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Alfred Thomas Chandler

I lived from 1852-1941. I was from Australia, and am in the Oceania category.

Born 1852 Geelong Victoria.

Alfred Chandler was  to began his journalistic career at the Hamilton Spectator. He moved to Adelaide in 1878 and was the co-founder of the Adelaide satirical weekly Quiz in 1892. In 1894, as the Western Australian gold rush began, he arrived in Coolgardie. He edited The Goldfield Courier, The Coolgardie Miner and later, The Sunday Times. He resigned from The Sunday Times in 1925 and became a prominent member of the Secession movement. Chandler was an active member of Perth's literary world.

He died in Perth in 1941


My poetry

  • THE NIGHT descends in glory, and adown the purple west
    The young moon, like a crescent skiff, upon some fairy quest,
    62 lines

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