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Melita Dahl (D.O.B. - ) Melita was born in Australia and graduated from the Canberra School of Art in 1991 where she majored in the Photomedia Department. She currently lives in Cologne, Germany, after completing her studies at the Academy of Media Arts, Cologne, in 2000. Melita has exhibited her photographic works within Australia in group and solo exhibitions since 1991, and her photographic work can be found in Australian public art collections. Since 1997, Melita works with the electronic media. Currently she exhibits her media installations and video works within Europe. She uses like still photographic imagery to compose time-based sequences. The digital processing inserts a dynamic structure into the original photographic imagery that resembles photography itself. "Museum of Silence", 1991, is a series of manipulated images taken at the Australian Museum in Sydney from their collection of preserved native animals. This work uses taxidermy as a metaphor for the lack of awareness of the needs of animals, and draws on the similarities between taxidermy and photography.    Photo of Melita Dahl by Melita Dahl, 2002. Melita Dahl's creative achievements include: Insert publications.

Frank Dalby Davidson - Writer (D.O.B. - )

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Kim Dale (D.O.B. - )

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Victor Daley (1858 - 1905)

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Kathleen Dalziel (1881 - ????)

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Allson Daniel (1960s - ) Alison Daniel has had over 100 pieces published in many literary journals, ezines and the anthologies Sextuality and Devil's Blossoms have featured her work; Paroxysm Press will be publishing five of my poems soon. Pieces have also been published in newspapers, small presses and CDROM, in Australia, New Zealand and America. They include Hobo, Centoria, New England Review, SideWaLK, JAMM, Poetrix, Vernacular, Poetry New Zealand, Social Alternatives, Coppertales, Antipodes, LiNQ, The Weekend Australian, Redoubt, Woorilla, Southerly, Island and Papertiger. Alison is a regular reader at 'Sims', now 'Fidlers' in Tasmania. She has been invited to read at the Tasmania Poetry Festival 2002.    Photo of Alison Daniel by photographer unknown, 2000. Alison Daniel's publications include: Insert publications.

Maggie Dannatt (D.O.B. - )

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David Davies - Artist (D.O.B. - )

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John Davies (D.O.B. - ) John Davies written for Nation Review and has been contemporary dance critic for the National Times. Since 1988 he has published short stories, poems, and reviews in various newspapers and magazines including Southerly, Fine Line, the Age, The Australian, Sydney Morning Herald, Overland, Phoenix Review, Ulitarra, Webber's Magazine, Northern Perspective, etc.    Photo of poet by photographer, year. John Davies's publications include: Poetry: Paper Cuts, (publisher unknown, 1994).

Luke Davies (1962 - ) Luke Davies is the author of four volumes of poetry and two novels. His second volume of poetry Absolute Event Horizon was shortlisted for the National Book Council Poetry Prize (the Turnbull Phillips Fox Award). Davies' novel Candy has become something of a cult classic. It has subsequently been published in the United States and Great Britain, and (in translation) in Germany, Spain and Israel. His third volume of poetry Running With Light won the Judith Wright Poetry Prize 2000 as part of Queensland's Premiere's Literary Awards. Davies' short stories and poems have been published in various anthologies, magazines and newspapers. Luke Davies was the Winner, Philip Hodgins Memorial Medal for Poetry 2004, and Totem was the Age Poetry Book of the Year 2004, and the overall Age Book of the Year 2004.    Photo of Luke Davies by Karen Brien, 1997. Luke Davies's publications include: Poetry: Four Plots for Magnets, (Glandular Press, 1982), Absolute Event Horizon, (HarperCollins/Angus & Robertson), 1994, Running With Light, (Allen and Unwin, 1999), The Entire History of Architecture ... and Other Love Poems, (Vagabond Press, 2001), Totem, (Allen & Unwin, 2004); Novel: Candy, (Allen and Unwin, 1997), Isabelle the Navigator, (Allen and Unwin, 2000).

Jack Davis (1917 - 2000) Jack Davis began writing when he was fourteen years old. The fourth child in a family of eleven, he spent his childhood in the West Australian mill town of Yarloop. He worked for several years as a stockman in the north before returning to Perth and settling into fulltime writing and a long life of service to the Aboriginal cause. His first book was The First Born (1970), a volume of poetry. Jagardoo: Poems from Aboriginal Australia (1978) and John Pat and Other Poems (1988) followed. His plays include No Sugar, Burungin, Honeyspot, Kullark and The Dreamers and Our Town. In 1991 his memoir A Boy’s Life was published. He has received numerous distinctions including the British Empire Medal, the Order of Australia, and honorary doctorates from the universities of Murdoch and Western Australia. An inaugural Unaipon Award judge, he served as judge on the panel from 1988 to 1996. A selection of his poetry from Black Life (UQP, 1992) features in Fresh Cuttings, the first anthology of UQP Black Australian Writing, released by UQP in October 2003.    Photo of poet by photographer, year. Jack Davis's publications include: Insert publications.

