Kingsley, Henry (1830-1876)

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Kingsley, H. (Henry) (1830-1876)
Field of activity
goldminer; novelist; Drawing; Painting; Gold-miner; Novelist
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KINGSLEY, HENRY (1830-1876), novelist, was born on 2 January 1830 at Barnack, Northamptonshire, England, son of Rev. Charles Kingsley and his wife Mary, née Lucas; his older brothers were Charles (1819-1875), clergyman and novelist, Gerald (d.1844), naval officer, and George (1826-1892), a doctor and travel writer. Henry's early years were mainly spent in Devon and Chelsea, settings which he used in his novels. Sensitive about his puny and ugly appearance, he was inclined to adulate more personable contemporaries, especially his brother Charles. He attended King's College School and in 1850 matriculated to Worcester College, Oxford, where he achieved considerable success as an athlete but none as a scholar. A legacy of £500 helped to pay his debts and he left Oxford without taking a degree in 1853.

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Kingsley arrived in Australia in 1853 to try his luck gold-mining. During his travels throughout New South Wales and Victoria he made a number of watercolour sketches and his novel 'The Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn' was written while he was staying in Buninyong near the Ballarat goldfields in 1857.

sketcher and novelist, was born in Northamptonshire, England, on 2 January 1830, sixth son of Rev. Charles Kingsley and Mary, née Lucas. A member of a cultured, well-connected family, it is likely that he was given drawing lessons in youth. Arriving at Melbourne in the Gauntlet in 1853, Kingsley tried gold-mining at Mount Alexander, Ararat and Omeo with limited success. He then travelled around the country on horseback. Nine watercolours of Australian subjects by Kingsley (Mitchell ...

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  • fl. 1853-ca. 1857

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  1. Henry Kingsley, 1830-1876 : towards a vindication / by S.M. Ellis
    Ellis, S. M. (Stewart Marsh)
    [ Book : 1931 ]
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    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 41.791)

  2. Henry Kingsley / edited with an introduction by J.S.D. Mellick
    Kingsley, Henry, 1830-1876
    [ Book : 1982 ]
    At 56 libraries
    Henry Kingsley / edited with an introduction by J.S.D. Mellick
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    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 39.937)

  3. The Hillyars and the Burtons : a story of two families / by Henry Kingsley ; with an introduction by Leonie Kramer
    Kingsley, Henry, 1830-1876
    [ Book, Article : 1865-2004 ]
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    The Hillyars and the Burtons : a story of two families / by Henry Kingsley ; with an introduction by Leonie Kramer
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  4. Geoffry Hamlyn / Henry Kingsley
    Kingsley, Henry, 1830-1876
    [ Book, Article : 1859-1998 ]
    Languages: English, Dutch
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    At 18 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 24.473)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 24.473)

  5. The recollections of Geoffry Hamlyn / by Henry Kingsley
    Kingsley, Henry, 1830-1876
    [ Book : 1800-2001 ]
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    The recollections of Geoffry Hamlyn / by Henry Kingsley
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    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 23.071)

  6. William Baylebridge and the modern problem / by Judith Wright McKinney ; and Henry Kingsley : some novels of Australian life ; by Leonie J. Kramer
    Wright, Judith, 1915-2000
    [ Book : 1954-1955 ]
    At 11 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 18.884)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 18.884)

  7. Geoffry Hamlyn in Australia : an adaptation of the Australian portion of Henry Kingsley's "Geoffry Hamlyn"
    Kingsley, Henry, 1830-1876
    [ Book : 1912-1939 ]
    At 13 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 17.31)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 17.31)

  8. Travelling in Victoria / by Henry Kingsley
    Kingsley, Henry, 1830-1876
    [ Book : 1861 ]
    At State Library of NSW
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 16.758)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 16.758)

  9. Magdalen at Michael's gate : for mixed voices S.A.T.B. / words by Henry Kingsley ; music by James Brash
    Brash, James, b. 1881
    [ Printed music : 1948 ]
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    Magdalen at Michael's gate : for mixed voices S.A.T.B. / words by Henry Kingsley ; music by James Brash
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 15.365)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 15.365)

  10. Tales of old travel. Re-narrated by Henry Kingsley
    Kingsley, Henry, 1830-1876
    [ Book : 1869-1906 ]
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    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 15.031)

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  1. Henry Kingsley, 1830-1876 : towards a vindication / by S.M. Ellis
    Ellis, S. M. (Stewart Marsh)
    [ Book : 1931 ]
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    At 12 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 42.379)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 42.379)

