H. E. Horne (9 works by) (a.k.a. Henry Edwin Horne )
Also writes as: Acacia
Born: Established: 8 Sep 1872 Bibbenluke ; Died: 14 Jul 1955 Bondi
Gender: Male
Horne's patriotic songs: A Song for the Bridge (1932) ...set to music by H.F. Treharne...sung by 12,000 school children at SCG during Bridge Week (!) - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28035187 A Song of Welcome (1934)...sung by school children during Duke of Glouceste's visit...set to music by H.F. Treharne Ode (1938)...set to music by H.F. Treharne and Christian Hellem - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17433606 ...per one newspaper hit Horne also evidently wrote the words for a song sung by school children in 1928 for the Captain Cook bi-centenary...ditto the opening of the new Parliament House in Canberra in 1927... - rt 31/7/12.

BiographyHistory

Horne was a schoolteacher, grazier and politician. He entered the New South Wales Department of Public Instruction in 1887, initially as a pupil teacher at Bombala, after which he was transferred to Coolah Bridge, where he remained until 1899. He then took up a grazing property at Leadville, near Dunedoo. Horne served as the Labor Member for Liverpool Plains, in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, from 1907 until his controversial resignation in 1911. He was subsequently elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council, where he served as a National, UAP, and Liberal Party member from 1917 until his death in 1955.

During the 1920s and 1930s, Horne wrote the words to a number of patriotic songs which were performed by New South Wales school children at official events. 'A Song for the Bridge' was performed by 12,000 children at the Sydney Cricket Ground in 1932, during celebrations to mark the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Awards

1943 winner for body of work Meanjin Papers Clerihew Competition Summer
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