Randolph Bedford
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Randolph Bedford (July 28, 1868 - July 7, 1941) was Australian poet, novelist (True Eyes and the Whirlwind; Snare of Strength; Aladdin and the Boss Cockie), short story writer ('Fourteen Fathoms by Quetta Rock'; 'The Language of Animals') and politician. With Australian authors Henry Lawson and Victor Daley et al, he was a member of the elite Dawn and Dusk Club.
He worked for a time on Argus (Broken Hill, NSW), and The Age, Melbourne. Much of his poetry appeared in The Bulletin. In 1917 he entered the Queensland Legislative Council, on a platform to secure its abolition (which occurred in 1922). He was later elected as Labor candidate to the Legislative Assembly for Warrego, a seat which he held until his resignation in 1937 to contest the Maranoa seat for the federal House of Representatives. He was defeated, but was again elected to his old seat in the Legislative Assembly.
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