Rex Ingamells (1919-1955) in 1936. Courtesy Government of South Australia State Library
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| Rex Ingamells | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Poet |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Writing period | 1935 - 1955 |
| Literary movement | Jindyworobak Movement |
Reginald Charles (Rex) Ingamells (19 January 1913 - 30 December 1955) was an Australian poet, generally credited with being the leading light of the Jindyworobak Movement.[1]
Life[]
Ingamells was born in Orroroo to a Methodist minister, and attended Port Lincoln High School, where he became addicted to poetry.
He attended the University of Adelaide, from which he received a B.A. in history.[2]
After a trip at the turn of the '30s, Ingamells became fascinated with Indigenous Australian culture, and became inspired to found the Jindyworobaks a few years later.
As an editor and publisher, he was responsible for at least 44 volumes of poetry and literary comment between 1938 and 1953.[1]
He died near Dimboola, Victoria, in a car-crash in 1955.
Recognition[]
His epic of Australia, The Great South Land, won the Grace Leven Prize for Poetry and the Australian Literature Society's gold medal in 1951.[1]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Gumtops. Adelaide: F.W. Preece, 1935.
- Forgotten People. Adelaide: F.W. Preece, 1936.
- Sun-Freedom. Adelaide: Preece, 1938.
- Memory of Hills. Adelaide: F.W. Preece, 1940.
- At a Boundary: Verses (with John Ingamells). Adelaide: F.W. Preece, 1941.
- News of the Sun. Melbourne: Jindyworobak, 1942.
- Unknown Land. Adelaide: Jindyworobak, 1943.
- Content are the Quiet Ranges. Adelaide: Jindyworobak, 1943.[3]
- Selected Poems. Melbourne: Georgian House, 1944.
- Yera: A verse narrative. Adelaide: Jindyworobak, 1945.
- Come Walkabout. Melbourne: Jindyworobak, 1948.
- The Great South Land: An epic poem. Melbourne: Georgian House, 1951.
Novel[]
- Of Us Now Living: A novel of Australia. Melbourne: Halcraft, 1952.
Non-fiction[]
- Conditional Culture (with Ian Tilbrook). Adelaide: F.W. Preece, 1938.
- From Phillip to McKell: The story of Australia. Melbourne: Jindyworobak, 1949.
- Handbook of Australian Literature. Melbourne: Jindyworobak, 1949.
- Because men went hungry: An essay on the uncertainty of Australian prestige. Melbourne: Jindyworobak, 1951.
- The Dunce's Cap: A critical essay in self-defence. Murrumbeena, Vic: privately printed, 1951.
- William Gay: Australian man of letters. Melbourne: Jindyworobak, 1952.
- Royalty and Australia. Melbourne: Hallcraft, 1954.
- Australian Aboriginal words: Aboriginal-English; English-Aboriginal. Melbourne: Hallcraft, 1955.
Juvenile[]
- Aranda Boy: An Aboriginal story. London & New York: Longmans Green, 1952.
- Platypus and Kookaburra: Poem (illustrated by P.J. Trezise & Mary Haginikitas). Sydney: Collins, 1987.
Edited[]
- Jindyworobak Anthology, 1938. Adelaide: F.W. Preece, 1938.
- Jindyworobak Anthology, 1939. Adelaide: F.W. Preece, 1939.
- Jindyworobak Anthology, 1941. Adelaide: F.W. Preece, 1941.
- New Song in an Old Land: Australian verse. London & New York: Longmans Green, 1943.
- Jindyworobak Anthology, 1947. Adelaide: F.W. Preece, 1947.
- Spoils of Time: Some poems of the English-speaking peoples. Melbourne: Georgian House, 1948.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[4]
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 John Dally, 'Ingamells, Reginald Charles (Rex) (1913–1955)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, 1996. Web, Mar. 12, 2014.
- ↑ Biography, Rex Ingamells, AustLit. Web, Mar. 12, 2014.
- ↑ Content are the quiet ranges / by Rex Ingamells, Trove, National Library of Australia. Web, Mar. 12, 2014.
- ↑ Search results = au:Rex Ingamells, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Mar. 12, 2014.
External links[]
- Poems
- Rex Ingamells at PoemHunter (7 poems)
- About
- Rex Ingamells in the Oxford Companion to Australian Literature
- Ingamells, Reginald Charles (Rex) (1913–1955) at the Australian Dictionary of Biography
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