Gordon! From the north-most cape, South to the Otway he is loved and known.' (1919 newspaper) 'Two things stand like stone,' he said— 'Courage and Kindness. Gallant Dead!' (Galloping shoes, 1922) Australia (poem) 'I have gathered verse-gold from her glory, Spell-bound in her emerald chains; I have stolen her heart for a story' (1899 newspaper) 'She has hidden each footprint of mine' (The collected sporting verse of Will H. Ogilvie, 1932) 'Arrayed against the Triple Powers' (From sunset to dawn, 1946) He occasionally assigned another title to an existing poem, such as The ploughman (in Hearts of gold (1903)) and The ploughman poet (1925, in an Australian newspaper). By 1950 the poet was still warmly described as 'one of Australia's greatest and most loved poets', and 'one of the last of the great poets of the 1900 era'. Ogilvie's work also went on to influence others, including 'a lifetime addiction' of his accounts by Australian architect Mary Turner Shaw (1906–1990), including his insights into stock movements in the Outback. Australian artist Hugh Sawrey (1919–1999) was also inspired by Paterson and Ogilvie, especially the affinity to horses and experiencing the droving life. Australian period After schooling, Ogilvie was sent to Australia in 1889 as a 'testing ground' by his father, returning to Scotland after a decade. He had a deep love of horses and riding and he became interested in the Outback. Setting out from Sydney in November 1890, before long he became an expert station hand, drover and horse breaker. Over his eleven years Ogilvie worked on several pastoral stations including: 'Belalie', north of the town of Enngonia on the Warrego River, north-west New South Wales, south of Barringun (from 1891, for 2.5 years); 'Maaoupe', north-west of Penola in south-east South Australia, as an overseer (1893); 'Gunningbland', near Parkes, New South Wales (1894); 'Nelungaloo', near Parkes, New South Wales; 'Genangie', at Peak Hill, Parkes/Forbes district of New South Wales; and 'Brindinyabba', near his first station of Belalie, between Enngonia, New South Wales, and Hungerford, Queensland (1900). It was a letter of introduction to Robert Scott's family that directed him to Belalie, to help friends of the family. It was here he received the inspiration to pen Fair girls and gray horses, based on Robert Scott's daughter Lynette, and a grey horse 'Loyal Heart' he bought from the local pound. The acclaimed poem was first penned on the stock route between