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Emeritus Professor Laurie Hergenhan, Founding Editor, of the journal "Australian Literary Studies", worked extensively with Xavier Herbert. Xavier Herbert's best known novels are "Capricornia" (1938) and "Poor Fellow My Country" (1975).
Xavier Herbert was a qualified pharmacist and worked as a wharf laborer, stockman, miner, timber cutter, diver, railway worker and union organiser.
Xavier Herbert was born in Geraldton, Western Australia, and grew up there and in Fremantle. He trained as a pharmacist. He lived in Melbourne, Sydney, Darwin, then England. He returned to Australia in 1932. "Capricornia" was published in 1938. In 1946 he settled with his wife Sadie at Redlynch, near Cairns, Queensland. In 1975 "Poor fellow my country" was published. It won the Miles Franklin Award that year.
Xavier Herbert was born in Geraldton, Western Australia, and grew up there and in Fremantle. He trained as a pharmacist. He lived in Melbourne, Sydney, Darwin, then England. He returned to Australia in 1932. 'Capricornia' was published in 1938. In 1946 he settled with his wife Sadie at Redlynch, near Cairns, Queensland. In 1975 'Poor fellow my country' was published. It won the Miles Franklin Award that year.
Xavier Herbert was born in Geraldton, Western Australia, and grew up there and in Fremantle. He trained as a pharmacist. He lived in Melbourne, Sydney, Darwin, then England. He returned to Australia in 1932. "Capricornia' was published in 1938. In 1946 he settled with his wife Sadie at Redlynch, near Cairns, Queensland. In 1975 "Poor fellow my country" was published. It won the Miles Franklin Award that year.
Author. Superintendent of Aborigines in Darwin 1935-1936. His first published novel "Capricornia" won the Commonwealth 150th Anniversary Prize in 1938.
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