Norma L. Davis (1905 - 1945)

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Peter Davis (D.O.B. - ) Peter Davis lives in Sunshine in the western suburbs of Melbourne. He married in 1994. He and his partner had a son in 2002. Peter started pharmaceutical treatments for HIV/AIDS in March 2004. Peter has had two plays produced: 'Letting in the Lion', Universal Theatres 1995 'Positively Everything', broadcast over six weeks on national community radio program, 'Out and Out.' He won the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia award in 1995 for best Information documentary for 'The Joan Golding Story.' He has produced regularly as a freelancer for ABC RN including 'Poetica' and 'Radio Eye.' He co-produced a documentary about hermits for Radio Eye (ABC Radio National), which will air early in 2005. His poetry has been published in: The Age, Verandah, West of the West (an anthology of writers living in Melbourne's west, which is available through Footscray Community Arts Centre FCAC), The Other Side (FCAC). Peter's favourite literary influences are: JD Salinger (Raise High Roofbeams), Kerouac (Maggie Cassidy), Judith Wright, Luke Davies, John Shaw Nielson, Kerri Hulme and the birds in his backyard (which borders the Kororoit Creek in Sunshine). Peter Davis can be contacted at Email: peterdogaris (át) hotmail (dót) com    Photo of Peter Davis by Kleo Dogaris, 1996. Peter Davis's publications include: Insert publications.

Bruce Dawe (1930 - ) Bruce Dawe was born in Geelong. He left school at 16 and was employed at various jobs before completing an adult matriculation course in 1953 and entering the University of Melbourne. He was involved with the Melbourne University magazine, Compass and farrago, publishing his `Joe Cassidy' stories in the latter. He left the university a year after joining, and worked as a postman and factory hand before joining the RAAF in 1959, where he served for nine years. During this time he published his first books of poetry, married and completed his BA. Following his RAAF service, Dawe taught at Downland's College in Toowoomba in 1971, and was a lecturer at the Darling Downs Institute of Advanced Education in 1972' He also gained an MA. And a Ph.D and became associate professor of literary studies at the University College of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba in 1990. In 1984, Dawe's Sometimes Gladness: Collected Poems was nominated the National book Council of Australia as one of the ten finest national publications of the preceding decade. Dawe has received a number of awards, including the 1965 Myer Award for Poetry; the 1967 Ampol Arts Award for Creative Literature; the 1968 Sydney Myer charity Trust Award for Poetry; the 1979 Grace Leven Prize for Poetry; the 1979 Braille Book of the Year; the 1980 Patrick White Literary Award; the 1983 FAW Christopher Brennan Award.    Photo of Bruce Dawe by Stephen Booth, 2001. In 1990 he received a Paul Harris Fellowship of Rotary International, in 1992 the Order of Australia (AO) for his contribution to Australian Literature; and in 1993 an Honorary Professorship of the University of Southern Queensland in recognition of his contribution to the university. He has endowed The Bruce Dawe National Poetry Prize, held in trust by the University of Southern Queensland. Bruce Dawe's publications include: Poetry: No Fixed Address, (publisher unknown, 1962); A Need of Similar Name, (publisher unknown, 1965); An Eye for a Tooth, (publisher unknown, 1968); Beyond the Sub-divisions, (publisher unknown, 1969); Heat-wave, (publisher unknown, 1970); Condolences of the Season: Selected Poems, (publisher unknown, 1971); Just a Dugong at Twilight: Mainly Light Verse, Illustrated by Collette, (publisher unknown, 1975); Sometimes Gladness: Collected Poems, 1954 -1978, (publisher unknown, 1978, 2nd ed. 1983, 3rd. Ed. 1988); Towards Sunrise: Poems 1979 -1986, (publisher unknown, 1986); This Side of Silence: Poems 1987-1990, (publisher unknown, 1990); Mortal Instruments: Poems 1990-1995, (publisher unknown, 1995); Short Prose Fiction: Over Here, Harv! And Other Stories, (publisher unknown, 1983, Reprinted by Puffin 1984); Non-Fiction: The Writer and the Community, (publisher unknown, 1990); Anthology (Ed): Dimensions, (publisher unknown, 1974); Five Modern Comic Writers, (publisher unknown, 1980); Recordings: Bruce Dawe Reads from His Own Work, (poets on record, 1971); Bruce Dawe Reads from his Own Work, (poets on record, 1983).

