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Recorder Vol. 2 No. 1 April 1966 Recorder ^ ^ MELBOURNE BRANCH AUSTRALIAN SOCtETy FOR THE STUDY OF LABOUR HISTORY Tol. 2 No» 1, EDITORIAL APRIL 1966 Editorial is at a minimum this month due to the long items on B. P. O'Dowd, Australias 'Poet Militant' and 'May Day'. We wanted to run both in the same issue when they were topical. A Meeting will be held on the 18th April, at 61 Hardware Street, City. Please help by being present. Ho fresh news from Canberra is to hand necessary to pass on. - Later items are C. J. Don, more on Ben Douglass, Second International British Trade Unionism, Prank Hyett, Melbourne T.H.O, Rules, founding dates of Unions & more in bibliographies. BERNARD PATRICK O'DO^iVD. The poet was born on 2I/I4/I866 and like the 'Grey Dreamer* Lawson and Daine Mary Gilmore was destined to couple literary deed with democratic politics. A valuable summation of the poets outlook is written by Harry Pearce and included at the end of this article. This is to summarise his political activities for future historians to develop on Nettie Palmers & Victor Kennedys' book. Born at Camp Hill, Beaufort, after k years the family moved to Snake Valley and at 10 years of age to Ballarat and at 17 years back to the family farm at Middle Creek negr Beaufort, Whilst at Ballarat he joined the C.Y.M. Society and was selected as one of three delegates to meet the Irish Rebels, John and William Recknond. This ung,uestionably inspired his sense of militantcy. He met Francis Longmore, the old democrat and land reformer, and maintained this association to the letter's death on I/5/I898 and kept notes of the ceremony at the graveside in St,Kilda Cemetary, ', ; During the period at Middle Creek he corresponded with Melboui"ne Spiritualists, eventually deserting the R.C. faith and probably Christianity, to become a secularist. He disposed of the 'Liberator' and attended and addressed secular meetings in Ballarat, cycling,or by train,the many miles to do so. Whilst attending these meetings he met and became a confidant 0^1 Thomas Bury, a searching critic imd writer of Tom Touchstone?s o.olumn in the 'Ballarat Courier' and Editor and Publisher of * Touchstone' a short lived journal first appearing on 7/12/1883. Bury made Ben Tillett's visit to Ballarat in I898 a sucaessful one and passed on about 6/II/I900, aged 70 years. O'Dowd rated his mentor with George Higinhotham and Longraore as a man of the people and democrat. Bury also introduced O'Dowd to Walt Whitman the U.S. poet who influenced O'Dowds suhseg^uent works. Whitman's letters to O'Dowd are in the State Library, Melbourne. \ : Having passed the 1st year and part 2nd year Arts Degree Course, he\ acce^pted in:I885 a public service position in the Crown Solicitor's Office, : At about this date he had already been noticed by Editor Archi bald of 'The Bulletin' as a promising writer of verse. He wrote under many, pen names and it is possible not all have; been identified. He truly became the 'Poet Militant' of innumerable " itetas for labor and radical papers and commemorative, of working class events. He joined the Australian Secular Association compiling the i - Lyce'um Tutor and possibly odd verses for the 'song sheet and lectured ' at intervals. - He followed his in-laws, the Fryers, in their dispute with Joseph Symes, who branded them all as ^uiarchists. O'Dowd's name ' does not appear In the records of the M.A.C. but it is true he retained great affection for Jack Andrew;s until the letter's death iii July I903. In 1887 he was transferred on 'loanh to the supreme Court Library as assistant-, and this somewhat eased the control normally existing over the political activities permitted to public servants. On 20/ij./l888 George Black (H.S.¥/.) presided .at a meeting in the Bourke Street-. Coffee Palace to found a Republic an; b.ody. 50 were in T attendance, 20 said to join and a committee of four (Messrs. Arden, Cookson, Furrow & O'Dowd) appointed to proceed further. The last named wrote a report for the 'Bulletin', and drafted a Constitution fon an 'Australian Democratic Federation' For lack of support the project was abandoned dt'the next meeting. ■ • * The Melbourne Progressive Lyceum, later the Melbourne Progress ive Spiritualistic Lyceum from 1888 to I897. v/as frequently addressed; by O'Dowd, both to adults and the childrens' class. '"our Country' and 'The Vastness of Nature' wefe given Uhder the hon-de-plume 'Minnesinger( He was also associated with the Australian Church of Dr. Charles Strong, the foundation stone had been laid by sir Yf.J.Clark on 19/3/1887, and gave an apt address to the Church