26. Boake was born in Sydney to Irish-born professional photographer Barcroft Capel Boake; his mother died when he was thirteen. Educated at private schools, including a brief period in New Caledonia, Boake left home at the age of 17 and was apprenticed as a surveyor's draughtsman. He disliked clerical work and i
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Australian poet (1866–1892)
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2024-03-24T06:37:16Z
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