Janine Dawson (D.O.B. - )

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Gregory Day (D.O.B. - )

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Tricia Dearborn (1963 - ) Tricia Dearborn is a poet, writer and editor. She was born in Glen Innes, New South Wales and grew up in Bathurst. She moved to Sydney to go to Uni (graduating with an Honours degree in Biochemistry and a Master of Arts) and now lives in Sydney's inner west. Her poems, short stories and reviews have appeared in literary journals in Australia and the US, including Southerly, Westerly, Island and Antipodes. Tricia wrote the first poem she can remember when she was seven, and at 11 started a journal she keeps to this day. Since that first poem she has written more poetry, short stories, essays, articles, a children's story about a heroic slug, a biochemistry thesis, and educational books for children and teachers. She was a founding member of the Sydney writers' group outWriters (1994-2000).    Photo of Tricia Dearborn by Tricia Dearborn, 2003. In 1998, she was selected as one of the 'mentees' for the inaugural Varuna Residential Mentorship for Poetry, with Deb Westbury as mentor. Her first collection of poetry, Frankenstein's bathtub, was published in 2001 by Interactive Press. In that year, she also received a New Work grant for poetry from the Literature Board of the Australia Council, and won first prize in the University of Canberra National Short Story Competition. In 2003, she was one of the three poets selected for the Poets on Wheels program, which toured western NSW. She is currently working on her second collection of poetry. Tricia Dearborn's publications include: Poetry: Frankenstein's bathtub, (Interactive Press, Australia, 2001).

Barbara De Franceschi (1940 - ) Barbara De Franceschi was born in Broken Hill and is passionate about the city and its desert surrounds. A prolific writer of poetry, her works have been published Australia wide and internationally. Barbara is an adventuress writer and is continuously trying to find new ways and forms to present her work. As well as devoting her time to writing Barbara runs a local business with her husband, is mother to five grown children and a very hands on grandmother to an ever increasing number of grandchildren. The City Council of Broken Hill presented her with a Citizenship Award in 2000 for her service to the community. In 2002 Barbara was awarded the 'Order of Australia' medal in recognition of her contribution and involvement in multicultural affairs and events. This commitment continues and was evident on May 7th 2006 when 'Sharing the Lode: The Broken Hill Migrant Museum' was opened in the city, a result of five years of persistent effort by the Broken Hill Migrant Heritage Committee under Barbara's leadership. Barbara's first collection Lavender Blood was published in 2004 and the manuscript for a second collection is well under way. Barbara is a member of the performance group 'The Silver Tongued Ferals' and performs at caravan parks, arts festivals, 'Poets in the Pub' etc. and has also read her poetry live to air on ABC Radio.    Photo of Barbara De Franceschi by Boris Hlavica, 2005. Barbara's work has also been published in the following; Centoria, From the Well, Barrier Daily Truth, The Bunyip, Poetrix, Yellow Moon, Saltlick Quarterly, Famous Reporter, Four W Sixteen, also on line USA via Eclectica (12 consecutive issues) and Culture Star Reader, her poetry and an article re 'What hinges people to poetry in outback Australia' has appeared on line in Niederngasse, Switzerland. Short stories about family pets have appeared in the RSPCA, NSW state magazine Animals. Barbara De Franceschi publications include: Poetry: Lavender Blood, (Seaview Press, 2004). Barbara De Franceschi can be contacted at Email: seraph10 (át) bigpond (dót) com

Dulcie Deamer (1890 - ????)

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Angie de Latour (D.O.B. - )

