Charles Tompson
Charles Tompson (26 June 1807 – 5 January 1883) was an Australian public servant, and it is claimed he was the first published Australian-born poet. He was the first child of the farmer Charles Tompson (c1784–1871) and his wife, Elizabeth, née Boggis. His father was a former convict.
Charles Tompson
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- Charles Tompson
- Born
- 26 June 1807
- Birthplace
- Sydney, Australia
- Died
- 5 January 1883
- Occupation
- Poet, public servant
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Tompson was educated by Henry Fulton in Castlereagh and then became a public servant. He published a collection of poetry, Wild Notes, from the Lyre of a Native Minstrel, in 1826. He wrote another poem titled Australia. A Translation of the Latin Prize Poem of S. Smith, a Student of Hyde Abbey School, Winchester. It was published in the Sydney Gazette on 17 December 1829, and then in pamphlet form. Tompson married Hannah Morris on 12 April 1830 at St Matthew's Church, Windsor. He worked as a clerk and lived in Kent Street, Sydney. He moved to Penrith in 1836, where he was a clerk of petty sessions. Later he was a clerk in Camden. He then became a clerk for the Legislative Council of New South Wales and the legislative assembly. He retired on 31 January 1869 and died in Sydney on 5 January 1883.
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• Name — Charles Tompson • Born — 26 June 1807 • Birthplace — Sydney, Australia • Died — 5 January 1883 • Place of death — Sydney, Australia • Occupation — Poet, public servant
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