William Bramwell Withers

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

William Bramwell Withers
Born(1823-07-27)27 July 1823
Whitchurch, Hampshire, England
Died14 July 1913(1913-07-14) (aged 89)
Dulwich Hill, Sydney, Australia
OccupationJournalist, historian, novelist
Known forHistory of Ballarat

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 '50s and '60s."[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, from the first pastoral settlement to the present time (1870)
  • History of Ballarat (2nd ed.) (1887)
  • Ballarat Chronicles and Pictures
  • Reminiscences of the '50s and '60s (1895-96)

References
  1. McCallum, Austin. "Withers, William Bramwell (1823–1913)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 5 November 2013 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
  2. Mennell, Philip (1892). "Withers, William Bramwell" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.

Further reading
  • Australian Representative Men, Wells and Leavitt, Melbourne (1887). Vol. 1


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