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C. J. Dennis (1876 - 1938) CJ Dennis was born at Auburn. South Australia, in 1876. He worked at a number of jobs, including solicitor's clerk and hotel barman, before he became editor of the Adelaide journal the Critic in 1904. He had already worked for this journal previously, which had published some of his early poems. In 1906, he launched his own publication, the Gadfly. By 1907 he was in Melbourne, working as a freelance journalist. He settled in Toolangi, a small Victorian township, and pursued a freelance career for the remainder of his life. He married Olive Harriet in 191, two years after the publication of his successful Songs of a Sentimental Bloke.    Photo of C. J. Dennis by photographer unknown, year unknown. C. J. Dennis's publications include: Poetry: Backblock Ballads and other Verses, (publisher unknown, 1913); The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke, (publisher unknown, 1915); The Moods of Ginger Mick, (publisher unknown, 1916); Doreen, (publisher unknown, 1917); The Glugs of Gosh, (publisher unknown, 1917); Digger Smith, (publisher unknown, 1918); Backblock Ballads and Later Verses, (publisher unknown, 1918); Jim of the Hills: a story in rhyme, (publisher unknown, 1919); Rose of Spadgers: a sequel to Ginger Mick, (publisher unknown, 1924); I Dips me Lid to the Sydney Harbour Bridge, (publisher unknown, 1932); Roundabout, (publisher unknown, 1935); The Singing Garden, (publisher unknown, 1935); Selected verse of C.J. Dennis (publisher unknown, 1950); Sentimental Bloke and other verses, (publisher unknown, 1950); Favourite Poems of C.J. Dennis, (publisher unknown, 1989); Prose: Random Verse: a collection of verse and prose, (publisher unknown, 1952); The C.J. Dennis Collection: from his "forgotten' writings, (publisher unknown, 1987).

Terry Denton (D.O.B - )

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Marian Devitt (1954 - ) Marian was the Executive Officer of the NT Writer's Centre from 1996-2000 - a move prompted by the need to stimulate and nurture a vibrant literary cultrue in the Northern Territory. In the capacity of Executive Officer she has written articles about NT artists and poets for Art Monthly, Overland and Thylazine and generated a number of publishing opportunities for poets in national journals such as Overland, Cordite, Northern Perspective, Thylazine and 'NT Literary Awards' publications. Marian also established the 'Off the Page' program, a regular public reading for poets. She developed the first mentoring programs in support NT Writers which led to a number of publications and greater recognition generally for NT poets. In 1999 Marian editied Landmark: Poetry from the Northern Territory, the first anthology of NT poetry. This publication was a collaborative project with NTU Press. Her work appears in that publication under the name of Marian Webb. Marian also established NT Writers' Week in 1998, an event which invariably features guest and NT poets. A series of poems written while she was Executive Officer called 'A Day At The Office Suite' was Highly Commended in the 2002 NT Literary Awards (judged by Phillip Salom). A poem from that suite, 'Man In the Rain', was recently presented on the ABC's 'Poetica' program.    Photo of Marian Devitt by Scott Webb, 2000. Marian is currently editing another anthology of NT Writing for the NT Writers' Centre. It is expected this publication, which will also feature NT poets, will be launched at the 2004 Top End Writers' festival. Marian also writes prose and plays. In 2001 she was awarded a Varuna Retreat Fellowship to work on her first novel. Her first full length play An Octave Above Sound was shortlisted for the 2003 Australian National Playwrights Conference and her first one act play, Now... In Terms Of Your Life, Irene will be featured in the Australian Script Centre's 2002 Collection and will play at The Edge Theatre in Newton, Sydney for two weeks from 6th August 2003. Marian currently works as a Teacher Librarian and Information Technology Administrator at Ramingining Community Education Centre in Arnhem Land. She is the NT State Representative for the Australian Society of Authors. Her first collection of poetry, Frankenstein's bathtub, was published in 2001 by Interactive Press. In that year, she also received a New Work grant for poetry from the Literature Board of the Australia Council, and won first prize in the University of Canberra National Short Story Competition. In 2003, she was one of the three poets selected for the Poets on Wheels program, which toured western NSW in October. Marian Devitt's publications include: Poetry: Anthology (Ed): Landmark: Poetry from the Northern Terriory, (NT Writers' Centre and NTU Press, 1999); Prose: Life Beyond the Louvres, (publisher unknown, year unknown); Bugs and Bliss, (NT Literary Awards Publication; Poetica, 2002); Plays: An Octave Above Sound (publisher unknown, year unknown); Now... In Terms Of Your Life, Irene, (publisher unknown, year unknown).

Richard Deutch (1944 - ) Richard Deutch was born in the USA. He has published eight books of poetry and prose in Australia, USA and UK. He has worked as a university lecturer, journalist, Master of Latin at a prep school, as a literary agent and as a film reviewer. He lives on Sydney's northern beaches and from time to time in Belleville, Illinois. His book Heart with Piano Wire was Shortlisted for the Age Book of the Year for Poetry in 2001.    Photo of Richard Deutch courtesy of Brandl & Schlesinger, year unknown. Richard Deutch's publications include: Poetry: Heart with Piano Wire, (Brandl and Schlesinger, year unknown).

James Devaney (1890 - ????)

