Henry Halloran (poet)
| Henry Halloran | |
|---|---|
| Born |
6 April 1811 Cape Town, South Africa |
| Died |
19 May 1897 (aged 86) Ashfield, New South Wales |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | Australian |
Henry Halloran was an Australian poet and civil servant who was born in Cape Town, South Africa on 6 April 1811. After living for some years in England, he arrived in Sydney, New South Wales, in 1822. In 1827 he became a clerk in the Survey Department, and later became chief clerk of the same department.[1]
He was a friend of Henry Parkes who, in February 1866, appointed him under-secretary in the Colonial Secretary's Department and in 1867 a justice of the peace. He was rumoured to have helped Henry Kendall find a job with the department and was generally known for helping young writers.[1]
He began publishing his own poetry in various newspapers and periodicals in the 1840s and published four collections of his work during his lifetime.[2]
Halloran retired in 1878 and was made C.M.G. He died at his home, Mowbray, in Ashfield, New South Wales on 19 May 1893.[1]
Bibliography
- The Discovery of Eastern Australia and The Unveiling the Captain Cook Statue (1879) (Note: This title is correct as per the published volume.[2])
- Prize Poems on the International Exhibition of New South Wales, 1879 (1879)
- Poems, Odes, Songs (1887)
- A Few Love Rhymes of a Married Life (1890)
- Two Early Poems of 1833 (1977)