W. H. Timperley W. H. Timperley i(A17118 works by) (birth name: William Henry Timperley)
Also writes as: Harry Treverton
Born: Established: 22 May 1833 Warwickshire,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ; Died: Ceased: 11 Aug 1909 South Perth, South Perth area, South & South East Perth, Perth, Western Australia,
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1851
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BiographyHistory

The son of a Church of England chaplain, W. H. Timperley was educated at Shrewsbury School in England and Berner Hochschule in Switzerland. With his father and brother, he migrated from England to Perth and served in the police force from 1856 at a number of locations. He was promoted to an inspector in 1870 and in 1885 became the Superintendent of the Aboriginal Prison on Rottnest Island. Timperley was encouraged to write by a Lady Broome who was fascinated by the stories he told. She edited the autobiographical Harry Treverton: His Tramps and Troubles: Told by Himself (1889) and Timperley completed Bush Luck: An Australian Story in 1892. Both stories were first serialised in the Boys' Own Paper.

See also the full Australian Dictionary of Biography Online entry for William Henry Timperley.

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