Rex Ingamells
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| Born | Reginald Charles (Rex) Ingamells 19 January 1913 Orroroo, South Australia, Australia |
| Died | 30 December 1955 (aged 42) Dimboola, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Period | 1935–1955 |
| Literary movement | Jindyworobak Movement |
Reginald Charles (Rex) Ingamells (19 January 1913 – 30 December 1955) was an Australian poet, generally credited with being the leading light of the Jindyworobak Movement.[1]
Rex Ingamells was born in Orroroo, South Australia to a Methodist minister, and attended Port Lincoln High School, where he became interested in poetry. He later attended Prince Alfred College and the University of Adelaide.[2] After a trip at the turn of the thirties, Ingamells became fascinated with Indigenous Australian culture, and became inspired to found the Jindyworobaks a few years later.
In 1935, his first book Gum Tops was published. He died near Dimboola, Victoria in a car-crash in 1955.
Bibliography[]
Novel[]
- Of Us Living Now (1952)
- Aranda boy (1952)
Poetry[]
- Gumtops (1935)
- Forgotten People (1936)
- Sun-Freedom (1938)
- Memory of Hills (1940)
- Content are the Quiet Ranges (1943)
- Unknown Land (1943)
- Selected Poems (1944)
- Come Walkabout (1948)
- The Great South Land : An Epic Poem (1951)
Criticism[]
- Conditional Culture (1938)
Awards and honours[]
- 1951 winner Grace Leven Prize for Poetry for 'The Great South Land : An Epic Poem[3]
- 1951 winner ALS Gold Medal for 'The Great South Land : An Epic Poem[4]
External links[]
References[]
- ^ Ingamells, Reginald Charles (Rex) (1913–1955) (Australian Dictionary of Biography) Accessed: 29 January 2007.
- ^ "Reginald Charles (Rex) Ingamells". State Library of South Australia. 19 January 1913. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- ^ Austlit - The Great South Land by Rex Ingamells
- ^ "Crouch Prize for Literature to R. Ingamells" The Age, 7 April 1952, p5
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