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Duke Tritton Duke Tritton i(A8216 works by) (birth name: Harold Percival Croydon Tritton) (a.k.a. H.P. Tritton; Harold Percy Tritton)
Born: Established: 3 Oct 1886 Five Dock, Drummoyne - Concord area, Sydney Inner West, Sydney, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 17 May 1965 Darlinghurst, Kings Cross area, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

Harold, or 'Duke', Tritton was 'discovered' by Nancy Keesing (q.v.) when she and Douglas Stewart (q.v.) were searching for material for the Old Bush Songs anthology. Stewart has suggested that Tritton may have learned his style, in part, from Henry Lawson (q.v.), with whom he once had a day-long 'quiet session' in the Miner's Arms at Mudgee, New South Wales. Tritton was a bushman (shearer, miner, fencer, farmer) and later a timber carter in Sydney.

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