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He was born in Navan, County Meath , Ireland , and was educated at the Christian Brothers at Devonport in England. He arrived in Australia in 1878, and became a freelance journalist and writer in both Melbourne and Sydney . Whilst in Melbourne, he met and became a friend of Marcus Clarke ; later, in Sydney, he became acquainted with Henry Kendall . He is notable for becoming the first author in Australia who tried to earn a living from writing alone. He died at Sydney, of Tuberculosis .

He used the Pseudonym Creeve Roe, as well as his own name. His ''Poems'' (1908) and other collections were published posthumously.

A memoir of Daley by Bertram Stevens was published in ''Wine and Roses''.

Daley serves chiefly as an example of the Celtic Twilight in Australian verse. He also serves as a lyrical alternative to his contemporary bush balladists.


BIBLIOGRAPHY

  • ''At Dawn and Dusk'' (1898)

  • ''Wine and Roses'' (1911)

  • ''Creeve Roe'' (1947)



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