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A. M. Williams, Nicol Drysdale Stenhouse: A Study of a Literary Patron in a Colonial Milieu (M.A. thesis, University of Sydney, 1963); Stenhouse letters (State Library of New South Wales). More on the resources. Author: S. B. Clark. Print Publication Details: S. B. Clark, 'Fowler, Francis Edmund Town
237:(1861). He founded the London Library Co. and was its first secretary. As it began to flourish he died aged 30 from brain fever on 22 August 1863 at Kensington. His widow and children returned to Sydney. In 1864, a collection of his works with a brief biography, was published called Last Gleanings. 445:
G. B. Barton (ed), The Poets and Prose Writers of New South Wales (Syd, 1866); J. Normington-Rawling, Charles Harpur, an Australian (Syd, 1962); Sydney Morning Herald, 1855-56, 27 Feb, 7 May, 12 June, 6, 14 July 1857, 14 Jan 1858, 4 June
100:(1833 – 22 August 1863) was a British-born author and journalist who later played a significant role in the early development of Australia's literary culture. He is best known for his book 156:(Sydney, 1857), and reviewed various performers, including the visiting French baritone Emile Coulon. Fowler also wrote a play, 'Eva', which was performed in Sydney in 1856. 221:
Clarke, whom he had married at a Congregational Church in Sydney on 9 February 1856, and their infant son. He was sent off with a testimonial. He wrote his first major work
225:(London, 1859) on the voyage He became editor of the Weekly Mail, leader-writer on The Standard and contributed occasionally to the Empire. He published in London 159:
Frank Fowler was a member of the Stenhouse Circle, a close-knit group of colonial writers and intellectuals in the 1850s and 1860s, which included
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on poetry, theatre, literature, politics and the importance of developing a uniquely Australian culture. His lectures were published as
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notes that 'Fowler contributed significantly to literary, political and social discussion of the contemporary colonial scene.'
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Ann-Mari Jordens. The Stenhouse Circle: Literary life in mid-nineteenth century Sydney. Melbourne University Press. 1979.
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The wreck of the Royal Charter. National Library of Australia.
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In April 1858 Fowler returned to England with his wife Rachel,
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http://www.oxfordreference.com/pages/Subjects_and_titles__t182
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http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/stenhouse-nicol-drysdale-4638
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http://www.nla.gov.au/apps/cdview/?pi=nla.mus-an5350554-s8-v
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to a publishing family. He worked as a journalist for
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London
England
London
England
British
London
The Times
House of Commons
Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts
Nicol Drysdale Stenhouse
Richard Rowe
Charles Harpur
Henry Kendall
James Lionel Michael
Henry Halloran
William Bede Dalley
John Woolley
Charles Badham
Sir Henry Parkes
Sydney City
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
John Fairfax


"Fowler, Francis Edmund (Frank) (1833–1863)"
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