Rex Ingamells, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetRex Ingamells
Early twentieth century Australian nationalist poet
Date of Birth: 19-Jan-1913
Place of Birth: Orroroo, South Australia, Australia
Date of Death: 30-Dec-1955
Profession: poet
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Rex Ingamells
- Reginald Charles (Rex) Ingamells (19 January 1913 – 30 December 1955) was an Australian poet, generally credited with being the leading light of the Jindyworobak Movement.Rex Ingamells was born in Orroroo, South Australia to a Methodist minister, and attended Port Lincoln High School, where he became interested in poetry.
- He later attended Prince Alfred College and the University of Adelaide.
- After a trip at the turn of the thirties, Ingamells became fascinated with Indigenous Australian culture, and became inspired to found the Jindyworobaks a few years later. In 1935, his first book Gum Tops was published.
- He died near Dimboola, Victoria in a car-crash in 1955.
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