Known for History of Ballarat Name William Withers | Role Historian | |
Born 27 July 1823 ( 1823-07-27 ) Whitchurch, Hampshire, England Occupation Journalist, historian, novelist Died July 14, 1913, Dulwich Hill, Sydney, Australia Books History of Ballarat and Some Ballarat Reminiscences | ||
William Bramwell Withers (1823–1913), was an Anglo-Australian historian and journalist.
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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.
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."
Withers died on 14 July 1913 in Dulwich Hill, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; he was buried in Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney.