Stephen Whiteside Stephen Whiteside i(A28328 works by)
Born: Established: 1955 ;
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

Stephen Whiteside is a bush poet, author and performer. In the early 1990s he began writing rhyming verse for children and was extensively published in the New South Wales School Magazine. The ABC published some of the poems on audio-cassette of Australian stories and poems for children.

His poems have received awards from the Grenfell Henry Lawson competition; the Nimbin Poetry Competition; the Bronze Swagman Competition; Jackie Hosking's competition for rhyming poetry or verse stories for children ('Raspberry Rain', 2017; 'The Big Green Square and the Little Red Dot', 2014).

In 1983, he self-published an audiocasette collection of poems and songs, Back Door Ballads.

Whiteside is a GP in Melbourne.


In addition to works individually indexed on AustLit, Whiteside has also published non-fiction articles in the School Magazine and other periodicals, including the following:

  • 'Set Sail for Summer', Orbit, 92.9 (Oct. 2007): 297-301.
  • 'How the Whales Were Saved at Crowdy Head', Habitat Australia (Oct. 1985): 22-23.
  • 'A World "First" for Australia in Keeping Whales and Dolphins Free', Habitat Australia (Apr. 1986): 12-14.
  • 'Coming to the Rescue: Saving Stranded Whales in Australia', Habitat Australia (Oct, 1987): 11-15.
  • 'A Hotline to the Dolphin World', Habitat Australia (Aug. 1988): 28-30.
  • 'Resue of Stranded Whales in Australia', Whalewatcher (Winter 1988): 4-7.
  • 'Operation Whale-savers', Challenger 5 (1985): 24-25.

In Trad&Now, the folk magazine, he published a sequence of articles on Australian folk music. Those that relate to specific Australian poems are individually indexed. Others include the following:

  • '"Gum Tree Canoe" Is Not about Eucalypts', Trad&Now, 147 ((2022): 6.

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2019 highly commended The Bronze Swagman Award for Bush Verse for 'Winter on Mount Stirling'.
2018 highly commended Toolangi C.J. Dennis Poetry Award Open Poetry for 'My Herald Stuff'.
2017 winner Toolangi C.J. Dennis Poetry Award Adults Writing for Children (As Judged by Children) for 'The Fart from Snowy River'.

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon The Billy That Died With Its Boots On and Other Australian Verse Newtown : Walker Books Australia , 2014 7476002 2014 selected work poetry children's

'With galloping rhythm and snappy rhyme, Stephen Whiteside's read-aloud poems portray the Australian outdoors, sporting life and animals, as well as the domestic world of the average Aussie kid - with the odd dinosaur and Martian thrown in for good measure. Includes "The Sash", winner of the Golden Gumleaf (Children's Poem of the Year), Australian Bush Laureate Awards, 2013.' (Publication summary)

2015 winner Australian Bush Laureate Awards Book of the Year
Only Six Years 2013 single work short story
— Appears in: Award Winning Bush Verse & Stories 2013 2013; (p. 169-171)
2012 winner Toolangi C.J. Dennis Poetry Award Open Section
Henry's Ecstacy 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: Award Winning Bush & Verse Stories 2012 2012; (p. 172-174)
2010 winner Grenfell Henry Lawson Festival of Arts Awards Award for Verse Verse Class 2 : Humorous, Australian Theme
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