Arthur Bayldon

Arthur Bayldon (20 March 1865 – 26 September 1958)^[1] was an English-born Australian poet.

Arthur Bayldon
Bayldon in a 1930 publication
Born	Arthur Albert Dawson Bayldon (1865-03-20)20 March 1865 Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Died	26 September 1958(1958-09-26) (aged 93) Randwick, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation	Poet literary critic short story writer
Language	English
Nationality	English/Australian
Years active	1887–1932

Life

Bayldon was born in 1865, at Leeds, England, and was educated at Leeds Grammar School.^[2] He emigrated to Brisbane in 1889 prior to which he had travelled extensively in Europe. He was an excellent swimmer, and drew much attention to a stroke of his own invention – underwater on his back, with legs and arms bound.^[3]

He was literary critic for The Bulletin, and as a bush poet has been ranked with Henry Lawson, Banjo Patterson, Will Ogilvie, E. J. Brady, and Rod Quinn.^[4]

He died in 1958, aged 93.

Bibliography

Poetry collections

• Lays and Lyrics (1887)
• Poems (1897)
• The Western Track and Other Verses (1905)
• The Eagles : Collected Poems of Arthur Bayldon (1921)
• Apollo in Australia; and Bush Verses (1944)

Short story collection

• The Tragedy Behind the Curtain and Other Stories (1910)