Bernard O'Dowd

Bernard O'Dowd
O'Dowd near age 38
O'Dowd near age 38
BornBernard Patrick O'Dowd
(1866-04-11)11 April 1866
Beaufort, Victoria
Died1 September 1953(1953-09-01) (aged 87)
Melbourne, Victoria
OccupationPoet, activist, lawyer and journalist
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAustralian
Years active1888–1953
Caricature, David Low, 1919.

Bernard Patrick O'Dowd (11 April 1866 – 1 September 1953) was an Australian poet, activist, lawyer, and journalist. He worked for the Victorian colonial and state governments for almost 50 years, first as an assistant librarian at the Supreme Court in Melbourne, and later as a parliamentary draughtsman.[1]

  1. ^ "Bernard O'Dowd 1866–1953 by P.D. Gardner" (history), P.D. Gardner & Joe Toscano, 1 October 2002, webpage: Takver-O'Dowd.