R. J. Cassidy
{{Short description|Australian poet R. J. Cassidy}}
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{{Infobox writer
| name = R. J. Cassidy
| birth_name = Robert John Cassidy
| birth_date = 1880
| birth_place = Coolac, New South Wales
| death_date = {{death date and age|1948|09|26|1880|||df=y}}
| death_place = Bondi Junction, New South Wales
| occupation = poet
| language = English
| nationality = Australian
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| years_active = 1902-1941
| image = R. J. Cassidy.png
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R. J. (Bob) Cassidy (1880–1948) was an Australian poet who was born in Coolac, New South Wales.{{cite web|title= R. J. Cassidy |publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A6527|accessdate= 8 August 2023}}
Working life
After contributing poems and prose to a number of Sydney newspapers Cassidy joined the staff of The Australian Worker in 1908. He later left that paper for the Barrier Truth in Broken Hill, before finally returning to The Australian Worker in 1908.The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature edited by Wilde, Hooton and Andrews, 2nd edition, p147 He wrote for the paper under his own name and under that of his major pseudonym, "Gilrooney".[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article146246243 The Passing of R. J. Cassidy] The Australian Worker 29 September 1948 page 3
Cassidy was one of the founding members of New South Wales Artists' and Writers' Association, which later joined forces with the Australian Journalists' Association in 1909.
Cassidy died on 26 September 1948 at his home in Bondi Junction{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article146246243 |title=The Passing of R. J. Cassidy |newspaper=The Australian Worker |volume=57 |issue=39 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=29 September 1948 |accessdate=4 September 2024 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |date=27 September 1948 |title=Family Notices |page=10 |newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald |issue=34,560 |location=New South Wales, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18086132 |accessdate=13 August 2023 |via=National Library of Australia}} and was buried in the Catholic section of Waverley Cemetery.{{cite news |date=28 September 1948 |title=Family Notices |page=12 |newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald |issue=34,561 |location=New South Wales, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18086297 |accessdate=13 August 2023 |via=National Library of Australia}} His wife died in 1952.{{Citation | author1=Australian Journalists' Association. 133898 55561bbf-0e65-59cf-8678-8b0e5c9a519f | title=Writers Pay Tribute To Lucy Cassidy (1 September 1952) | journal=The Journalist | publication-date=1952-09-01 | publisher=Australian Journalists' Association | issue=September 1952 | pages=2 | issn=0022-5584}}
Bibliography
= Novels =
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- The Land of the Starry Cross and Other Verses (1911) — poetry{{cite web|title= Austlit - The Land of the Starry Cross and other Verses by R. J. Cassidy |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C380259|access-date= 8 August 2023}}
- The Gypsy Road and Other Fancies (1919) — poetry and short stories{{cite web|title= Austlit - The Gypsy Road and Other Fancies by R. J. Cassidy |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C161999|access-date= 8 August 2023}}
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