Born
in 1932 during the Australian great depression era, Charlee
Marshall applied his primary and secondary school education
to forge a career as a respected school teacher around
the central Queensland region of Rockhampton and the Callide
Valley.
In later years he settled
onto a piece of virgin scrub near Thangool in central Queensland
and turned his hand to dairy farming.
Charlee
was a gifted athlete and cricketer, and his exploits on
and off the cricket field are well known. He played representative
cricket fixtures, and his bowling aggregate record in Queensland
Country Vs Brisbane City annual cricket carnival remains
unbroken to this day.
Since
publishing his first novel "I Couldn't Bowl For Laughin'
" in 1988, Charlee became renowned for his bush verse
and his live recitations. Twice he was acclaimed the Australian
National Bush Verse Champion.
Charlee
is recognised on the Australian Bush Poet's Wall Of Fame
in the famous Longyard Hotel in Tamworth, at which venue
he performed for many years during the 10 day Australian
Country Music Festival held each year in January.
Charlee
Marshall passed away on 1st September 1995 at the age of
63. He is survived by his wife Beryl and four children.
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