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Ian Mayelston Mudie (1911–1976)
Ian Mayelston Mudie (1911-1976), poet, was born on 1 March 1911 at Hawthorn, Adelaide, younger child of South Australian-born parents Henry Mayelston Mudie, bank accountant, and his second wife Gertrude Mary, née Wurm. Ian was educated (1920-26) at Scotch College, Adelaide, but showed more interest in extra-curricular reading than in study and left without gaining his Leaving certificate. At the office of the registrar-general, Adelaide, on 30 October 1934 he married Renee Dunford Doble. From...