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Chomley, Charles Henry (1868 - 1942)

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Born
28 April 1868
Sale, Victoria, Australia
Died
21 October 1942
London, England

Summary

Chomley was born at Sale, Victoria, and studied law at the University of Melbourne. He was admitted to the bar in 1891 and practised briefly as a lawyer before moving with a group of friends and family to a pastoral property in Victoria's King River district. He returned to Melbourne in 1900 and began working as a journalist and editor of the weekly journal, Arena, before going to England and editing the British Australasian for many years. He published one collection of short stories and four novels within five years, the first of which, The Wisdom of Esau (1901), was co-written with his friend Robert Leonard Outhwaite. He was an uncle to the well-known Australian writer Martin Boyd.

Published resources

Books

  • Chomley, C. H., Tales of old times : early Australian incident and adventure, Pater, Melbourne, 1903, 160 pp. Details
  • Chomley, C. H., The wisdom of Esau, E.W. Cole, Melbourne, 1910, 344 pp. Details

Short Stories

  • Chomley, C. H., 'The Wreck of the London', in Tales of old times : early Australian incident and adventure, Pater, Melbourne, 1903, pp. 5-22. Details
  • Chomley, C. H., 'The Nelson Gold Robbery', in Tales of old times : early Australian incident and adventure, Pater, Melbourne, 1903, pp. 23-34. Details
  • Chomley, C. H., 'The Myall Creek Massacre', in Tales of old times : early Australian incident and adventure, Pater, Melbourne, 1903, pp. 35-54. Details
  • Chomley, C. H., 'The Diamond Creek Bushrangers', in Tales of old times : early Australian incident and adventure, Pater, Melbourne, 1903, pp. 55-72. Details
  • Chomley, C. H., 'Black Thursday', in Tales of old times : early Australian incident and adventure, Pater, Melbourne, 1903, pp. 73-84. Details
  • Chomley, C. H., 'From the Letters of Victorian Pioneers', in Tales of old times : early Australian incident and adventure, Pater, Melbourne, 1903, pp. 85-104. Details
  • Chomley, C. H., 'Very Early Victoria', in Tales of old times : early Australian incident and adventure, Pater, Melbourne, 1903, pp. 105-126. Details
  • Chomley, C. H., 'A Successful Revolution', in Tales of old times : early Australian incident and adventure, Pater, Melbourne, 1903, pp. 126-145. Details
  • Chomley, C. H., 'The Founding of Sydney', in Tales of old times : early Australian incident and adventure, Pater, Melbourne, 1903, pp. 146-160. Details

See also

Rachael Weaver

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