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He is a contemporary Australian poet, his poems are written in the context of post-war Australia. His poems comment on Australian society and forces readers to question their place in society.

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His work appears to be influenced by his difficult early life, with a bleak perspective on modern day society's weaknesses

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As a child, as a result to the depression, Dawe and his family moved a lot. This idea is explored in his poem "Drifters"

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As a child, as a result to the depression, Dawe and his family moved a lot. This idea is explored in his poem "Drifters"

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He grew up in a household where his father was a farm labourer who was often unemployed and absent from home.

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His family encouraged Dawe to write poems and his sister often wrote poems with him, his mother would often recite poems she had learned in her 19th century childhood.

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Dawe often goes against common practices and doesn’t hold the poem together using repeated sounds at the ends of lines, Dawe uses repetition at the beginnings of lines.

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He joined the RAAF (Royal Australia Air Force) because he "wanted companionship more than anything."

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He joined the RAAF (Royal Australia Air Force) because he "wanted companionship more than anything."

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He never had the chance to complete primary school similar to his siblings and was the only one out of the children to attend secondary school but he left and the age of 16.

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As a result of his 9 years of service to the Royal Australian Air force, Bruce's poetry explores further conflicts and acts of senseless violence

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He searched for a more companionate life, as he spent many years lonely, which he found being a postman. He enjoyed this job.

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He searched for a more companionate life, as he spent many years lonely, which he found being a postman. He enjoyed this job.

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Has four degrees, all completed by part-time study: B.A. (Qld.), M.Litt. (U.N.E.), M.A. (Qld.), and Ph.D. (Qld.). He now teaches various literature courses in the U3A A (University of the Third Age, an organisation for senior citizens). 

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Has four degrees, all completed by part-time study: B.A. (Qld.), M.Litt. (U.N.E.), M.A. (Qld.), and Ph.D. (Qld.). He now teaches various literature courses in the U3A A (University of the Third Age, an organisation for senior citizens). 

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He found working in the air force demanding and didn't write much while in Malaysia for 6 months as he couldn't concentrate in the climate. 

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He found working in the air force demanding and didn't write much while in Malaysia for 6 months as he couldn't concentrate in the climate. 

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Dawe is known as an ‘anti-war poet’ he talks of his relationships within the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during the Vietnam War, a time when he encountered very strong public opposition to his material.

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When he was at the RAAF he worked as a trainee telegraphist and then became an education assistant. He was posted to Malaysia but returned to Melbourne after six months. 

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When he was at the RAAF he worked as a trainee telegraphist and then became an education assistant. He was posted to Malaysia but returned to Melbourne after six months. 

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These two poems explore the context of Dawe and Australia during the Vietnam War. These explore the futility of war and the loss of humanity

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. He had multiple occupations such as being a labourer, farmhand and postman before joining the RAAF in 1959 and left in 1968 to become a lecturer at Downlands College where he taught History and English before becoming an English Literature lecturer.

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His ability to express the drama of everyday life has made his work readily accessible to general public.

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Dawe has four degrees, all completed by part-time study: B.A. (Qld.), M.Litt. (U.N.E.), M.A. (Qld.), and Ph.D. (Qld.).

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Donald Bruce Dawe was born in Fitzroy, Melbourne in 1930

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Donald Bruce Dawe was born in Fitzroy, Melbourne in 1930

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Dawe drifted through his early years showing promise as a writer but finding little direction for his life. The variety of his many occupations - labourer, postman, university failure, air force officer, father and teacher - has served to give Dawe extraordinary empathy with people from all backgrounds, which characterises his poetry and gives a voice to so-called ordinary Australians.

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Dawe drifted through his early years showing promise as a writer but finding little direction for his life. The variety of his many occupations - labourer, postman, university failure, air force officer, father and teacher - has served to give Dawe extraordinary empathy with people from all backgrounds, which characterises his poetry and gives a voice to so-called ordinary Australians.

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One of the biggest selling and most highly regarded of Australian poets, Bruce Dawe, 'The Poet of Suburbia', lives an unconventionally conventional life.

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He had two sisters and one brother. None of his siblings went to school. He himself never attended a primary school but went to six different high schools and left when he was 16. 

