Nancy Hobson
(nee Campbell)
Born: July 1906, Kalgoorlie
Died: ?
Biography: Nancy was
educated at Perth College and later at the University of WA where she gained
a BA (education). She later taught at her old school, along with
several others.
In 1934 she married Alan Hobson BSc (Hon) - They went on to have 4
children.
In 1948 she returned to Kalgoorlie following her husband's appointment as
Principal of the Kalgoorlie School of Mines (Now an annexe of Curtin
University of Technology)
She had many interests, being active in reparatory theatre writing and
producing several musical sketches, mainly aimed at children. She was a keen
public speaker and a stalwart in Church affairs, being Director of Religious
Education for the Church of England for many years
Nancy and Alan retired to Safety Bay in 1968
All of Nancy's Poems which are listed here appear in "Verse from the Goldfields"
edited by Margaret Bull, 1975, "The Golden Mile" also appeared
in the "Kalgoorlie Miner" July 3 1950 - it was the winning entry for a
poetry competition organised by the then MLC for the Goldfields district,
Mr. G Bennetts,
While some of Nancy's poems are not generally
considered to be "Bush Poems" as their subject is spiritual, most do conform
to the Bush Poetry ideal of very good and consistent rhyme and Rhythm
I have been trying to find the copyright owner
of Nancy's poems, so far without success - (there are far too many Hobsons
in the phone book), so I will put her poetry on this site with the
understanding that if I get an objection from the copyright owner, I will
remove them.
Should the copyright owner be agreeable to them
being here, could they please
contact me so that I
can give them due recognition.