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Levin A. Diatschenko (1975 - ) Levin A. Diatschenko is thirty-one years old. He currently lives in Darwin, Northern Territory, where he is working as a landscaper. In 2004, he published his first novel, The Man Who Never Sleeps, with Wolfty and Cliff. After launching it at the Darwin Fringe Festical, Levin then set off in van on a promotional tour around Australia. In Melbourne, however, the book was taken on by a distributor, and was available in bookstores around the country. Most of the book has now become available to read online, with illustrations by the author, on Undergrowth.org. Recently, Levin was invited to speak at the National Young Writers Festival in Newcastle. Levin also writes short stories and articles for various sites, especially Undergrowth.org, and is on the staff team. (Undergrowth is a collective of writers, artists and journalists). His style of prose is very visual, sometimes surreal. The subject matter is chiefly a fusing of mysticism, theosophy and the esoteric in general, with daily living. His next book, The Rooftops, is coming soon.    Photo of Levin A. Diatschenko by photographer unknown, year unknown. Levin A. Diatschenko's publications include: Novel: The Man Who Couldn't Sleep, (Wolfty and Cliff, 2006). Levin A. Diatschenko can be contacted at: Email: aybrus (át) hotmail (dót) com   Go to Levin Diatschenko's website   Go to Undergrowth.org

Brett Dionysius (1969 - ) B.R. Dionysius was born in Dalby, Western Queensland. He was the Chairperson of Fringe Arts Collective Inc. from 1994 - 2001 and directed the Subverse: Queensland Poetry Festival, the major, annual literary event for poets and poetry in Queensland from 1997 -2001. In 1995, he collaborated with printmaker Danny Yates to produce a limited edition artist's book, The Barflies Chorus, published by LyreBird Press in Townsville. In 1997, he was awarded an Individual Project Grant from Arts Queensland to write a collection of poetry, Bacchanalia exploring the history of alienation in South Brisbane. In 1997 he collaborated with Sam Wagan Watson and Liz Hall-Downs on the Blackfellas, Whitefellas and Wetlands, 'Brisbane Stories' website project to produce a virtual poetry gallery exploring the Indigenous, European and natural heritage of the Boondall Wetlands. In 1998, he was granted the Harri Jones Memorial Prize for Poetry, for poets under the age of 37 awarded by the University of Newcastle. An audio CD of the poetry from the Blackfellas, Whitefellas and Wetlands project was released in 2000. In 2000 his first solo collection of poetry Fatherlands was published by Five Islands Press in the New Poets Series 7 and he was awarded a New Work Grant from the Literature Fund of the Australia Council to write a discontinuous verse novel, Universal Andalusia.    Photo of Brett Dionysius by Stephen Booth, 2001. He is the Assistant Editor of papertiger: new world poetry - Australia's first CDROM international poetry journal and with Paul Hardacre he co-edited the subversions: generations of contemporary poetry CDROM anthology (papertiger media, 2001) of the Queensland Poetry Festival 1997-2000. He is currently enrolled in an MPhil in Creative Writing at the University of Queensland. He lives in Annerley and is married to the writer Melissa Ashley and has a daughter, Rhiannon, aged seven. Brett Dionysius's publications include: Poetry: The Barflies Chorus, (artwork with Danny Yates), (LyreBird Press, 1995), Bacchanalia, (publisher unknown, year unknown), Blackfellas, Whitefellas and Wetlands, (audio cd poetry with Sam Wagan Watson and Liz Hall-Downs), (publisher unknown, 2000), Fatherlands, (New Poets Series), (Five Islands Press, 2000). Brett Dionysius can be contacted at Email: subverse (át) powerup (dót) com (dót) au

Dan Disney (D.O.B. - ) Dan Disney has had poems published in The Age, Overland, and Tinfish in the USA. He has been awarded a three week Varuna Writer's Fellowship, and was also selected for the Victorian Writers Centre's Mentorship Program. He was a winner in the Melbourne Poet's Union National Prize for Poetry and then UMPS Creative Writing Competition's poetry category.    Photo of poet by photographer, year. Dan Disney's publications include: Insert publications.

