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Charles Harpur Print Page 
The bicentennial plaques commemorate Charles Harpur (1813 - 1868) who was born in Windsor, New South Wales in 1813, who is regarded as an important colonial poet. The grave was also restored as a Bicentennial Project.
In 1858 he was appointed Gold Commissioner for Araluen and Braidwood. He bought a farm of 500 acres at Eurobodalla and commuted. His appointment as Gold Commissioner coming to an end in 1866, Harpur returned to Eurobodalla full-time and tried his hand at farming again. He was hard-pressed for money and disastrous floods made matters worse. In 1867 his son was killed. This was a terrible shock to him, one from which he did not recover. In June 1868, Charles Harpur died, leaving his widow and remaining children an unemcumbered farm, a well-furnished home and no debts. He was buried on the `Euroma` property next to his son.
His works are a celebration of the Australian landscape and provide important insights into contemporary attitudes towards national identity, Aborigines, women, education, religion, and love.
Location
| Address: | Nerrigundah Mountain & Eurobodalla Roads, Eurobodalla, 2545 |
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| State: | NSW |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -36.139122 Long: 149.981022 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Plaque |
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| Monument Theme: | People |
| Sub-Theme: | Arts |
| Link: | http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/adbonli… |
Dedication
| Approx. Monument Dedication Date: | 1988 |
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Plaque :
Australia
1788 -1988
Charles Harpur
1813 - 1868
Australia’s first native born poet
‘With her green forest round me, above her blue sky,
I lap in thy measures some national dream
And I find that our songs, though un studies, are high,
When the glory of Future Australia’s the theme...’
from ‘To the Lyre of Australia’
Plaque :
Australia
1788 - 1988
Charles Harpur grave restoration
A project funded by the Local Government Bicentennial Initiatives Grants Program.
