Garnet Walch

Book cover of Victoria in 1880 by Garnet Walch

Garnet Walch (1 October 1843 in Broadmarsh (Tasmania) – 3 January 1913 in Melbourne), was an Australian writer, dramatist, journalist and publisher. From 1872 on, he became very popular as author of numerous pantomimes, burlesques, comedies and comediettas.

As a publisher, his most outstanding work was Victoria in 1880, a de luxe book with lavish engravings by Charles Turner, compiled by Walch and published by George Robertson in Melbourne, celebrating the 1880–1881 International Exhibition. The book was inscribed to The Honourable William John Clarke, President of the Victorian International Exhibition Commission.

External links

http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A060361b.htm Australian Dictionary of Biography
http://www.lib.monash.edu.au/exhibitions/tourism/xtourismcat.html Australian Rare Books Exhibition, Item # 12

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 54224641 LCCN: n88120260 ISNI: 0000 0000 6305 7160 BNF: cb12359987j (data) NLA: 35619844

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