The Poetry Of Barcroft Boake

Barcroft Henry Thomas Boake was born on March 26th 1866 at Waterview Bay, Balmain in New South Wales, Australia. One of nine children, three who died in infancy, Barcroft was an active, enthusiastic child but fell early to worrying signs of depression. His father, had Barcroft educated privately. Between 8 to 9 he attended a school run by the Misses Cook at Milson's Point and then two years with Allen Hughan and his wife, friends of the family, in Noumea, where he also acquired a grounding in Fr