Leslie Alfred Redgrave Explained

Leslie Alfred Redgrave
Birth Date:1882
Birth Place:Newtown, Sydney
Death Date:15 May 1956
Death Place:Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Education:Newington College
University of Sydney
Occupation:Writer and headmaster
Spouse:Ruby Ella née Bird
Parents:Charles Alfred Hurst Redgrave
Mary Jane née Bellingham
Children:Geoffrey Alfred Redgrave
Ronald Leslie Redgrave
Nationality:Australian

Leslie Alfred Redgrave (1882 – 15 May 1956), was an Australian writer, grazier and headmaster.[1] He was often published as L A Redgrave and as an educator was known as L Alfred Redgrave, B.A.[2] Redgrave was best known for his 1913 novel Gwen: a romance of Australian station life.[3]

Birth and education

Redgrave was born in Newtown in Sydney, the son of Charles Alfred Hurst Redgrave and Mary Jane (née Bellingham). He attended Newington College (1899–1902) as a day-boy while his parents resided in Paddington. In 1900, and again in 1901, he passed the Junior Examination and in 1902 he was appointed as a Prefect at Newington.[4] In March 1902 he passed the Matriculation Examination and went up to the University of Sydney.[5] Redgrave graduated as a Bachelor of Arts three years later in 1905.[6]

Highfield College

From 1907 until 1915, Redgrave was the proprietor and headmaster of Highfield College at Turramurra. The school was at 51 Ku-ring-gai Avenue[7] and his brother, Wilfred Harold Redgrave, ran the junior school. Advertising for the school said:
(a) An ideal home for young boys, with a mother's care, and best of food, and every comfort.
(b) Primary and secondary education, with the individual attention of graduate masters.
(c) Specially equipped classrooms, dormitories, and playing fields, in a fine healthy climate.[8] On its closure in 1915 the building was demolished and redeveloped with a new home in 1917.[9]

Marriage and children

In 1911 he married Ruby Ella Bird at St Leonards.[10] The union produced two sons, Geoffrey Alfred (born 1912) and Ronald Leslie (born 1913).[11]

Later life

From 1923 until 1943 Redgrave lived at Bellingara, 109 Copeland Road Beecroft.[12] He then moved to Oura via Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, and he died in Wagga in 1956.[13]

Publications

Notes and References

  1. http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A14854?mainTabTemplate=agentWorksBy AusLit
  2. News: Advertising. . . NSW . 4 December 1914 . 22 April 2014 . 15 . National Library of Australia.
  3. http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8498161?q=Leslie+Alfred+Redgrave&l-availability=y%2Ff&c=book National Library of Australia
  4. Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999) pp 164
  5. http://calendararchive.usyd.edu.au/Calendar/1902/PDF/1902%20-%200266.pdf University of Sydney Calendar 1902
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20140502000609/http://www.bull.usyd.edu.au/as/FMPro?-db=as_main.fp5&-lay=web&-format=..%2Fas%2Fsearch_list.html&-max=10&-error=error.html&-SortField=dLastName&dLastName=Redgrave&dFirstName=Leslie&dGradYear=&-find=Go Alumni Sidneiensis – Leslie Alfred Redgrave BA 1905
  7. News: Australian Wines. . . Sydney, NSW . 6 April 1907 . 30 April 2014 . 9 . National Library of Australia.
  8. News: Advertising. . . NSW . 22 June 1907 . 30 April 2014 . 8 . National Library of Australia.
  9. http://www.khs.org.au/historian_database/qr.html The Historian Vol. 31 No 1, March 2002 by Jennifer Harvey and Lois McEvoy About No 51
  10. http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/IndexSearch?form=IndexingSearch&SessionID=45427257&event=marriages&sname=Redgrave&gname=Leslie&fname=Bird&mname=&frange=1900&trange=1930&place=&submitBtnOnce.x=70&submitBtnOnce.y=16 New South Wales Births, Deaths & Marriages
  11. https://archive.today/20140422064831/http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/IndexSearch?form=IndexingSearch&SessionID=45427363&sname=Redgrave&gname=&fname=Leslie&mname=Ruby&event=births&frange=1910&trange=1913&place= New South Wales Births, Deaths & Marriages
  12. http://bcct2119.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/109-copeland-rd.html Beecroft Cheltenham Civic Trust – 109 Copeland Road
  13. http://search.records.nsw.gov.au/items/962876;jsessionid=98A5BDB8C3DC307169E7709DD44FA82C NSW Government – State Records
  14. http://library.sl.nsw.gov.au/search~S2?/aRedgrave%2C+Charles+Alfred+Hurst./aredgrave+charles+alfred+hurst/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&FF=aredgrave+leslie+alfred&1%2C4%2C State Library of NSW – Catalogue

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