Robert Crawford (29 October 1868 – 13 January 1930) was an Australian poet.
Biography and career Crawford was born in the Sydney suburb of Doonside in what was in then the Colony of New South Wales, the son of Robert Crawford senior, and was educated at The King's School, Parramatta, and the University of Sydney. Crawford is believed to have been the first prize-winning haiku poet published in Australia, in The Bulletin on 12 August 1899.Haiku history in Australia
In 1904, Lyric Moods:Various Verses, was published in Sydney. An enlarged edition was later published in Melbourne retitled simply Lyric Moods (1909).
Crawford died at Lindfield, New South Wales on 13 January 1930.
Poetry collections
Lyric Moods: Various Verses (1904) Lyric Moods (1909) The Leafy Bliss (1921)
References
External links 'Lyric Moods' at the National Library of Australia