Boyd, Martin (1893-1972), was one of the most celebrated Australian novelists of the first half of the 1900's. His work includes novels, poetry, travel writing, essays, and autobiographies. Many of his books focus on the life of European settlers in Victoria, Australia, at the end of the 1800's and beginning of the 1900's. He was a member of the second generation of the well-known Boyd family of artists from Melbourne, prominent in the arts in Australia throughout the 1900's. See Boyd.