DOUGLAS STEWART 1913-1985

DOUGLAS STEWART 1913-1985

Poet, playwright, journalist and anthologist, Stewart, together with Nacy Keesing, compiled and edited several important collections of Australian traditional verse and song:

Australian Bush Ballads (1955, with Nancy Keesing)
Old Bush Songs and Rhymes of Colonial Times (1957, with Nancy Keesing)
The Pacific Book of Bush Ballads (1967, with Nancy Keesing)

Information on his life and work is available at the following sites, though they generally contain little about his folkloric contribution

https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/stewart-douglas-alexander-15726

https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/douglas-stewart

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Stewart_(poet)

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/douglas-stewart


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