Will Crompton Explained

William Charles Crompton (1865–1911) was an Australian poet.^[1]

Crompton was born in Maryborough, Queensland in 1865.^[1]

After growing up and being educated in his hometown, Crompton was elected as an alderman on the Maryborough Municipal Council in September 1893.^[2]

Throughout the 1890s, Crompton became known locally for writing his own original poetry which was regularly published in local newspaper, Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser.^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

In 1894, he commercially published his best known work, Convict Jim and other poems^[9] which received mixed reviews.^{[10] [11] [12]}

Following his defeat at the Maryborough Municipal Council elections in 1898^[13] Crompton moved to Rockhampton, Queensland.^[14]

Despite moving to Rockhampton, he continued to submit poetry to The Maryborough Chronicle.^[15]

Crompton died in December 1911, at the age of 45 after suffering a brain hemorrhage following a workplace accident at Wilson, Hart & Co's Rockhampton timber yard where he was employed as a foreman.^{[16] [17]}

He is buried in the South Rockhampton Cemetery.^[18]

Notes and References

1. https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A607 Biography: Will Crompton
2. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/146958807 Local News: A poll for the election of an alderman
3. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/146884551 Original Poetry: When I Am Dead
4. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/146890461 Original Poetry: Me and Bill
5. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/146955100 Original Poetry: The Modern Politician
6. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/146906809 Original Poetry: At His Grave
7. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/146980805 Original Poetry: The Ebbing of the Tide
8. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/147685875 Original Poetry: The Man That I Might Have Been
9. http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/534882 Catalogue Record: Convict Jim and other poems
10. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/70862086 Review: Convict Jim and other poems
11. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/171942103 Review: Convict Jim and other poems
12. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/20722121 Review: Convict Jim and other poems
13. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/148021602 Declaration of Municipal Poll
14. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/56298396 Editorial: More Central Queensland Poets
15. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/148463139 Poetry: In Stormy Hours
16. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/53263966 Workers' Compensation Case
17. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/53262580 Workers' Compensation Case: An Important Case
18. http://www.rockhamptonregion.qld.gov.au/files/assets/public/communities/cemeteries/indexes/2015-south-rockhampton-cemetery-index.pdf 2015 South Rockhampton Cemetery Burial Index