Happy Birthday!

Australian poet

Bernard Patrick O'Dowd

was born 4/11/1866
(d. Sept 2, 1953)

According to Encyclopaedia Britaenicae, he was solely responsible for the demise of traditional Australian balladry.

(I haven't a clue what that means.)

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