James McAuley

James Phillip McAuley (12 October 1917 – 15 October 1976) was an Australian poet who also composed hymns. He was a Catholic whose hymns were used in Catholic liturgy and now by other denominations. McAuley was born in Lakemba, Sydney. His first book of verse, Under Aldebaran, was published in 1946. He died of liver cancer in Hobart.

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List of poets from Oceania
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