Howard Willoughby

Born in 1839 and active in Australian journalism during a formative period in the country's history, Howard Willoughby is remembered as a writer who reported energetically on public life and national questions. Sources available during this search describe him as a journalist closely associated with Melbourne and with influential newspaper work.

He is noted for writing Australian Pictures, Drawn with Pen and Pencil, a lively nonfiction portrait of Australia that mixes travel writing, observation, and commentary. Accounts found during this search also credit him as an early war correspondent and as a voice in debates over transportation and Australian federation.

Willoughby's writing has a direct, documentary quality that makes it useful not only as literature, but also as a window into how Australia saw itself in the late 1800s. He died in 1908.