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Kennedy, Victor, 1895-1952
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Dates of existence
1895-1952
History
Victor Kennedy spent a lifetime in journalism and freelance writing in Western Australia, Queensland and Victoria. A Jindyworobak in outlook, he wrote 'Flaunted Banners' (1941), an essay in defence of the Jindyworobak movement, and edited the Jindyworobak anthology of verse for 1942. His poetry includes 'The Unknown Anzac and Other Poems' (1917), 'Farthest North and Other Verses' (1928), 'Light of Earth' (1938) and 'Cyclone: Selected Poems' (1949). With Nettie Palmer he wrote the biographical and critical work 'Bernard O'Dowd' (1954).