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Henry Kendall returned to Sydney in March, 1857, and at once obtained employment in the city and set about making a home for his mother and sisters. HENRY KENDALL RETURNED TO SYDNEY IN MARCH EIGHTEEN FIFTY SEVEN AND AT ONCE OBTAINED EMPLOYMENT IN THE CITY AND SET ABOUT MAKING A HOME FOR HIS MOTHER AND SISTERS
to the Clarence River district and settled near the Orara. Basil Kendall had practically lost one lung before his marriage, and failing health made it exceedingly difficult for him to support his family, to which by this time three daughters had been added. On the Orara he grew steadily weaker, and died somewhere about 1851. Basil Kendall was well educated, and had done what he could to educate his children. After his death the family was scattered, and the two boys were sent to a relative on the South Coast. The scenery of this district made a profound impression upon Henry, and is often referred to in his early poems. In 1855 his uncle Joseph took him as cabin boy in his brig, the 'Plumstead', for a two years' cruise in the Pacific, during which they touched at many of the Islands and voyaged as far north as Yokohama. The beauty of the scenes he visited lived in the boy's memory, but the rigours of ship life were so severe that in after years he looked back on the voyage with horror. THE CLARENCE RIVER DISTRICT AND SETTLED NEAR AURORA BAZIL KENDALL HAD PRACTICALLY LOST ONE LUM BEFORE HIS MARRIAGE AND FAILING HEALTH MADE IT EXCEEDINGLY DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO SUPPORT HIS FAMILY TO WHICH BY THIS TIME THREE DAUGHTERS HAD BEEN ADDED ON THE AURORA HE GREW STEADILY WEAKER AND DIED SOMEWHERE ABOUT EIGHTEEN FIFTY ONE BEZ O KENDALL WAS WELL EDUCATED AND HAD DONE WHAT HE COULD TO EDUCATE HIS CHILDREN AFTER HIS DEATH THE FAMILY WAS SCATTERED AND THE TWO BOYS WERE SENT TO A RELATIVE ON THE SOUTH COAST THE SCENERY OF THIS DISTRICT MADE A PROFOUND IMPRESSION UPON HENRY AND IS OFTEN REFERRED TO IN HIS EARLY POEMS IN EIGHTEEN FIFTY FIVE HIS UNCLE JOSEPH TOOK HIM AS CABIN BOY IN HIS BRIG THE PLUMSTEAD FOR A TWO YEAR CRUISE IN THE PACIFIC DURING WHICH THEY TOUCHED AT MANY OF THE ISLANDS AND BOYISH AS FAR NORTH AS YOKOHAMA THE BEAUTY OF THE SCENES HE VISITED LIVED IN THE BOY'S MEMORY BUT THE RIGOURS OF SHIP LIFE WERE SO SEVERE THAT IN AFTER YEARS HE LOOKED BACK ON THE VOYAGE WITH HORROR
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