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- Pseudonym of:
- Thomas (Alexander) Browne
- Born:
- Aug. 6, 1826, London, Eng.
- Died:
- March 11, 1915, Melbourne, Vic., Australia (aged 88)
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Rolf Boldrewood
Australian writer
Also known as: Thomas Alexander Browne
Rolf Boldrewood (born Aug. 6, 1826, London, Eng.âdied March 11, 1915, Melbourne, Vic., Australia) was a romantic novelist best known for his Robbery Under Arms (1888) and A Minerâs Right (1890), both exciting and realistic portrayals of pioneer life in Australia.
Taken to Australia as a small child, Boldrewood was educated there and then operated a large farm in Victoria for some years. He later worked in the New South Wales and Victoria goldfields as a police magistrate and goldfields commissioner. Adopting a pseudonym, he first wrote short stories, then composed his memoirs (Old Melbourne Memories, 1884), and finally wrote about 20 novels between 1878 and 1906.
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