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March 26, 1866 – ? May 10, 1892 Stories and Essay Listing Within this area you will be able to read, and give your thoughts on the poetry listed. Please, if you find an error, let me know. Read More About Barcroft Boake below the list
About: Barcroft Henry Thomas Boake (March 26, 1866 – found dead May 10, 1892) was an Australian poet. Born in Sydney, Boake worked as a surveyor and a boundary rider in New South Wales and Queensland, but is best remembered for his poetry, a volume of which was published five years after his death. A sufferer of bipolar disorder, he is believed to have committed suicide. His body was found hanging by the neck eight days after he disappeared on May 2, 1892, from a stockwhip at Middle Harbour in Sydney. One writer on Boake's life has mentioned that the suicide took place during the 1891-93 depression when the poet was unable to find work, also noting that "it has been suggested that he killed himself for the love of one of the McKeahnie girls," sisters of the horseman Charlie McKeahnie.
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