Rosemary Dobson (1920 - ) Rosemary Dobson was born in Sydney. She has had a lifelong involvement with the arts, and is regarded as one of Australia's finest modern poets. She has published 13 books of poetry and edited several anthologies. Her awards include the SMH Award for Poetry (1948), the Patrick White Award for Poetry (1984), the Grace Leven Prize for Poetry (1984) and the Australia Council Writer's Emeritus Award (1996). She was given an honorary Celebration by the National Library in 2000.    Photo of Rosemary Dobson courtesy of Brandl & Schlesinger, year unknown. Rosemary Dobson's publications include: Poetry: In a Convex Mirror: poems, (publisher unknown, 1944); The Ship of Ice: with other poems, (publisher unknown, 1948); Child with a Cockatoo, and other poems, (publisher unknown, 1955); Cock Crow: poems, (publisher unknown, 1965); Songs For all Seasons; 100 poems for young people, (publisher unknown, 1967); Selected Poems, (publisher unknown, 1973); Three Poems on Water-springs, (publisher unknown, 1973); Moscow Trefoil: poems from the Russian, (publisher unknown, 1975); Greek Coins: a sequence of poems, (publisher unknown, 1977); Over the Frontier : poems (poetry, publisher unknown, 1978) Seven Russian Poets : imitations (poetry, publisher unknown, 1979) The Continuance of Poetry : twelve poems for David Campbell, (publisher unknown, 1981); Journeys: poems, (publisher unknown, 1982); The Three Fates & other poems, (publisher unknown, 1984); Summer Press, (publisher unknown, 1987); Seeing and Believing, (publisher unknown, 1990); Directions, (publisher unknown, 1991); Collected Poems, (publisher unknown, 1991); Untold Lives: a sequence of poems; (publisher unknown, 1992); Prose: Australia: land of colour through the eyes of Australian painters, (publisher unknown, 1962); A World of Difference: Australian poetry and painting in the 1940s, (publisher unknown, 1973).

Peter Docker (D.O.B. - )

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Jack Donahue (1808 - 1830)

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Luzette Donohue (D.O.B. - )

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Lucy Dougan (1966 - ) Lucy Dougan was born in Perth. She attended the University of Western Australia and has an honours degree in English. She has worked as a curator, and as a lecturer in creative writing at the University of Newcastle. Her book The Memory Shell was highly commended in the Anne Elder Award in 1998, and in 2000 won the Dame Mary Gilmore Award.    Photo of poet by photographer, year. Lucy Dougan's publications include: The Memory Shell, (Five Islands Press, 1998).

Peter Dowe (1958 - ) Pete Dowe was born at the Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Melbourne on 3/6/58. He launched his first book of poetry Intimacy Is Risk Management at Passionate Tongues, Railway Hotel, Brunswick, on 17/5/04. Pete also released a live poetry CD: Pete Dowe Live @ Passionate Tongues. His second collection of poetry When The Girl Says Yes (Black Labrador Books) will be launched at Passionate Tongues. The launch of When The Girl Says Yes has been pushed back to Monday March 3rd 2008. Pete will now be doing a Feature @ Passionate Tongues on Monday September 17th 2007 promoting When The Girl Says Yes, and also singing three songs with The Lying Rodents, accompanied by Chris Pettifer (composer of The Secret Life Of Us) on guitar. It is rumoured that Pete Dowe lives at Passionate Tongues rent-free mooching food off the illustrious MC Mick Reynolds and never intends to move out. Pete is also Lead Vocalist of The Lying Rodents.    Photo of Peter Dowe by Kris Washusen, 2007. Peter Dowe's publications include: Poetry: Intimacy Is Risk Management, (Black Labrador Books, 2004), Pete Dowe Live @ Passionate Tongues (CD). Peter Dowe can be contacted at Email: pdowe (át) pobox (dót) com

Martin Downey (D.O.B. - ) Martin Downey did not have the 'Muse' of Poetry 'whisper' to him until age 35. The 1st poem he wrote was published a month later by the 1st Editorial team to see it. A visit to his local library shed light on the fact there were many other like-minded folk 'out there', and a 'passion' was born. Over the next 5 years, many poems were written and sent to poetry anthologies, litmags, journals and 'zines, both in Australia and O/S, with varying degrees of publication success. In '98, he self-published a collection of poems titled Pigeon Milk. More publication success followed over the next 5 years, and in January of '03, the 100 mark of poems published was achieved. In March '03, Animal Kisses - New & Collected Works was published. Born and bred in Melbourne, Martin found his 1st employment at age 11 as a Stablehand & Strapper (Thoroughbred/Standardbred), trackwork rider/driver, and has subsequently worked as; Metalwork apprentice/Tradesman, Menswear Salesman, Construction/Building site tradesman, Duct-fixer, Shopfitter, Landscape Gardener, roustabout, Organic farmer, Plantation-Timber Land Manager, Workers Compensation Claims Assessor, Travel/General Insurance Assessor & Private Inquiry Agent.    Photo of poet by photographer, year. Volunteer positions have included; RuralWatch, LandCare, Native Animal Rehabilitation, HorseRescue, Reading for the Elderly, Friends of the Tallarook Ranges, and Essendon Community Playground Construction Team. Examples of his poetry have been published in more than 25 journals within Australia alone. Another adjunct to poetry publication is the writing of book reviews, articles, essays and spoken-word event reviews for poetry associations he is involved with. Performance is another love, with numerous feature/guest appearances at live venues/ events/ festivals/ benefits in and around Melbourne, cable and free to air television & Spoken-word radio. At last count, no less than 14 attempts had been made to 'categorise' his work as 'such & such' poetry. Martin Downey's publications include: Insert publications.

