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In 1946 a bronze sculpture of the poet was commissioned for the opening of the
Footscray Children's Library in Buckley Street. The sculpture, by Wallace Anderson, is still on display at the Footscray Library in Paisley Street. The
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to stay with friends. His literary pension was now increased to £2 a week. Soon after his return to
Melbourne his health began to fail, and he died of heart disease at a private hospital on 12 May 1942. He was buried in the
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and other pests, receiving little reward for his labours. He died in 1922, having lived just long enough to see his son accepted as an
Australian poet. He himself had written verses; one song,
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Stephens which stated that some of the work was "unsurpassed in the range of English lyrics". It was well received, and in 1923, with the help of
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Neilson visited Melbourne and met many of the literary people of the period. Now in his 50s and not a robust man he was beginning to feel the strain of physical work.
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Victoria. There was no school at Minimay then, but four years later one was opened and Neilson attended for another 15 months. There was, however, a Bible and a tattered copy of
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pension; and eventually in 1928 a position was found for him as an attendant in the office of the Victorian Country Roads Board. This office was directly opposite the
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in 1889, and was employed as a farm worker and on the roads. His son soon after began to write verses of which some appeared in the local press and one in
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The Autobiography of John Shaw Neilson, introduction by Nancy Keesing
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delayed it further; and it was not issued until 1919, when the title
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Some Poems of John Shaw Neilson: Selected and With Wood-Engravings
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Since 2005 the Penola Coonawarra Arts Festival have hosted the
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John Shaw Neilson: Poetry, Autobiography, and Correspondence
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The Folly of Spring: A Study of John Shaw Neilson's Poetry
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Green Days and Cherries: The Early Verse of Shaw Neilson
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Poet's Market '97: Where and How to Publish Your Poetry
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468:Cemetery near Melbourne.
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