C. J. Dennis (7 September 1876 - 22 June 1938) was an Australian poet famous for his humorous poems, especially "The Sentimental Bloke", published in the early 20th century. September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years). ... 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... June 22 is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 192 days remaining. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Look up poetry in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the...

Born Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis in Auburn, South Australia. His father owned a hotel in Laura, and his mother suffered ill health, so Clarrie (as he was known) was raised initially by his great-aunts, then went away to school as a teenager. Auburn is the name of a small town in the southern edge of the Clare Valley, in the Mid North of South Australia. ... Emblems: Hairy Nosed Wombat (faunal); Sturts Desert Pea (floral); Opal (gemstone); Leafy Seadragon (marine) Motto: United for the Common Wealth Slogan or Nickname: Festival State Other Australian states and territories Capital Adelaide Government Governor Premier Const. ... Laura (33°11′ S 138°18′ E) is a rural town in the Mid North of South Australia, 15 km north of Gladstone along Main North Road and 40 km east of Port Pirie. ...

At the age of 19 he was employed as a solicitor's clerk. It was while he was working in this job that, like banker's clerk Banjo Paterson before him, his first poem was published. He later went on to publish in The Bulletin, as Paterson and Henry Lawson had also done. The three are often considered Australia's three most famous poets; though Dennis's work is less well known today, his 1916 publication of The Sentimental Bloke sold 65,000 copies in its first year, and by 1917 he was the most prosperous poet in Australian history. Andrew Barton Banjo Paterson (February 17, 1864 - April 5, 1941) was a famous Australian bush poet, journalist and author. ... Front cover of the Feburary 24, 2004 edition of The Bulletin The Bulletin is a weekly magazine, which has been published in Sydney, Australia since 1880. ... Image:Http://www. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ...

The Sentimental Bloke and numerous spin-offs published subsequently related the everyday adventures of the title character (name unknown), his girl Doreen, his friend Ginger Mick, and other characters. The poems are written in dialect, and present the Sentimental Bloke as a typical larrikin. A dialect (from the Greek word διάλεκτος, dialektos) is a variety of a language used by people from a particular geographic area. ... Larrikinism is the name given to the Australian folk tradition of irreverence, mockery of authority and disregard for rigid norms of propriety. ...

This ev'nin' I was sittin' wiv Doreen,

Peaceful an' 'appy wiv the day's work done,

Watchin', be'ind the orchard's bonzer green,

The flamin' wonder of the settin' sun.

Another day gone by; another night

Creepin' along to douse Day's golden light;

Another dawning when the night is gone,

To live an' love--an' so life mooches on.

(from "Songs of a Sentimental bloke")

The Sentimental Bloke was adapted as a stage play, a silent film of the same name, a sound film, and a musical over the following decades. In 1983, Australia Post featured the Sentimental Bloke on a series of stamps. A poetry prize named in Dennis's honour is presented regularly by the Premier of Victoria. A silent film is a film which has no accompanying soundtrack. ... The Sentimental Bloke (1919) is an Australian silent film based on the 1915 Australian poem The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke by C.J. Dennis. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Australia Post is the government-owned postal service of Australia. ... List of Premiers of Victoria Before the 1890s there was no formal party system in Victoria. ...

After Dennis's death at the age of 61, Joseph Lyons, the Prime Minister of Australia, described him as "the Robert Burns of Australia". Joseph Aloysius Lyons (15 September 1879 – 7 April 1939), Australian politician, tenth Prime Minister of Australia, was born in Stanley, Tasmania, the son of Irish immigrants. ... Judicial High Court Lower Courts Constitution State and territory governments Executive Governors and Administrators Premiers and Chief Ministers Legislative Parliaments and Assemblies State electoral systems ACT - NSW - NT - Qld. ... Wikisource has original text related to this article: Robert Burns Robert Burns, preeminent Scottish poet Burns redirects here. ...

Publications

• The Singular Experience of Six Sturdy Sportsmen (1895)
• Backblock Ballads and Other Verses (1913)
• Songs of a Sentimental Bloke (1915)
• The Moods of Ginger Mick (1916)
• The Glugs of Gosh (1917)
• Doreen (1917)
• Digger Smith (1918)
• Backblock Ballads and Later Verses (1918)
• Jim of the Hills (1919)
• A Book for Kids (1921) (reissued as Roundabout, 1935)
• Rose of Spadgers (1924)
• The Singing Garden (1935)

Shorter works were also published in a wide variety of Australian newspapers and magazines.

External links

• Works by C. J. Dennis at Project Gutenberg
• Australian Authors - C. J. Dennis
• CJ Dennis Prize for Poetry

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