E. A. Daly (31 works by) (a.k.a. Edward Arthur Daly )
Also writes as: Poor Daly ; E. A. D.
Born: Established: ca. 1849 Ireland ; Died: Oct 1935 Brisbane
Alt writing name from LinQ Vol. 9 No 3 1981 p 151. JK 17/2/04 Alt writing name 'E. A. D'...Although as yet I have no conclusive evidence, it seems likely that E. A. Daly wrote The Queenslander stories that appeared under the inials 'E. A. D.'...these works involve horse breaking and other themes which were prominent in Daly's works. As with a number of other writers, Daly probably began writing under their initials, but then switched to using his/her name ...in 1893 'E. A. D'. appears to have been at Caboolture...the 'Notices to Correspondents' column in The Queenslander 29 July 1893 (p. 203) includes a reply to 'E. A. D'. of Caboolture : 'Your story is accepted with thanks. We shall be glad to hear from you again'...and there was another reply re 'Daisy Darling' in the same column of 26 August 1893 (p. 394)...- rt 4/9/06. Daly also wrote a number of articles (prose) which appeared in The Queenslander : eg. 'The Australian Sheep Dog', The Queenslander, 11 August 1894 (p. 251) ; 18 August 1894 (p. 303)...I also remember seeing a ?series of articles Daly wrote on his experiences in South Africa during the Boer War, which appeared in The Queenslander ? in the early 1900s...as yet this part of The Queenslander has not been indexed - rt 18/10/06. Daly was an occasional contributor to Christmas issues of the North Queensland Register in the very early 1900s - LinQ Vol. 9 No 3 1981 p 151. JK 17/2/04

BiographyHistory

E.A. Daly was the third son of solicitor Charles John Daly and his wife Maria (nee O'Neill), of Springvale (near Kanturk), County Cork, Ireland. Little is known of Daly's early life, however some of his short stories suggest that he spent a period at sea. He probably arrived in Australia during the 1880s, and then spent a decade or more working as a horse breaker and drover, before managing cattle stations in North and Central Queensland. During the Boer War he served in the 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry. He spent his later years at Yeronga, in Brisbane. Further biographical details remain to be established.