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Шаблон:Other people Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use Australian English Edward Phillip Harrington (28 September 1895 – 28 May 1966) was an Australian poet and short story writer, the last of the bush balladists.

Born in Shepparton, in central Victoria, Harrington was the fourth child of Philip Harrington, a farmer from Ireland, and his Australian wife, Margaret O'Brien.[1] Edward Harrington served in Palestine with the Australian Light Horse during the First World War,[2] and took part in the charge on Beersheba.[3] He was discharged in 1919 with a repatriation pension, as he needed medical attention for the rest of his life. Harrington was a founding member of the Australian Poetry Lovers' Society (1934) and the Bread and Cheese Club (1938). He is generally referred to as the last of the Bush Balladists.

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  1. Шаблон:Australian Dictionary of Biography
  2. Australian Writers and their Works, by William Wilde, Oxford University Press, 1996
  3. Шаблон:Cite web