Devaney, James, 1890-1976

Queensland writer and poet, James Devaney's publications include Fabian, Earth Kindred, Where the Wind Goes, The Vanished Tribes, Poetry in our Time, and a biography of John Shaw Neilson.

Queensland writer and poet, James Devaney's publications include "Fabian", "Earth Kindred", "Where the Wind Goes", "The Vanished Tribes", "Poetry in Our Time", and a biography of "John Shaw Neilson".

Derek Fielding was James Forsyth Librarian, University of Queensland, 1965-1992.

Born Bendigo, Victoria 1890. In 1921 he moved permanently to Queensland to full-time writing and journalism. From 1924 to 1943 he published a weekly column of nature notes for the Brisbane Courier-Mail under the pseudonym 'Fabian' Devaney was president of the Queensland Authors' and Artists' Association (later the FAW).

Author; came to Queensland in 1922 and was a patient at Westwood Sanitarium for over a year where he wrote Fabian; other publications include Earth Kindred, Where the wind goes, and The vanished tribes.