Author: OGILVIE, WILL. Title: Saddle For A Throne. Foreword by Vance Palmer. Compiled by Thelma E. Williams.
Description: First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. xviii, 332; original maroon cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket chipped and worn on edges, scarce first edition with the dustjacket, very good copy. Adelaide; R. M. Williams; 1952. William Henry Oglivie (21 August 1869 - 30 January 1963) was a Scottish-Australian narrative poet and horseman. He arrived in Australia in 1889. He became an expert station hand, drover and horse breaker working on stations near Penola in South Australia. He wrote lyrical and romantic poetry noted for its balladic style, with expressive descriptions of outback life and characters.
Keywords: australian poetry literature will ogilvie outback South Australia
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