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Bob Magor Bob Magor i(A35592 works by) (a.k.a. R. G. Magor; Robert Glanville Magor)
Born: Established: 1946 Myponga, Myponga - Cape Jervis area, Fleurieu Peninsula - Lake Alexandrina, South Australia, ;
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

Bob Magor spent his childhood in the area around Myponga, South Australia. He left school at the age of fifteen, then spent about twenty-five years working on his family's sheep property. In 1970 he set up a dairy and spent seventeen years as a dairy farmer before having 'a personality clash with dairy cattle'. In 1989 he leased the dairy, while continuing to breed sheep and cattle, and eventually closed it in 2000.

Magor's first work was released at Tamworth Country Music festivals in the early 1990s, where he became a regular presenter in his chosen category of Bush Verse and Humorous Stories. He now spends approximately six months on the farm and six months travelling, performing and entertaining. He has made CD recordings of selections from of his books.

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2016 winner The Bronze Swagman Award for Bush Verse for 'The Bank's Bottom Line'.
2014 highly commended The Bronze Swagman Award for Bush Verse for 'The Sheepdog Trial'.
2012 winner Australian Bush Laureate Awards Single Recorded Performance of the Year for First Date

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon The Exodus And Other Verse Myponga : Bob Magor , 2005 Z1266262 2005 selected work poetry
2007 winner Australian Bush Laureate Awards Book of the Year
Broome Dreaming i "When the Broome sun drowns in twilight", 2000 single work poetry
— Appears in: Caravanning Bliss and Other Verses 2000; The Bronze Swagman Award : Celebrating 40 Years of Bush Verse 1972-2011 2011; (p. 101-103)
2000 winner The Bronze Swagman Award for Bush Verse
y separately published work icon Caravanning Bliss and Other Verses Myponga : Bob Magor , 2000 Z1264430 2000 selected work poetry humour
2002 winner Australian Bush Laureate Awards Album of the Year
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