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Tributes to Australia's National Poet... |
Adam Lindsay Gordon....a shining soul
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| :: Talk at Anglesea | :: Visit to Westminster Abbey | :: Sacred Squares |
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The Adam Lindsay Gordon Commemorative Committee Inc. had the pleasure of speaking at the Anglesea and District Historical Society on 2 August 2009. Over 25 members attended to hear our Powerpoint presentation on the life and times of Adam Lindsay Gordon. Our thanks to the Society for their generous donation to our our Appeal. |
The Adam Lindsay Gordon Commemorative Committee Inc were recently in the UK. On 27 October, the Vice-President and Treasurer laid a wreath at the Adam Lindsay Gordon's bust - the only Australian poet commemorated in the Abbey. Our thanks to Canon Robert Reiss for allowing us to pay tribute. |
The Adam Lindsay Gordon Commemorative Committee Inc. recently visited the sacred squares of the last home of Poet Gordon. Salvaged by Cyril E Goode after the home was condemned by the former Brighton City Council, plans are in earnest to make one last final attempt to save the bricks. You can read more in Issue 8 of our newsletter The Wayfarer. |
Adam Lindsay Gordon (1833-70), Australia's acclaimed national poet was
many things in his time. A mounted trooper, champion jockey, horse
breaker and Member of Parliament. He was the first to capture
Australia and her people in the words of poetry, paving the way for Banjo
Paterson, Henry Lawson and William Ogilvie to create
poetry that was uniquely Australian. In his travels, he lived in
South
Australia, Victoria and Western Australia - no mean feat at a time
when travel was on horseback or by sailing ship, and his words spread by
word of mouth across the nation.
Read more about Gordon's life 
