William Charles Crompton (1865–1911) was an Australian poet.[1]
Crompton was born in Maryborough, Queensland in 1865.[1]
After growing up and being educated in his hometown, Crompton was elected as an alderman on the Maryborough Municipal Council in September 1893.[2]
Throughout the 1890s, Crompton became known locally for writing his own original poetry which was regularly published in local newspaper, Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser.[3][4][5][6][7][8]
In 1894, he commercially published his best known work, Convict Jim and other poems[9] which received mixed reviews.[10][11][12]
Following his defeat at the Maryborough Municipal Council elections in 1898[13] Crompton moved to Rockhampton, Queensland.[14]
Despite moving to Rockhampton, he continued to submit poetry to The Maryborough Chronicle.[15]
Crompton died in December 1911, at the age of 45 after suffering a brain hemorrhage following a workplace accident at Wilson, Hart & Co's Rockhampton timber yard where he was employed as a foreman.[16][17]
He is buried in the South Rockhampton Cemetery.[18]
^ abBiography: Will Crompton, AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource. Accessed 4 May 2017.
^Local News: A poll for the election of an alderman, Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser, 21 September 1893. Retrieved (via NLA) 4 May 2017.
^Original Poetry: When I Am Dead, Will Crompton, Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser, 19 March 1892. Retrieved (via NLA) 4 May 2017.
^Original Poetry: Me and Bill, Will Crompton, Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser, 20 August 1892. Retrieved (via NLA) 4 May 2017.
^Original Poetry: The Modern Politician. Will Crompton, Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser, 14 January 1893. Retrieved (via NLA) 4 May 2017.
^Original Poetry: At His Grave, Will Crompton, Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser, 7 March 1896. Retrieved (via NLA) 4 May 2017.
^Original Poetry: The Ebbing of the Tide, Will Crompton, Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser, 25 December 1896. Retrieved (via NLA) 4 May 2017.
^Original Poetry: The Man That I Might Have Been, Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser, 25 September 1897. Retrieved (via NLA) 4 May 2017.
^Catalogue Record: Convict Jim and other poems, National Library of Australia. Accessed 4 May 2017.
^Review: Convict Jim and other poems, R.P., The Worker, 17 November 1894. Retrieved (via NLA) 4 May 2017.
^Review: Convict Jim and other poems, The Telegraph, 27 October 1894. Retrieved (via NLA) 4 May 2017.
^Review: Convict Jim and other poems, The Queenslander, 10 November 1894. Retrieved (via NLA) 4 May 2017.
^Declaration of Municipal Poll, Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser, 3 February 1898. Retrieved (via NLA) 4 May 2017.
^Editorial: More Central Queensland Poets, The Morning Bulletin, 8 January 1944. Retrieved (via NLA) 4 May 2017.
^Poetry: In Stormy Hours, Will Crompton (Rockhampton), Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser, 28 April 1906. Retrieved (via NLA) 4 May 2017.
^Workers' Compensation Case, The Morning Bulletin, 30 May 1912. Retrieved (via NLA) 4 May 2017.
^Workers' Compensation Case: An Important Case, The Morning Bulletin, 25 June 1912. Retrieved (via NLA) 4 May 2017.
^2015 South Rockhampton Cemetery Burial Index, Rockhampton Regional Council. Accessed 4 May 2017.
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