Harold Frederick Neville Gye (22 May 1887 — 25 November 1967), who published under the name Hal Gye, was an author of cartoons, illustrations and articles for early Australian newspapers and journals. Gye provided the artwork for ''

The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke ''The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke'' is a verse novel by Australian poet and journalist C. J. Dennis. Portions of the work appeared in '' The Bulletin'' between 1909 and 1915, the year the verse novel was completed and published by Angus & Robert ...

'' by Australian novelist and poet

C. J. Dennis Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis (7 September 1876 – 22 June 1938), better known as C. J. Dennis, was an Australian poet and journalist known for his best-selling verse novel ''The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke'' (1915). Alongside ...

. Gye was born on 22 May 1887 at

Ryde, New South Wales Ryde is a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Ryde is located 13 km north-west of the Sydney central business district and 8 km east of Parramatta. Ryde is the administrative centre of the local government area of the C ...

. He exhibited a flair for humour and dabbled in poetry, writing over sixty pieces. Submitting articles and illustrations to The Bulletin, several appeared to have been written as James Hackston, his

nom-de-plume A pen name, also called a ''nom de plume'' or a literary double, is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their real name. A pen na ...

. His works include political cartoons and other illustrations, later exhibiting oil paintings and publishing articles; the latter were collected as ''Father Clears Out'' (1966). Gye also provided illustrations for an anthology of Scottish Border poet and Australian bush balladeer Will H. Ogilvie (1869–1963), with ''The Australian and other verses'' (1916) frontispiece and title page. Work was also undertaken for poet and writer Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson. The autobiography ''The Hole in the Bedroom Floor'' (1969) was published after his death in 1967.

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* * 1887 births 1967 deaths Australian cartoonists Australian male short story writers People from New South Wales {{cartoonist-stub