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William Senior
1838–1920
Best known by the pen name "Red Spinner," this Anglo-Australian journalist and storyteller wrote with a deep love of fishing and outdoor life. His work helped shape newspaper culture in colonial Queensland while also leaving behind lively sporting and short-fiction writing.
2 Audiobooks
Lines in Pleasant Places: Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler
by William Senior
Scotch Loch-Fishing
by William Senior
About the author
Born on March 29, 1838, William Senior became an Anglo-Australian journalist, editor, and writer whose career spanned both Britain and Australia. He is especially remembered under the pen name "Red Spinner", a name attached to his fishing pieces and other lively writing for a broad reading public.
Senior worked in journalism and parliamentary reporting, and he became a prominent figure in Brisbane literary life, including as a co-founder of the Johnsonian Club. Alongside his newspaper work, he wrote short stories and books on angling, building a reputation as a writer who could mix practical knowledge with an engaging, readable style.
He died on October 7, 1920. Today, he is remembered not only as a journalist but also as a vivid voice in Australian literary and sporting culture, especially for readers interested in the history of fishing writing and colonial-era newspapers.