Charles Brunsdon Fletcher

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Charles Brunsdon Fletcher
Born(1859-08-05)5 August 1859
Taunton, Somerset, England
Died17 December 1946(1946-12-17) (aged 87)
Kirribilli, New South Wales
NationalityAustralian
EducationNewington College
Fort Street High School
Occupation(s)Surveyor and Journalist
Spouse(s)Florence Mary Macleay, daughter of Sir Arthur Rutledge
ChildrenTwo sons and two daughter
Parent(s)Ruth (née Bloor) and Charles Fletcher

Charles Brunsdon Fletcher (5 August 1859 – 17 December 1946) was an English-born Australian

Sydney Morning Herald for twenty years.[1]

Birth and education

Fletcher was the third of thirteen children of Ruth (née Bloor) and Charles Fletcher of

Wesleyan missionary. Eight years later the family moved to Sydney and Fletcher attended Newington College,[2] where his uncle, Joseph Horner Fletcher, was president and another uncle, Joseph James Fletcher, was a teacher. Charles Brunsdon Fletcher completed his education at Fort Street High School
.

Surveyor

On completion of his school years, Fletcher joined the Survey Department of

licence in 1885 and commenced private practice. For five years from 1888 he served on the Board of Examiners of Licensed Surveyors.[3]

Journalist

In 1893, Fletcher became a journalist and joined the

Brisbane Courier and served as such until April 1903.[5]

Sydney Morning Herald

Fletcher returned to Sydney in 1903 as an associate editor of The Sydney Morning Herald and from 1918 until 1937 was Editor. When

Imperial Press Conference in London
in 1930. For four years from 1923, Fletcher was the President of the New South Wales Institute of Journalists.

University of Sydney

He served on the Senate of the University of Sydney from 1923 until 1939 and was instrumental in its establishment of a diploma course in journalism. Fletcher further served the university as a lay member of the Council of Wesley College from 1919. The Charles Brunsdon Fletcher Prize for Pacific History is awarded annually by the university.[6]

Clubs

Fletcher was a member of the Australian Club in Sydney.[7]

Publications

  • The New Pacific: British Policy and German Aims – MacMillan (1917)
  • The Problem of the Pacific –
    Heinemann
    (1919)
  • Stevenson's Germany: The Case Against Germany in the Pacific – Scribner (1920)
  • The Black Knight of the Pacific – Australasian Publishing Company (1944)
  • Coolah Valley (1927)
  • Murray Valley (1926)
  • Water Magic: Australia and the Future – Sands (1945)
  • The Great Wheel: An Editor's Adventures –
    Angus and Robertson (1940)[8]

Bibliography

  • A Century of Journalism. (Syd, 1942)
  • Company of Heralds (Melb, 1981) Gavin Souter

References

  1. ^ Semmler, Clement. "Fletcher, Charles Brunsdon (1859 – 1946)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
  2. ^ Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999) pp 65
  3. ^ "Becoming a surveyor". Museum of Lands, Mapping and Surveying. Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  4. Curtin University of Technology
    . Retrieved 1 May 2009.
  5. ^ "Courier Mail Brisbane Newspaper History". Brisbane History. Archived from the original on 4 February 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  6. ^ "Prizes and Medals". Department of History. University of Sydney. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
  7. ^ Who's Who in Australia 1941
  8. ^ "Fletcher, Charles Brunsdon (1859 – 1946)". Catalogue. Retrieved 1 May 2009 – via National Library of Australia.
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