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  1. Henry Kendall AFC, (28 May 1897 – 9 June 1962) was an English stage and film actor, theatre director and revue artiste. His early theatrical career was curtailed by the First World War, in which he served with distinction.

  2. Thomas Henry Kendall (18 April 1839 [a] – 1 August 1882), was an Australian author and bush poet, who was particularly known for his poems and tales set in a natural environment. He appears never to have used his first name — his three volumes of verse were all published under the name of "Henry Kendall".

  3. Known for his lyrical and descriptive style, Kendall's poems frequently employ evocative imagery and a musicality that draws readers into his world. He captures the solitude and grandeur of the bush, the power of the sea, and the fragility of human existence in the face of nature's forces.

  4. Henry Kendall (born April 18, 1839, Yatteyattah, near Milton, N.S.W., Australia—died Aug. 1, 1882, Sydney) was an Australian poet whose verse was a triumph over a life of adversity. His father, a missionary and linguist, died when Kendall and his twin brother, Basil Edward, were two years old.

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    Henry Kendall is an Australian poet, born in 1839, and was the first Australian poet whose writings were based on Australia’s natural scenery and majestic landscape. A significant figure in Australian literature, Henry Kendall is known for his tales and poetry verses, most notably ‘Bell-Birds,’ ‘Leaves from Australian Forests,’ ‘The Old Year,’ and ...

    Henry Kendall was born in Yatte Yattah, New South Wales, Australia, in April of 1839. His birth, along with that of his twin brother, took place in a settler’s hut by Yackungarrah Creek, close to the larger coastal town of Ulladulla. Kendall’s birth name was actually Thomas, but there is no record of his ever having used it. He had also used the na...

    While working, he also gained a reputation as a poet. He contributed to periodicals throughout Australia. In 1862, he published Poems and Songs. In the same year, Henry Kendall met Henry Parkes, an editor, whom he became friends with. Parkes sent Kendall’s writings to the London Athenaeum, which received praise for the author. This volume of Henry ...

    Henry Kendall experienced love, loss, and triumph altogether in 1868. Kendall lost two valuable people in his life in the same year; James Michael, his dear friend, was found lifeless in Clarence River in April, and subsequently, in June, Charles Harpur, whose poems he deeply revered. Also, in the same year, Kendall won the best Australian poem wit...

  5. Bellbirds by Henry Kendall is one of Australia's best loved poems, and almost every Australian has at one time or another heard or repeated its melodic phrases, so evocative of the cool, dim blue and green of the Australian mountain country.

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  7. Jun 10, 2012 · Henry Kendall was an Australian poet of high renown, being regarded as “Australia’s greatest lyric poet”.[1] He is particularly well-known for his poems dealing with Australian life and landscape, such as “ Bell-Birds ”, “ Christmas Creek ”, and “ On a Cattle Track ”.