Henry Button Henry Button i(A68676 works by)
Born: Established: 22 Mar 1829 Sudbury, Suffolk,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ; Died: Ceased: 11 May 1914 Launceston, Northeast Tasmania, Tasmania,
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 14 Nov 1837
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1 y separately published work icon Weekly Courier 1901 Launceston : Henry Button , Z1558876 1901 periodical (1 issues)
1 y separately published work icon King Edward Sleeps and Other In Memoriam Poems M. R. , Launceston : Arthur Green , 1910 Z968605 1910 selected work poetry
2 y separately published work icon Flotsam and Jetsam: Floating Fragments of Life in England and Tasmania, an Autobiographical Sketch, with an Outline of the Introduction of Responsible Government Henry Button , Launceston : A.W. Birchall , 1909 Z1308236 1909 single work autobiography

"One of 10 children, the author was born at Sudbury in Suffolk. In 1833 when he was four, some of his family emigrated to Van Diemen's Land, leaving him in the care of his grandmother. He followed them in 1837 on the Andromeda and gives a vivid description of the voyage. After arriving at Hobart Town in 1837, he travelled overland to Launceston, where he was reunited with his parents. Shocked by their primitive living conditions, he felt that his parents were strangers and had trouble recognising the 'meanly clad and fragile looking woman' as his mother. He writes graphically of the convict system, which he found deeply repellent, of some of the local characters of Launceston, and of his school experience, partly under the tutelage of Charles Price" (Walsh and Hooton 32).

Sources

Walsh, Kay and Joy Hooton. Australian Autobiographical Narratives : An Annotated Bibliography. Canberra : Australian Scholarly Editions Centre, University College, ADFA and National Library of Australia, 1993.
1 y separately published work icon Memories of Fifty Years of Courtship and Wedded Life 1847-1897 Henry Button , Launceston : The Examiner Office , 1899 6735141 1899 single work autobiography
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