William Aubrey Burnage Explained
William Aubrey Burnage, writer and newspaper owner, was born c. 1847.[1] He was the son of Thomas Aubrey Burnage (c. 1824 – 4 January 1902) and Kezia Agatha Burnage (c. 1826 – 13 September 1901).[2]
In November 1875, Burnage became a partner in Hugh McDicken's printing and publishing business, the Newcastle Chronicle, located in Newcastle, New South Wales.[3] In January of the following year McDicken sold his share in the partnership to Burnage, leaving Burnage as sole proprietor.[4] Burnage's novel, Bertha Shelley, was serialised in the newspaper, which ceased publication in 1876.[5]
Burnage's 3-act play, Constance, was performed at the Theatre Royal in Newcastle, as a farewell benefit for Mr J.C. Joyce in July 1874.[6]
Burnage was 34 years old when he died at Newcastle, New South Wales, on 2 December 1881 after a long and painful illness.[7]
Bibliography
- Bertha Shelley, the Lily of the Hunter Valley, 1875
- A Novel Without a Name, 1877
- A Peep behind the Scenes (Showing How the New Cabinet Was to Have Been Formed; How It Was Formed; and Who Licked It into Form): A Political Satire, Sydney : C. E. Fuller, 1877 [poetry].
- Constance, a three-act play, ca. 1874 (Manuscript)[8]
- A Swim for a Wife, 1875. (This novel has probably not survived. It was serialised in the Newcastle Chronicle and only a few instalments of the work appear to exist.[9])
External links
Notes and References
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136053402 Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate Saturday 3 December 1881, page 4.
- http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A43415 Austlit
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page9819123 Newcastle Chronicle, 27 November 1875, p.4
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page9865016 Newcastle Chronicle, 6 January 1876, p2
- [The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News|Newcastle Chronicle]
- http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemdetailpaged.aspx?itemid=441651 State Library of NSW Manuscripts Collection Retrieved on 31 January 2015
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136053443 Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate Saturday 3 December 1881
- http://acmssearch.sl.nsw.gov.au/search/itemDetailPaged.cgi?itemID=441651 State Library of New South Wales
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article111155153 Newcastle Chronicle Saturday 3 April 1875
