Robert Henderson Croll

thumb| Robert Henderson Croll (5 January 1869 – 18 October 1947) was an Australian writer, poet, bushwalker, and public servant. Quotes Whalers, damper, swag and nosebag, Johnny-cakes and billy-tea, Murrumburrah, Meremendicoowoke, Yoularbudgeree, Cattle-duffers, bold bushrangers, diggers, drovers, bush race-courses, And on all the other pages horses, horses, horses, horses. "Australia (In Contemporary Literature)", in Bookfellow, no. 5 (31 May 1899), p. 21 As I came over Livingstone    The day was like a flame, But suddenly I saw below, Far and far and far below, The shining roofs of Omeo,    And said its singing name. "Omeo and Out Again (A Christmas Outing)", in The Open Road in Victoria: Being the Ways of Many Walkers, 2nd ed. (Melbourne: Robertson & Mullens Ltd., 1928) They ain't no blooming angels    And they ain't no blackguards, too, But simply human beings    Most remarkable like you. Paraphrasing Kipling's "Tommy", in Wide Horizons: Wanderings in Central Australia, 2nd ed. (1937), ch. 17 See also Blamire Young External links Category:1869 births Category:1947 deaths Category:Poets from Australia Category:Authors from Australia Category:Short story writers from Australia