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Keith Lethbridge Keith Lethbridge i(A55966 works by) (a.k.a. Cobber)
Born: Established: 1946 ;
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

Keith Lethbridge is a member of the Western Australian Bush Poets and Yarn Spinning Association and has travelled and worked throughout Australia in various occupations. He won the Perth's Poets Cup on Australia Day 1996 with his poem 'The Legend of Mother McQ.'

Lethbridge is the author of Call up a Storm : A Guide for Australian Square Dance Callers [1984] and has been the researcher, narrator and director of a documentary videorecording Nyawa Kulila Wangka = Look, Listen, Speak, that examined Broadcasting for Remote Aboriginal Community Scheme (BRACS), an indigenous media network using satellite re-transmission and local broadcasting equipment to record and promote Aboriginal culture.

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2020 runner-up The Bronze Swagman Award for Bush Verse for 'Crocodiles'.
2018 winner Country Energy Tamworth Bush Poetry Competition Original for 'The Legend of Mother McQ'.
2018 winner Country Energy Tamworth Bush Poetry Competition Established

Awards for Works

Gallipoli i "They came from the south and the great nor' west", 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bronze Swagman Award : Celebrating 40 Years of Bush Verse 1972-2011 2011; (p. 136-138)
2009 winner The Bronze Swagman Award for Bush Verse
A Dog without Fleas i "I wake in the morning to nature's sweet chorus,", 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bronze Swagman Award : Celebrating 40 Years of Bush Verse 1972-2011 2011; (p. 127-128)
2006 runner-up The Bronze Swagman Award for Bush Verse
y separately published work icon Damper and Tea : Bush Verse Armadale : Keith Lethbridge , 2000 Z1137950 2000 selected work poetry
2001 finalist Australian Bush Laureate Awards Book of the Year
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