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In Melbourne, Kendall wrote prose, as well as satirical and serious verse, for most of the papers. The payment was small; in fact, only a few newspapers then paid anything for verse. IN MELBOURNE KENDALL WROTE PROSE AS WELL AS SATIRICAL AND SERIOUS VERSE FOR MOST OF THE PAPERS THE PAYMENT WAS SMALL IN FACT ONLY A FEW NEWSPAPERS THEN PAID ANYTHING FOR VERSE
and "Dungog". The result of winning this prize was that Kendall decided to abandon routine work and try to earn his living as a writer. He resigned his position in the Colonial Secretary's Office on the 31st March, 1869, and shortly afterwards left for Melbourne, where his wife and daughter soon joined him. Melbourne was then a centre of greater literary activity than Sydney. Neither then, however, nor for a long time to come, was any number of people in Australia sufficiently interested in local literature (apart from journalism) to warrant the most gifted writer in depending upon his pen for support. Still, Kendall managed to persuade Mr. George Robertson, the principal Australian bookseller of those days, to undertake the risk of his second book of poems--'Leaves from Australian Forests'--which was published towards the end of 1869. But though the volume showed a great advance in quality upon its predecessor, it was a commercial failure, and the publisher lost ninety pounds over it. RESULT OF WINNING THIS PRIZE WAS THAT KENDALL DECIDED TO ABANDON ROUTINE WORK AND TRY TO EARN HIS LIVING AS A WRITER HE RESIGNED HIS POSITION IN THE COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE ON THE THIRTY FIRST MARCH EIGHTEEN SIXTY NINE AND SHORTLY AFTERWARDS LEFT FOR MELBOURNE WHERE HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER SOON JOINED HIM MELBOURNE WAS THEN A CENTRE OF GREATER LITERARY ACTIVITY THAN SYDNEY NEITHER THEN HOWEVER NOR FOR A LONG TIME TO COME WAS ANY NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN AUSTRALIA SUFFICIENTLY INTERESTED IN LOCAL LITERATURE APART FROM JOURNALISM TO WARRANT THE MOST GIFTED WRITER IN DEPENDING UPON HIS PEN FOR SUPPORT STILL KENDALL MANAGED TO PERSUADE MISTER GEORGE ROBERTSON THE PRINCIPAL AUSTRALIAN BOOKSELLER OF THOSE DAYS TO UNDERTAKE THE RISK OF HIS SECOND BOOK OF POEMS LEAVES FROM AUSTRALIAN FORESTS WHICH WAS PUBLISHED TOWARDS THE END OF EIGHTEEN SIXTY NINE BUT THOUGH THE VOLUME SHOWED A GREAT ADVANCE IN QUALITY UPON ITS PREDECESSOR IT WAS A COMMERCIAL FAILURE AND THE PUBLISHER LOST NINETY POUNDS OVER IT
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