  2. Henry Kingsley / edited with an introduction by J.S.D. Mellick
    Kingsley, Henry, 1830-1876
    [ Book : 1982 ]
    At 56 libraries
    Henry Kingsley / edited with an introduction by J.S.D. Mellick
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 39.733)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 39.733)

  3. Henry Kingsley and colonial fiction / by John Barnes
    Barnes, John, 1931-
    [ Book : 1971 ]
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    Henry Kingsley and colonial fiction / by John Barnes
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  4. The passing guest : a life of Henry Kingsley / J.S.D. Mellick
    Mellick, J. S. D. (John Stanton Davis), 1920-
    [ Book : 1983 ]
    At 43 libraries
    The passing guest : a life of Henry Kingsley / J.S.D. Mellick
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  5. William Baylebridge and the modern problem / by Judith Wright McKinney ; and Henry Kingsley : some novels of Australian life ; by Leonie J. Kramer
    Wright, Judith, 1915-2000
    [ Book : 1954-1955 ]
    At 11 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 19.385)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 19.385)

  6. The neglected brother : a study of Henry Kingsley / [by] William H. Scheuerle
    Scheuerle, William H
    [ Book : 1971 ]
    At 14 libraries
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    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 16.948)

  7. [Biographical cuttings on Henry Kingsley, novelist, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals]
    [ Published : 1900-1990 ]
    At National Library
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    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 16.793)

  8. Travelling in Victoria / by Henry Kingsley
    Kingsley, Henry, 1830-1876
    [ Book : 1861 ]
    At State Library of NSW
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 16.568)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 16.568)

  9. Magdalen at Michael's gate : for mixed voices S.A.T.B. / words by Henry Kingsley ; music by James Brash
    Brash, James, b. 1881
    [ Printed music : 1948 ]
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    At 2 libraries
    Magdalen at Michael's gate : for mixed voices S.A.T.B. / words by Henry Kingsley ; music by James Brash
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 15.3)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 15.3)

  10. Henry Kingsley (1830-1876) : l'homme et l'oeuvre / Guy Degos
    Degos, Guy
    [ Thesis : 1977 ]
    Languages: French
    At LaTrobe Uni Melb
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  3. Among the Deep Sea Fishers, Volume 14, Issue 3 (October 1916)
    Andersson, Ester; Andrews, Joseph A.; Blake, Henry Kingsley; Bolton, Sarah Knowles, 1841-1916; Hing, Y. Chow; Jones, Edgar; Muir, Ethel Gordon; Paddon...
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  1. The lost child / by Henry Kingsley ; illustrated by L. Fr?lich
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  2. Old Margaret : a novel / by Henry Kingsley. Vol.2
    Henry Kingsley 1830-1876
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  3. Hetty, and other stories. By Henry Kingsley ..
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    [ Book : 1871 ]
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  4. Oakshott castle : being the memoir of an eccentric nobleman / Written by Mr. Granby Dixon, and edited by Henry Kingsley
    Henry Kingsley 1830-1876
    [ Book : 1873-1876 ]
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  1. Papers of Joan Kingsley-Strack
    Kingsley-Strack, Joan, 1892-1983
    [ Unpublished : 1908-1978 ]
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  2. Dobson, Henry Austin: scrapbooks
    Dobson | Henry Austin | 1840-1921 | poet and literary biographer
    [ Unpublished : 2008 ]
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  3. Ackland and Littlewood families
    Ackland | William | fl 1791-1867 | general practitioner Ackland | William Henry | fl 1825-1898 | general practitioner Ackland | Charles Kingsley | 18...
    [ Unpublished : 2009 ]
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    Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875
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  2. The first part of King Henry IV / edited by A.R. Humphreys
    Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
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  3. The folks that live on the hill / Kingsley Amis
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  4. The merchant of Venice / William Shakespeare
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  1. HENRY KINGSLEY
    The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954) Saturday 14 May 1938 p 6 Article
    ... HENRY KINGSLEY THE year 1853 is notable in the annals of Australia, for it brought, among a ... of Cheltenham ; Henry Kingsley came at the age of twenty four to Melbourne, another exuberant young ... his brother's Eversley rectory in Hampshire. Henry Kingsley was on the goldfields at Ballarat ... 1104 words
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    The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Saturday 3 July 1926 p 19 Article
    ... Henry Kingsley. I By W. PRESTON DAY. REALLY R LALLY first late Austral an novels are few and far ... "ntteu Henry Kingsley was the fourth son oi the He, On iles KiniHij ip loi of Bar naek in N'oi ... « mes uow dull aud biokcn His Literary Work. .pHE two great qualities of Henry Kingsley as a lueiary ... 1939 words
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  3. OBITUARY. HENRY KINGSLEY.
    The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) Saturday 24 June 1876 p 3 Article
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