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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. 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
d for some years, but did not meet until a few months before the elder poet's death. Kendall describes Harpur as then "a noble ruin--scorched and wasted by the fire of sorrow." In 1868, also, a prize was offered in Melbourne for the best Australian poem, the judge being Richard Hengist Horne, author of 'Orion'. Kendall sent in three poems and Horne awarded the prize to "A Death in the Bush". In an article printed in Melbourne and Sydney newspapers he declared that the author was a true poet, and that had there been three prizes, the second and third would have gone to Kendall's other poems--"The Glen of Arrawatta" 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. R SOME YEARS BUT DID NOT MEET UNTIL A FEW MONTHS BEFORE THE ELDER POET'S DEATH KENDALL DESCRIBES HARPER AS THEN A NOBLE RUIN SCORCHED AND WASTED BY THE FIRE OF SORROW IN EIGHTEEN SIXTY EIGHT ALSO A PRIZE WAS OFFERED IN MELBOURNE FOR THE BEST AUSTRALIAN POEM THE JUDGE BEING RICHARD HANGEST HORN AUTHOR OF ORION KENDALL SENT IN THREE POEMS AND HORN AWARDED THE PRIZE TO A DEATH IN THE BUSH IN AN ARTICLE PRINTED IN MELBOURNE AND SYDNEY NEWSPAPERS HE DECLARED THAT THE AUTHOR WAS A TRUE POET AND THAT HAD THERE BEEN THREE PRIZES THE SECOND AND THIRD WOULD HAVE GONE TO KENDALL'S OTHER POEMS THE GLEN OF EEROWA 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 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
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