Jane Downing (D.O.B. - ) Jane Downing has had short stories and poetry published in Australia, NZ, Europe and the USA and is currently working on the final draft of a novel with an Australia Council Grant. She dreams of having a poetic soul though, and has had over 60 poems published in journals in Australasia incuding Mattoid, SideWaLk, Poetrix, Centoria, Red Lamp, ars poetica, Small Packages and the Canberra Times. This poem came from a two month trip to Guam and the Mariana Islands with her two children. The legacy of WWII is fresh; explaining it to young children cut away all the justifications and heroic varnish that has been built up. Tinian is where the planes left from to drop the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.    Photo of Jane Downing by Dirk Spennemann, 1999. Jane Downing's publications include: Insert publications.

Kim Downs (D.O.B. - ) Kim Downs is a writer, musician, and sculptor, working in native and recycled timbers. Jippi, his novel dealing with themes of parenthood, human-animal relationships, and urban alienation, was published by Papyrus Publishing in 2000. Liz and Kim's collaborative poetry and music show on gender issues, Fit of Passion, toured Australia and the USA in the 1990s, and was released in book and audio formats. Since 2000, they have been living at 'Euphoria', their little piece of paradise in south-east QLD.    Photo of Kim Downs by photographer unknown, year unknown. Kim Downs's publications include: Poetry: Fit of Passion, (with Liz Hall-Downs), (Fit of Passion Collective, 1997). Fiction:Jippi (Papyrus Publishing, 2000). Kim Downs can be contacted at: Postal Address: PO Box 5858, West End, Queensland, 4101, Australia. Email: klizm (át) uqconnect (dót) net    Go to the Kim Downs and Liz Hall-Downs website

Jack Drake (1950 - ) Jack Drake was first introduced to the bush poetry of Banjo Patterson at age seven in 1957. Words and verse became a part of his life but he did not only read about the bush, he lived it. He wrote poetry from his teenage years, but would rather forget some of his early efforts. He is quite happy to admit it was only later in life that his work had any substance. National recognition came in 2001 when he won the Australian Bush Poet of the Year Quest run by Asthma N.S.W. and the Womens Weekly magazine. Jack's two C.D.s "The Cattle Dog's Revenge" and "Dinkum Poetry" have both gained nominations for the Australian Bush Laureate Awards and after self publishing four books, he was picked up by Central Queensland University Press. His first professionally published book of Ballads and Yards The Cattle Dog's Revenge was released in July 2003 and is in its second print. A second National ward was won in 2004 with the book The Cattle Dog's Revenge earning a Golden Gum Leaf Trophy from the Australian Bush Laureate Awards for the best book of original verse, at the 2004 Tamworth Country Music Festival. Under contract to C.Q.U.P. His next book will be coming out at the end of 2004 published again by CQUP and will be an historical piece of many of the forgotten Australian pioneer characters and their feats in comparision with the much publicised American Wild West.    Photo of Jack Drake by Stella Matheson Drake, 2001. His wins in bush poetry competitions include: The Asthma Foundation of NSW's "Bush Poet of the Year 2001" in Sydney On 30.4.2001; The Tenterfield Oracles of the Bush Written Section in 1999, and Original Performance Section in 2000 and 2001; The Original Performance Section, National Bush Poetry Championship at the Brisbane Ekka 2001 as well and wins and placeings in many other regional contests. His CD The Cattle Dog's Revenge was a finalist in the 2002 Australian Bush Laureate Awards at Tamworth and his latest CD Dinkum Poetry was a finalist for 2003. His book The Cattle Dog's Revenge earned a Golden Gum Leaf Trophy at the Australian Bush Laureate Awards, Tamworth, 2004 for the best book of original verse for the year. He is a regular performer at festivals around Queensland and New South Wales. He has recited his works at the Gympie Muster Poets Breakfasts for the last five years, performed at Tamworth Country Music Week for the last six, as well as many appearances at other festivals and events. As part of the "Sex, Lies and Bush Poetry" Show, Jack performs annually at the Tamworth Golf Club during the Tamworth Country Music Festival. His CDs and books have sold as far a-field as Britain, Canada, New Zealand and the United States as well as all over Australia, and have had air play on Alan Jones and John Laws radio programs as well as ABC National and a host of regional stations. Jack is available to perform at functions and also to write poems to order. He also keeps a current list of expected performance dates and places on my web siteJack's book The Cattle Dog's Revenge is available from selected book stores or directly from Jack for $22 plus $3 postage. His two C.D.s The Cattle Dog's Revenge and Dinkum Poetry are $20 each plus $2 postage and are available from Jack himself. Jack Drake's publications include: Poetry: The Cattle Dog's Revenge, (Central Queensland University Press, 2003), CD: The Cattle Dog's Revenge, (Recorded and produced by Restless Music, 2001) and Dinkum Poetry, (Recorded and produced by Restless Music, 2002) Jack Drake can be contacted at: Postal Address: Box 414 P.O. Stanthorpe QLD 4380 Australia. Email: jdrake@halenet.com.au   Go to Jack Drake's website