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He had two sisters and one brother. None of his siblings went to school. He himself never attended a primary school but went to six different high schools and left when he was 16. 

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His sister and mother worried about him while they lived. together 

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His sister and mother worried about him while they lived. together 

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-          Most of dawe’s poetry is influenced by his early difficult life and focusses on bleak aspects of modern day society and it’s downfalls

-           Dawe seemed to be expressing dissatisfaction with the change he saw in society's buying and purchasing habits

-          Often harshly criticised aspects of modern western society such as consumerism and materialistic values

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-Permanence
-Cycle of life
-Loyalty
-Fear

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His mother would often recite poetry to him and he would write poems with his sister.

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Dawe won the Christopher Brennan Award in 1984 which commends a lifetime achievement in poetry. He was also awarded the Order of Australia (AO) for his contribution to Australian Literature.

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He married in 1964, and had four children, however his wife dies in 1997 due to cancer. 

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He married in 1964, and had four children, however his wife dies in 1997 due to cancer. 

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'...in him we have an individual and passionately perceptive writer whose work has already assumed its proper territory and whose terms are directed from the heart as well as the mind.'- Judith Wright, Poetry No. 4

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'...in him we have an individual and passionately perceptive writer whose work has already assumed its proper territory and whose terms are directed from the heart as well as the mind.'- Judith Wright, Poetry No. 4

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His wife's death from cancer may have influenced his later poetry. 

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His wife's death from cancer may have influenced his later poetry. 

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Awards 1965 – winner of the Myer Poetry Prize 1967 – winner of the Ampol Arts Award for Creative Literature 1968 – winner of the Myer Poetry Prize 1973 – winner of the Dame Mary Gilmore Medal 1978 – winner of the Grace Leven Prize for Poetry 1979 – winner of the Braille Book of the Year 1980 – winner of the Patrick White Literary Award 1984 – winner of the Christopher Brennan Award 1990 – Paul Harris Fellowship of Rotary International 1992 – made an Officer of the Order of Australia: "In recognition of service to Australian literature, particularly in the field of poetry" 1996 – Alumni Award by the University of New England 1997 – winner of the inaugural Philip Hodgins Memorial Medal at the Mildura Writer's Festival 2000 – Australian Council for the Arts Emeritus Writers Award for his long and outstanding contribution to Australian literature 2001 – awarded the Centenary Medal for "distinguished service to the arts through poetry"

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Awards 1965 – winner of the Myer Poetry Prize 1967 – winner of the Ampol Arts Award for Creative Literature 1968 – winner of the Myer Poetry Prize 1973 – winner of the Dame Mary Gilmore Medal 1978 – winner of the Grace Leven Prize for Poetry 1979 – winner of the Braille Book of the Year 1980 – winner of the Patrick White Literary Award 1984 – winner of the Christopher Brennan Award 1990 – Paul Harris Fellowship of Rotary International 1992 – made an Officer of the Order of Australia: "In recognition of service to Australian literature, particularly in the field of poetry" 1996 – Alumni Award by the University of New England 1997 – winner of the inaugural Philip Hodgins Memorial Medal at the Mildura Writer's Festival 2000 – Australian Council for the Arts Emeritus Writers Award for his long and outstanding contribution to Australian literature 2001 – awarded the Centenary Medal for "distinguished service to the arts through poetry"

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2001 – awarded the Centenary Medal for "distinguished service to the arts through poetry"

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2001 – awarded the Centenary Medal for "distinguished service to the arts through poetry"

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He was opposed to the Vietnam War, as he believed that it lacked sense historically and was ultimately futile. 

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He was opposed to the Vietnam War, as he believed that it lacked sense historically and was ultimately futile. 

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Dawe enjoys using some very descriptive passages, employing onomatopoeia sprinkled throughout the poem. His use of this literary device create are interesting and show his skills at penning creative word play.

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He employs a wide range of subject matter in his poetry and often writes about common and unglamorous activities.

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He employs a wide range of subject matter in his poetry and often writes about common and unglamorous activities.

