John Farrell (poet)

 by George Dance John Farrell (December 18, 1851-1904) was an Australian poet.

Life
Farrell was born in 1851 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the son of Andrew and Mary Farrell, immigrants from Ireland. The Farrells moved to Victoria, Australia, the following year, and John Farrell grew up on a farm in the district of Loddon. He received little formal schooling, but was an avid reader.

At 19 Farrell began working in a brewery, and worked mainly in breweries for the next 20 years. In the late 1870s, in Albury, he began writing satirical verse and submitting it to the local newspaper. He began publishing poetry in The Bulletin in 1882, and became a regular contributor.

Publications

 * Ephemera -- an Iliad of Albury.
 * Two Voices: A Fragmentary Poem. 1882.
 * How He Died and other poems. Sydney: Turner and Henderson, 1887.
 * Australia to England: June 22, 1897 (chapbook). Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1897.
 * My Sundowner and other poems. Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1904.

'' Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy the Australian Poetry Library. ''