John Flood John Flood i(A85588 works by)
Also writes as: 'Binn Eider'
Born: Established: 2 May 1841 ; Died: Ceased: 22 Aug 1909 Gympie, Gympie area, Gympie - Cooloola - Tin Can Bay area, South East Queensland, Queensland,
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 9 Jan 1868
Heritage: Irish
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1 Collars for Auction John Flood (editor), John Boyle O'Reilly (editor), 2001 extract prose
— Appears in: The Turning Wave : Poems and Songs of Irish Australia 2001; (p. 53-54)
1 Welcome Merry Christmas i "Tune your voices full of laughter,", John Flood , 2001 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Turning Wave : Poems and Songs of Irish Australia 2001; (p. 52)
1 Live it Down i "When in life's battle onward fighting", John Flood , 2001 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Turning Wave : Poems and Songs of Irish Australia 2001; (p. 50)
1 Kate i "I dream of thee, my bonny Kate", John Flood , 2001 extract poetry
— Appears in: The Turning Wave : Poems and Songs of Irish Australia 2001; (p. 48)
1 Hallow E'en i "Tonight, my friends, with hollow mirth", John Flood , 2001 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Turning Wave : Poems and Songs of Irish Australia 2001; (p. 47-48)
1 2 y separately published work icon The Cooktown Courier John Robert Boyett (editor), R. C. Pearce (editor), John Flood (editor), 1874 Cooktown : James Smith Reid Larkin, J. E. , 1874 Z1501283 1874 newspaper

Established in March 1874 by James Reid Smith and J. E. Larkin, The Cooktown Courier underwent ten changes of ownership in the twenty-nine months to August 1876, and had been served by fifteen editors by July 1877. Larkin quickly sold his share to William Reid, who became joint proprietor with his brother (Smith) from 1 October 1874. On 12 April 1875, the brothers sold the newspaper to The Courier Company. This move was followed by a number of short-lived editors and owners.

Stability was finally achieved when Francis Charles Hodel and William Pritchard Morgan purchased the paper in August 1876. Hodel remained as proprietor until his death on 11 March 1896, following which The Courier soon ceased publication in June.

According to Gordon & Gotch (Australasian Newspaper Directory, 1888), the office of the Courier housed 'the oldest printing-press in Queensland, a small Albion press, hand power, on which the first copy of the Moreton Bay Courier was printed. That press has been in constant use for over forty years, and is still [1888] in fairly good order.'

1 2 y separately published work icon The Wild Goose: A Collection of Ocean Waifs John Flood (editor), John Boyle O'Reilly (editor), 1867 At sea : John Edward Kelly , 1867 (Manuscript version)7654219 7654209 1867 periodical

The Wild Goose: A Collection of Ocean Waifs was created on board the Hougoumont, the last convict ship to come to Australia. The ship departed from Portsmouth on 12 October 1867, with 280 convicts (including 68 Fenians) and 108 passengers, and arrived in Fremantle on 9 January 1868.

During the voyage, those on board 'started a journal, to which the most talented were contributors ... Each number was read in public, and so much applauded, that towards the end of the voyage the convicts were obliged to write out copies of the journal for the mates.'

Source: 'Diary of a Fenian Convict', Freeman's Journal, 19.1321 (1 August 1868): 11. The quotation is a paraphrase from the diary of John Boyle O'Reilly.

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