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Xavier Herbert (Alfred Jackson) was born on 15 May, 1901 in Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia, is an Australian writer (1901–1984). Discover Xavier Herbert's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 83 years old?

Popular As Alfred Jackson
Occupation Author
Age 83 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 15 May, 1901
Birthday 15 May
Birthplace Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date of death 10 November, 1984
Died Place Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
Nationality Australia

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1901

Xavier Herbert (born Alfred Jackson; 15 May 1901 – 10 November 1984) was an Australian writer best known for his Miles Franklin Award-winning novel Poor Fellow My Country (1975).

He was considered one of the elder statesmen of Australian literature.

He is also known for short story collections and his autobiography Disturbing Element.

Herbert was born Alfred Jackson in Geraldton, Western Australia, in 1901, the illegitimate son of Amy Victoria Scammell and Benjamin Francis Herbert, a Welsh-born engine driver.

He was registered at birth as Alfred Jackson, son of John Jackson, auctioneer, with whom his mother had already had two children.

Before writing he worked many jobs in Western Australia and Victoria; his first job was in a pharmacy at the age of fourteen.

1923

He studied pharmacy at Perth Technical College and was registered as a pharmacist on 21 May 1923 as Alfred Xavier Herbert.

1930

Capricornia was in part based on Herbert's experiences as Protector of Aborigines in Darwin, though it was written in London between 1930 and 1932.

1935

He moved to Melbourne, and in 1935 enrolled at the University of Melbourne to study medicine.

He started his writing career writing short stories for the popular magazine and newspaper market, publishing under a range of pseudonyms, the most common being Herbert Astor.

1938

He did not publish his first book, Capricornia, until 1938.

1939

It won the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal for Australia's Best Novel of 1939.

1940

The 1940s and 1950s were a relatively lean time for Herbert in terms of publication.

1959

He released Seven Emus (1959).

1960

In the 1960s he published two books, before the release of Poor Fellow My Country (1975), as well as a short story collection.

Poor Fellow My Country is the longest Australian novel.

Herbert was well known for his outspoken views on indigenous issues.

He was a great champion of Aboriginal peoples, particularly those living in missions in Queensland and the Northern Territory.

In his personal life he was considered difficult, and his wife Sadie said it was a choice between having children and looking after Xavier.

Aware of his own mythology, he frustrated biographers by telling unreliable stories about his life and past.

1977

In 1977 the artist Ray Crooke painted a Portrait of Xavier Herbert followed in 1980 by a Portrait of Sadie Herbert.

Professor Emeritus Laurie Hergenhan discussed the story behind the creation of these artworks, and another portrait by Crooke of Sir Zelman Cowen, in "A Tale of Three Portraits."

1982

By 1982, the widowed Herbert was working on a new novel, "Me and My Shadow" and took a two-month tour of his birth state, Western Australia, in 1983 to gather material for the book.

1984

On 15 January 1984, at age 83, he left his home in Redlynch, Queensland for the last time to drive in his Landrover into the centre of the country, the Northern Territory.

He travelled 2,000 km to his destination: Alice Springs.

In June 1984, Herbert refused to accept an award of the Order of Australia from the Hawke government, on the grounds that it was a British Empire honour rather than a nationalist Australian one.

In September, Herbert was treated for skin grafts on his leg and carpal tunnel syndrome in Alice Springs, where he was visited by the artist Sidney Nolan and his wife Mary.

After his treatment, Herbert moved in temporarily with his doctor, Charles Butcher, and Butcher's family, where he would live for the remaining weeks of his life.

Herbert died on 10 November 1984 from kidney failure.

He was commemorated by the Prime Minister, Bob Hawke, as "a prodigiously committed Australian".

He was buried in Alice Springs, together with his wife's ashes, in a ceremony officiated by Aboriginal activist Pat Dodson in recognition of Herbert's long support for the rights of Aboriginal Australians.