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William Neville "Bill" Scott OAM (4 October 1923 – 22 December 2005) was an Australian author, folklorist, songwriter, poet and a collector of bush ballads and Australian folk history.〔Jam article〕 He has published anthologies of Australian bush songs, including the best selling book ''The Complete Book of Australian Folklore'' published in 1976. He was awarded the Order of Australia in 1992〔Honour roll〕 for his contributions to folklore, folk music and Australian literature. He was considered a living treasure〔Legacy article, Scott〕 and his anthologies of songs and his donated collections continue his legacy. ==Childhood and early career== Bill Scott was born in Bundaberg, Queensland, and grew up in Caboolture and Brisbane.〔 He began writing poetry while serving in the Royal Australian Navy during World War II, and had his first poem published in ''The Bulletin'' in 1944 when he was twenty-one.〔 After the war he traveled around Queensland working as a sugar cane cutter, umbrella maker,〔Obit, Folklore〕 steam-engine driver, and gold-prospector.〔 He was also a worker in the smelters of Mount Isa, and a seaman on a lighthouse tender in the 1950s before working at a publishing house.〔〔ABC Sunday〕 Starting in 1974 he wrote full-time. In 1976 he compiled ''The Complete Book of Australian Folklore'', a book that has been in print almost continuously ever since.〔 He also edited and compiled ''The Second Penguin Australian Songbook''.〔ABC Sunday〕 Scott completed 51 books of prose and poetry,〔 and is renowned as a collector and writer of Australian folk stories and songs.〔 He also wrote novels, short stories, verse, biographies, magazine articles, anthologies and songs, with some of his poetry and short stories anthologised in various collections.〔 Late in life he moved from Brisbane to Warwick in the Darling Downs, where he spent his last 18 years of life. He wrote long letters "full of stories, news, ideas and weather reports from his beloved Condamine River".〔 He shared little gifts, tapes, books and even a rock of smoky quartz from the Snowy Mountains, as a reminder of his prospecting days, with friends.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bill Scott (author)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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