William Bramwell Withers

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William Bramwell Withers
Born	(1823-07-27)July 27, 1823 Whitchurch, Hampshire, England
Died	July 14, 1913(1913-07-14) (aged 89) Dulwich Hill, Sydney, Australia
Occupation	Journalist, historian, novelist
Known for	History of Ballarat

William Bramwell Withers (1823–1913), was an Anglo-Australian historian and journalist.^[1]

Life

Withers was the son of Jason Withers and Elizabeth Hendy his wife, was born at Whitchurch, Hampshire, and was a strong advocate of vegetarianism. He left England in 1849 for Natal, where he contributed to the Natal Witness and Natal Standard.^[2]

Withers landed in Victoria (Australia) in 1852, and after various other employments, was engaged in Melbourne as a journalist until June 1885, when he took up his residence at Ballarat. In addition to his work on the Ballarat Times, Ballarat Star, and Ballarat Courier, he has written several works of fiction. His novel "Eustace Hopkins" was published in the Sydney Echo and Ballarat Courier, and was awarded second place in The Age competition of a hundred and twenty competitors, and "The Westons" was published in the Melbourne World and Federal Australian. His other works are the "History of Ballarat," the "Ballarat Chronicles and Pictures," and his "Reminiscences of the '50's and '60's."^[2]

Withers died on 14 July 1913 in Dulwich Hill, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; he was buried in Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney.^[1]

Works

Eustace Hopkins: His Friends and Foes (1882)
The Westons
History of Ballarat (1870)
Ballarat Chronicles and Pictures
Reminiscences of the '50's and '60's

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 McCallum, Austin. "Withers, William Bramwell (1823–1913)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Mennell, Philip (1892). " Withers, William Bramwell". The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co. Wikisource

External links

Australian Representative Men, Wells and Leavitt, Melbourne (1887). Vol. 1
- William Bramwell Withers Ballarat Mechanics Institute
Works by or about William Bramwell Withers in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

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Persondata
Name	Withers, William Bramwell
Alternative names
Short description	Anglo-Australian historian and journalist
Date of birth	27 July 1823
Place of birth	Whitchurch, Hampshire, England
Date of death	14 July 1913
Place of death	Dulwich Hill, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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