Jephcott, Sydney, 1864-1951
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Poet and farmer, Jephcott was self-educated and, from from the age of 12, lived alone in the mountains in a tent. After meeting Henry Kendall in the late 1870s, he began writing poetry. A friend of Francis Adams, who saw Jephcott's The secrets of the south: Australian poems (London, 1892) through the press in London. Jephcott completed an unpublished, critical selection of Adam's poems. Jephcott remained a cattle farmer and served as a shire councillor on the Towong and Tumbarumba Shire Councils.
From the description of Annotated books by Francis Adams and others [manuscript]. 1885-1923. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225815065
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