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After dropping out of high school

Dawe completed his Adult Matriculation (mature aged entry to university)  by part-time study in 1953 and enrolled at Melbourne University on a teaching scholarship in 1954.
He then left university at the end of 1954 and moved to Sydney where he worked as a laborer

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He has published 13 books of poetry, a book of short stories, a book of essays, and edited two books. His latest book of poetry, published in 2016, at the age of 86, is called ‘Border Security’.

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He has published 13 books of poetry, a book of short stories, a book of essays, and edited two books. His latest book of poetry, published in 2016, at the age of 86, is called ‘Border Security’.

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During an interview, Bruce discusses his relationship with the royal Australian air force during the Vietnam war, which he opposed believing it to be lacking sense historically and that it was ultimately futile - time in which he experience strong public opposition to his material

o  His poetry continued to explore further conflicts and acts of senseless violence, including the massacre of protestors in tinanmamen square, the bombing of the sari club in bali and Iraq wars

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Donald Bruce Dawe's Works:No Fixed Address (Cheshire, 1962) A Need of Similar Name (Cheshire, 1965) An Eye for a Tooth (Cheshire, 1968) Beyond the subdivisions : poems (Cheshire, 1969) Heat-Wave. Melbourne (Sweeney Reed, 1970) Condolences of the season : selected poems (Cheshire, 1971) Just a Dugong at Twilight: Mainly Light Verse (Cheshire, 1975) Sometimes Gladness: Collected Poems 1954-1978. (Longman Cheshire, 1978) Selected Poems. (London, Longman, 1984) Towards sunrise: poems 1979-1986 (Longman Cheshire, 1986) This side of silence : poems 1987-1990 (Longman Cheshire, 1990) Mortal instruments : poems 1990-1995 (Longman, 1995) A Poet's People. (South Melbourne, Addison Wesley Longman, 1998) The Headlong Traffic : Poems and Prose Monologues 1997 to 2002 (Longman, 2003) Sometimes Gladness: collected poems, 1954-2005, 6th Edition (Longman Cheshire, 2006)

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Donald Bruce Dawe's Works:No Fixed Address (Cheshire, 1962) A Need of Similar Name (Cheshire, 1965) An Eye for a Tooth (Cheshire, 1968) Beyond the subdivisions : poems (Cheshire, 1969) Heat-Wave. Melbourne (Sweeney Reed, 1970) Condolences of the season : selected poems (Cheshire, 1971) Just a Dugong at Twilight: Mainly Light Verse (Cheshire, 1975) Sometimes Gladness: Collected Poems 1954-1978. (Longman Cheshire, 1978) Selected Poems. (London, Longman, 1984) Towards sunrise: poems 1979-1986 (Longman Cheshire, 1986) This side of silence : poems 1987-1990 (Longman Cheshire, 1990) Mortal instruments : poems 1990-1995 (Longman, 1995) A Poet's People. (South Melbourne, Addison Wesley Longman, 1998) The Headlong Traffic : Poems and Prose Monologues 1997 to 2002 (Longman, 2003) Sometimes Gladness: collected poems, 1954-2005, 6th Edition (Longman Cheshire, 2006)

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Due to the depression, his family moved a lot which is explored throughout ‘Drifters’

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He was born in Fitzroy, Melbourne in 1930. 

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He was born in Fitzroy, Melbourne in 1930. 

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Dawe has recently wrote lyrics for the children's theatre play, Aesop's Fables, performed in Toowoomba. He also wrote the lyrics for the musical play, Muscle Dance, based on a polio crusader, Sister Elizabeth Kenny.

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In 1959 he joined The Royal Australian Air Force 

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In 1959 he joined The Royal Australian Air Force 

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Bruce served in the air force during the Vietnam War. He thinks communism is a 'disaster'. He is very against totalitarianism 

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Bruce served in the air force during the Vietnam War. He thinks communism is a 'disaster'. He is very against totalitarianism 

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His full name is Donald Bruce Dawe.

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He finds some of his subject matter for his poetry in newspapers.

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He finds some of his subject matter for his poetry in newspapers.

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Bruce led a march in Toowoomba, the Right to March, and ended up going to jail. The march was composed of mostly students from college

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Bruce led a march in Toowoomba, the Right to March, and ended up going to jail. The march was composed of mostly students from college

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