Charles Harpur

Charles Harpur was born on 23 January 1813 at Windsor, in New South Wales, to two convict parents: Joseph Harpur, a schoolmaster, and Sarah Chidley. He worked as a post office clerk in Sydney and, in 1833, as an actor at the Theatre Royal. Married in 1850, he raised sheep for a few years, then in 1859 became assistant commissioner of the southern goldfields, until 1866. The accidental death of his son in 1867 overwhelmed him; he died on 10 June 1868 of a lung disease.

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• PoetryThe Bushrangers, a Play in Five Acts, and Other PoemsCharles Harpur · 1853LiteraturePublic domain