Remembered as "the last of the bush balladists", Edward Phillip Harrington (1895-1966) was also a poet of remarkable range. Born in Shepparton, Ted was a veteran of the 4th Light Horse Brigade who took part in the legendary mounted Charge at Beersheba in 1917, Harrington earned acclaim as a "Digger Poet". Yet he was equally skilled at capturing city life in poems such as "The Derelicts" and celebrating beautiful places as seen in his "Mallacoota".