Nationality Australian Role Writer Name Sydney Napier | Children Three sons Occupation Writer and poet | |
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Spouse(s) 1900, Catherine, nee Armstrong Parent(s) Francis and Emma Mary, nee Elliott Died May 3, 1940, Chatswood, Sydney, Australia Books Walks Abroad... Experiences of Two Australians in the Wilds of the United Kingdom Education | ||
Sydney Napier Elliott (25 December 1870 – 3 May 1940) was an Australian writer and poet.
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Early life
Napier was born in Sydney, New South Wales and educated at Newington College (1882-1885) and Sydney University.
Working life
He began his working life as a bank clerk with the AJS Bank in Burwood, New South Wales. From 1893 he was a jackeroo in Manilla, New South Wales, until he was articled to a solicitor in Tamworth in 1894. After 1899 he worked as a solicitor in Sydney.
Armed service
During World War I, Napier served with the 41st Battalion of the AIF as a sergeant.
Journalism
In 1925, Napier joined The Sydney Morning Herald. He subsequently became assistant editor of The Sydney Mail and leader-writer of the Sydney Morning Herald where in 1931 he compiled, with P S Allen, A Century of Journalism: The Sydney Morning Herald and Its Record of Australian Life 1831-1931. He contributed prose and verse to numerous English and Australian journals and newspapers, and published a collection of essays, The Magic Carpet in 1932.