"Exile"
Born:
??
Died: ??
Biography:
I have absolutely no idea who "Exile" was.
He first appeared in 1903 in the Perth Sunday Times and during 1904
- 05 he was a regular contributor to that paper's columns,
"Rhymer's Refuge" "The Rhymer" and
"Goldfields Jingles and back Country Bits". These columns were edited by the
bastion of the "Times" and well known poetic identity "Dryblower" Murphy.
While most of Exile's poetry definitely fits the "Bush Poetry" genre,
others are anything but; but then that was not uncommon for poets of
the era who's academic background would have been very steeped in
"British Classical Literature"
From his writings, it would appear that he came to the West from
Victoria, but other than that I have no knowledge of him.
If anyone can enlighten me as to just who he was I'd be delighted
