| Arthur Bayldon | |
| Birth Name: | Arthur Albert Dawson Bayldon |
| Birth Date: | 20 March 1865 |
| Birth Place: | Leeds, Yorkshire, England |
| Death Date: | 26 September 1958 |
| Death Place: | Randwick, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | writer |
| Language: | English |
| Nationality: | English/Australian |
| Years Active: | 1887 - 1932 |
Arthur Bayldon (20 March 1865 – 26 September 1958)[1] was an English-born Australian poet.
Bayldon was born in 1865, at Leeds, England, and was educated at Leeds Grammar School.[2] He emigrated to the Colony of New South Wales in 1889 prior to which he had travelled extensively in Europe. He was an excellent swimmer, and drew much attention to a stroke of his own invention — underwater on his back, with legs and arms bound.[3] He was literary critic for The Bulletin, and as a bush poet has been ranked with Henry Lawson, Banjo Patterson, Will Ogilvie, E. J. Brady, and Rod Quinn.[4]
He died in 1958, aged 93.