Adam Lindsay Gordon
Adam Lindsay Gordon was a British-Australian poet, horseman, police officer and politician. He was the first Australian poet to gain considerable recognition overseas, and according to his contemporary, writer Marcus Clarke, Gordon's work represented "the beginnings of a national school of Australian poetry".
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- Born in
- Faial Island
- Educated at
- Royal Grammar School Worcester
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1833
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Birth1870
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