He was the editor of theAustralian Workman, Sydney's first trade union newspaper, in 1891-92.The Bulletin and theSunday Times were the repositories for many of his poems and prose.[13] In 1899, equipped with a notebook, gun, and camera, Brady drove a wagon from Sydney toTownsville (although intending to reach theGulf of Carpentaria) and back, recording the lives of the settlers.[14]
Working atGrafton'sDaily Examiner in New South Wales, Brady wrote under the pen-name Nedi Woolli.[15] The first name was an extension of Quinn's name for Brady, and the last name being an indigenous name relating to theYamba area; with Quinn normally calling him Ned.[15] He later took overThe Grip newspaper, but 'it went 'straight on the rocks' '.[15]
Brady later established a writers' and artists' colony atMallacoota, Victoria in 1909,[16] and he continued to live there until his death.
He chronicled an eventful journey down theMurray River in a small motor boat fromAlbury to the coast in 1911 inRiver Rovers.[17]
A passionate nationalist, he achieved his greatest fame with his bookAustralia Unlimited, a bestseller from its appearance in 1918, which urged dramatic increases in the national population. In 1926, a book entitledIndustrial Australia was being written about the history and growth of industry within the country.[18] His last workTwo Frontiers was published in 1945.[8] He also sought to write the biography ofThe Bulletin co-founderJ. F. 'Archie' Archibald.[19] Publishers refused to print the biography.[6]
Lines from his poemFar and Wide have been used in the Melbourne tourism advertisement running on ESPN2 and Tennis Channel during the 2016, 2017, and 2018Australian Open.[20]
Brady, given as tall and debonair,[22] in 1890 married Marion Cecilia Walsh; and in June 1895,[23] married Annie Creo Dooley née Stanley, in June 1895. Aged 72,[22] he married Florence Jane Bourke in 1942 in Victoria, and had a daughter.
After retiring, he continued living in a tent home in Mallacoota.[6]
Aged 82, Brady died in 1952 at thePambula Public Hospital of a heart condition.[8] He was survived by his third wife, and six children from his first marriage.[4]
Wardens of the Seas, Endeavour Press, Sydney, 1933[24]
They Shall Be Remembered: A poem dedicated to the heroes of Second World War, also calledAustralia Remembers: Pte. C. J. Williams, Stubbs Publishing, 1946
Sydney: The Commercial Capital of the Commonwealth, Builder Printing Works, 1904
Picturesque Port Phillip, George Robertson & Co, 1911
The King's Caravan: Across Australia in a Wagon, Edward Arnold, 1911
The River Rovers, George Robertson & Co, 1911
Tom Pagdin pirate, NSW Bookstall, 1911 — illustrated byLionel Lindsay
Australia Unlimited, 1918 — of one thousand quarto pages in size, a picturesque description of Australia's life and resources, selling of 10 000 copies, and costing £2/2/– each. It took six years to research and write[4]
The Land of the Sun, Edward Arnold, 1924
The Overlander: Prince's Highway, Ramsay Publishing, 1926
DoctorMannix: Archbishop of Melbourne, Library of National Biography, 1934
Two Frontiers, Frank Johnson, 1944 — biography of Edward John Brady (1830–1914)
Dreams and Realities, co-authored with Leslie Rubenstein, York Press, 1944
^ab"Australian Socialism".Barrier Daily Truth. Vol. XXXIII, no. 9986. New South Wales, Australia. 20 June 1941. p. 4. Retrieved27 March 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Our colony".The West Australian. Vol. XLVIII, no. 9, 449. Western Australia. 8 October 1932. p. 5. Retrieved27 March 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Death of a literary pioneer".The Dandenong Journal. Vol. 91, no. 33. Victoria, Australia. 20 August 1952. p. 11. Retrieved27 March 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Books of the Day".The Age. No. 27103. Victoria, Australia. 28 February 1942. p. 5. Retrieved27 March 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Henry LAWSON".The Northern Star. Vol. 48. New South Wales, Australia. 28 July 1923. p. 14. Retrieved27 March 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Industrial Australia".The Sun. No. 4825. New South Wales, Australia. 24 April 1926. p. 4 (Last race football). Retrieved1 August 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
^"E. J. BRADY as biographer".Smith's Weekly. Vol. XXV, no. 52. New South Wales, Australia. 26 February 1944. p. 4. Retrieved1 August 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
^McFARLANE, Hannah (4 August 2016)."Australian Poetry Library goes global".Sydney Publishing: Important, interesting, Australian books based on high quality research. University of Sydney. Retrieved1 August 2018.
^"Our Illustrations".The Queenslander. No. 2392. Queensland, Australia. 20 January 1912. p. 29. Retrieved1 August 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
^ab"On the record".Glen Innes Examiner. New South Wales, Australia. 28 July 1952. p. 2. Retrieved27 March 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Family notices".The Australian Star. No. 2302. New South Wales, Australia. 22 June 1895. p. 1. Retrieved27 March 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Federation".The Telegraph (Brisbane). Queensland, Australia. 28 October 1933. p. 6 (Latest final cables). Retrieved27 March 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
Edwin James Brady papers, 1892-1951,State Library of New South Wales A 3173 'Australia unlimited, why and how I wrote it. A 3174 'Murray River Irrigation. Clippings, articles, notes, correspondence' and maps, 1908-1950. A 3175 'Personalia': letters, notes, portraits and printed material about and by Brady's ancestors and relations, with personal notes and photographs, 1892-1951. A 3176/1-A 3176/2 'Utopias Ltd: William Lane's settlement in Paraguay, New Italy Mission and Madagascar, Ralahine, Civat-Hein and the Mallacoota Community farm.
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