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Richard Rowe
1828–1879
A restless Victorian journalist and storyteller, he drew on life in both England and colonial Australia to write lively fiction, essays, and verse. His work often mixes adventure with a sharp eye for everyday struggle.
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The Boy in the Bush
by Richard Rowe
About the author
Richard Rowe was an English writer and journalist, born on March 9, 1828, in Doncaster, the son of a Wesleyan minister. After his father's early death, he grew up largely in Colchester, later worked in education, and then left for Australia while still a young man.
In New South Wales he wrote for the colonial press and became part of a literary circle that included other journalists and writers of the period. When he returned to England, he continued contributing to newspapers and magazines and built a varied career as an author, producing fiction, essays, poetry, and books for younger readers.
He died on December 9, 1879, in London. Remembered as a writer who moved easily between journalism and literature, Rowe brought together travel, observation, and a strong feeling for social life in the nineteenth century.