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Philip Durham Lorimer Philip Durham Lorimer i(A35834 works by) (a.k.a. Philip Lorimer; Philip D. Lorimer; P.D. Lorimer; P.D.L.)
Also writes as: Old Phil the Poet
Born: Established: 3 Jun 1843 Chennai,
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India,
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South Asia, South and East Asia, Asia, ; Died: Ceased: 5 Nov 1897 Parramatta, Parramatta area, Sydney, New South Wales,
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1861
Heritage: Scottish
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BiographyHistory

Arriving in Australia at the age of seventeen, Philip Lorimer went overlanding in Queensland for several years. From 1870-1884 he worked in Sydney, then took to the bush, wandering through New South Wales and Victoria, repaying hospitality by writing verses. He was known to many as 'Old Phil the Poet'. After his death his sister commissioned a volume of his poems, with a biographical sketch by E. A. Petherick.

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