Litefary Club - 'Australian Democracy, The Poets Duty', In October I889 he married Evangalene Fryer at North Melbourne after a delay caused by his studiet'. for his degree. This was awarded April I890. He later secured his Bachej-or of Laws in March 1895. In that year also he vms a member of the Richmond Progressive Lyceum (W.A.G'lemenaon, Hono Sec,) and gave addresses. About 1890j he was Chairman of the National University Union formed to secure evening classes at the Melbourne University,, and his later colleague J.B.Castieau, was Secretary and Treasurer. Dr. strong had established the Collingwood Working Mens' Club on ^/8/l890 using the funds from a previous similar venture in Melb ourne, O'Dowd was a member. Through these years he was also writing and indexing legal works on commission from other authors. This year he also compiled a booklet on 'Tom Paine'. During the years 1889-1895 be conducted a Speakers Class at 21 Elizabeth Street, of which Jim Hartigan (a friend since O'Dowd's severe typhoid illness)_G. Fletcher, Wm. Brovm, R.Houston, J. McDonald, Thos, Reilly, J.WoFleming and Hodgkiss were members, this became a Sunday morning Reading Class in 1895, indulging itself in Garlyle's 'Revolution' and Milton's 'Paradise Lost',. He had also become a member of the Boobooks and other litersiry societies and in 1890 had [joined the Australian Natives Association whilst at North Carlton and continued this through his years at Essendon, In 1891 he was nominated by Chief Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ahern, to the Doric Club but resigned from this on 10/2/1893. He was also a member of the Peace, Humanity and Arbitration Society of Victoria betv/een 1891-1902 of which Rev, Pro. Rentoul was President and Dr. W« Malcney M.L.Ac was Treasurer. The Melbourne Democratic Club was formed in April 1887 on the suggestion of T.H.Roper (probably TcO.Roper, architect of the HalL of Science) and in 1892 O'Dowd offered to form a Literary Class in the Club. He remained a member until 1897. In 1886 a body known later in I892 as the Law Students Society was formed.- B, O'D was a meniber. In June 189b; "the University Philosophy Society was formed and O'Dowd lectured on a typical topic 'Philosophy & Democracy'. In spite of his sometimes adverse opinion of Champion, he never theless co-operated in several ways and in 1895 wrote 'Vivisection' for 'The Champion'. In I895 The North Melbourne Branch, Liberal and Labour Party of Victoria had launched the North Melbourne Workingraens' Club. O'Dowd was a Ccprnmitteeman, On the arrival of the Dominions Royal Commission regarding an Australian Constitution, ho greeted them with the poem 'A Welcome', The father of James Service, a Bo.ptist Minister, had given Sunday evening addresses for some 6 months and from this idea arose the Free Discussion Society, formed I8/10/I870, which remained a feature of Melbourne for many years. -4- and again in OctoberO'Dowd I9OI was did invited so. He to probably speak on was the alfo'Tocnite a Revolntlnn' the ISOT^^Mqv^nv ZiVi indignation reported him marching in Robertson M.A. a former Inspector of Schools condactad a private school close to O'DoT/d's residence in Moonee Ponds and a writer on currency and monetary matters. They v/ere close confidantso between^l890^Sd^l8qft teen seeking to establish the movement springs.rav.• O'Dowd lo90jwas probably J.R.Davies closely and Dr„identified W.Malonev alsl M.L A werp" mnin-. A long chain of defunct democratic papers would P"reet ambit— not deterred. The Poosin PuhlfshrS^ OoIpISy.Tom^d a?a^ H^h A^OThetr?threCorbett (three public servants)2/10/1897. acted asO'Dowd, joint EditorsJ.B.Oastieaa f?nnPiLionel ;Lindaay, t Edward Dyson,Findley Victor the J.Daley, production Henry side, Lawson Norman Randnlnh Ld regular iSSbut^nn'"'contributxons and the^^°C!ay, success Sydney of theJephcott journal and was others assuredo proviLd Pi^ley called O'Dowd 'Bernard the Great' and there is no question of the part played by him in the first yearso Besides pars, he v/rote under non-de~plumes verse for the cages and many descriptive of his own thoughtso expelled from Parliament for the article Edward Vll caused O'Dowd to retire from his ?le^,° journal, tether he or Rogers was responsible is not too ■7), i-h^m commenced with the announcement of a platform of wnnifiaid have emanatedi fromeconomic 0 Dowd's and industrialfertile mind. reform and many of these . suggestion was quickly launched for the establishment of a o?®? Lorn? and^ followed shortly(12/11/1897) by others the Northat Central, Carlton Footscray and Williarastown. ' n'-n^.
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