author
Woomera
1817–1900
Known mainly as the editor behind a rare 1900 Australian memoir, this elusive figure is tied to one of the most vivid firsthand accounts of convict life around Port Macquarie.
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About the author
Very little can be confirmed about this author beyond what appears in library and catalog records. National Library of Australia records list Woomera with life dates of 1817–1900 and identify the name as the credited author or editor of The Life and Experiences of an Ex-Convict in Port Macquarie, published in 1900.
Those same records explain that the book preserves the recollections of William Delaforce, described there as an elderly former convict on the Hastings River near Port Macquarie. In other words, Woomera seems to have shaped or edited Delaforce's memories for publication rather than presenting a conventional autobiography.
Because reliable biographical information about Woomera is so limited, it is safest to describe the author as a shadowy literary figure connected with an uncommon late-colonial Australian memoir. No clearly verified portrait was found from the sources checked.