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E. M. Kelsall E. M. Kelsall i(A26710 works by) (a.k.a. 'Mick' Kelsall; Ernest Michael Kelsall)
Born: Established: 1913 Eden, Eden area, Far South Coast, South Coast, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

E. M. Kelsall grew up in Echuca and worked in the Echuca/Moama district primarily as a bargee on the Murray River. Living in retirement at Blairgowrie, Victoria, Kelsall took up the challenge of writing his life story after years of telling the yarns of rivermen and bushmen to his family. To assist in the writing process, Kelsall joined a writing class on the Mornington Peninsula. Kelsall's love of rivers and riverboats also finds it way into his paintings.

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Notes

  • Some sources give 1910 as Kelsall's date of birth, however in his autobiography, A Riverman's Story, he says 3 September 1913 was when he 'took my first breath and yelled'.

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon A Riverman's Story Melbourne : Lothian , 1986 Z365874 1986 single work autobiography The author describes his bush boyhood and early manhood in the Echuca district. He worked as a bargee, labourer and timber-getter along the Murray River during the Depression, and relates the poverty, ingenuity and eccentricity of migrant tomato pickers and many other rural 'battlers'.
1987 winner Braille Book of the Year Award
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