William Henry Ogilvie (21 August 1869 – 30 January 1963) was a Scottish-Australian narrative poet and horseman, jackaroo, and drover, and described as a quiet-spoken handsome Scot of medium height, with a fair moustache and red complexion.[1][2] He was also known as Will Ogilvie, by the pen names including 'Glenrowan' and the lesser 'Swingle-Bar', and by his initials, WHO.
Ogilvie was part of the trio of Australian bush poets, with Banjo Paterson (1864–1941) and Henry Lawson (1867–1922).[3][4][5][6][2] His Fair girls and gray horses (1896) was considered second only to Banjo Paterson's Man from Snowy River (1895).[7] A reader ballot in 1914 saw him placing seventh of Australia's twelve most favourite poets.[8][note 1]
Wearing the title of 'Universally acclaimed in Australia as a bush balladist of the "Outback"',[2] Will H. Ogilvie wrote over 1,100 poems, including A Scotch night, The Australian, Summer country, Kings of the earth, and Whaup o' the rede.
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