Alexander Harris (writer)
- Alexander Harris (writer)
Alexander Harris (7 February 1805 – 1 February 1874) was an author known for his early fictional accounts of convict life in Australia.
He arrived in Sydney, Australia in 1825.
He had numerous jobs including a clerk, a tutor and a timber-getter. He travelled mostly around the Hunter Valley, the Shoalhaven, Illawarra and Bathurst in New South Wales. In 1851 he emigrated to the United States.
Bibliography
* "Settlers and Convicts: Recollections of sixteen years labour in the Australian backwoods" (London, 1847)
* "Testimony to the Truth: or the Autobiography of an Atheist" (1848)
* "The Emigrant Family: or the Story of an Australian Settler" (Smith, Elder and Co, 1849)
External links
* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=5027 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]
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NAME=Harris, Alexander
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Australian writer.
DATE OF BIRTH=7 February 1805
PLACE OF BIRTH=United Kingdom
DATE OF DEATH=1 February 1874
PLACE OF DEATH=United States
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