Michael Dransfield (1948 - 1973) A poet of the 60s, Michael Dransfield experimented with drugs and alternative lifestyles, and was caught up in the 60s revolution against the Vietnam War by refusing to go to war when his name came up in the National Service call-up. He worked as a copyboy at the Sydney Sun, a job he hated, and later worked as a cadet reporter for the Richmond River Express. He was first published in the Australian underground press in the 1960s, and later became one of the most widely read poets of his time. He died of a heroin overdose in 1973. He was described by Geoffrey Dutton as "one of the best (poets) Australia has had."    Photo of poet by photographer, year. Michael Dransfield's publications include: Poetry: Michael Dransfield: Collected Poems, (publisher unknown, year unknown); Biographies: Michael Dransfield's Lives, Patricia Dobrez (Melbourne University Press, year unknown); Michael Dransfield: A Retrospective, John Kinsella, (University of Queensland Press, unknown).

Laurie Duggan (1949 - ) Laurie Duggan studied at Monash and Sydney Universities, and completed a PhD in Fine Arts at Melbourne University in 1999. He has worked as a scriptwriter and art critic and has taught media, poetry writing and art history. In 1987 he was took part in a reading tour of the USA organised by Lyn Tranter and partly funded by the Australia Council and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and in 1990 he was a guest at the Wellington NZ Festival of the Arts. He writes film scripts and poetry. His first work, East: Poems won the Anne Elder Poetry Award, and Ash Range, a documentary or epic poem about Gippsland, won the 1988 Victorian Premier's ANZ New Writing award. His work has appeared in several anthologies.    Photo of poet by photographer, year. Laurie Duggan's publications include: Poetry: East: Poems 1970-1974, (publisher unknown, year unknown); Under the Weather, (publisher unknown, 1978); Adventures in Paradise, (publisher unknown, 1982); The Great Divide, (publisher unknown, 1985); The Ash Range, (publisher unknown, 1987); The Epigrams of Martial, (publisher unknown, 1989); All Blues, (publisher unknown, 1989); Blue Notes, (publisher unknown, 1990); New and Selected Poems 1971-1993,(publisher unknown, year unknown); Anthology (Ed): Penguin Book of Modern Poetry, (publisher unknown, 1991).

Jas H. Duke (1939 - 1992) Jas H. Duke was born in Ballarat, Australia. He was the son of two school teachers. In 1966 he travelled to England and Europe. While in London he became an anarchist and worked on Freedom Press publications. He mixed with the mid to late 60s underground bohemian scene there meeting people such as Cohn Bendit, Yoko Ono and Raol Hausmann. Jas moved to Brighton (England) and worked as a sound poet. He was involved in the experimental multi-media films of Jeff Keen. In 1972 Jas moved back to Australia where he became involved in the performance poetry. He worked both as a sound and visual poet and was actor in some of the Cantrill's short films. He was also a chess historian/aficionado. Jas H. Duke worked as a Draughtsman and later a Technical Officer for the Melbourne Metropolitan Board of Works and wrote about his experiences there in 925 magazine. He was involved in numerous visual poetry and photographic exhibitions.    Photo of Jas H. Duke by Pamela Sidney, year unknown. Jas H. Duke's publications include: Poetry: Poems of War and Peace, (Collective Effort Press, 1989); Novel: Destiny Wood, (Wholearth Catalogue, 1978).

Max Dunn (1895 - ????)

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Mary Durack (1913 - 1994)

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Edward Dyson (1865 - 1931)

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