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A plaque from the former Minimay School, on the wall of the school library, commemorates poet John Shaw Neilson who attended the Minimay School.
John Shaw Neilson (22 February 1872 – 12 May 1942) was an Australian poet. Slightly built, for most of his life he worked as a labourer, fruit-picking, clearing scrub, navvying and working in quarries, and, after 1928, working as a messenger with the Country Roads Board in Melbourne. Largely untrained and only basically educated, Neilson became known as one of Australia's finest lyric poets, who wrote a great deal about the natural world, and the beauty in it.
Location
| Address: | Natimuk-Frances Road, Goroke P-12 College, Goroke, 3412 |
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| State: | VIC |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -36.715517 Long: 141.483697 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
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| Monument Type: | Plaque |
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| Monument Theme: | People |
| Sub-Theme: | Arts |
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| Link: | http://adb.anu.edu.au/ |
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