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Edward Kemp Edward Kemp i(A33929 works by)
Also writes as: Dion
Born: Established: 30 Dec 1822 Hobart, Southeast Tasmania, Tasmania, ; Died: Ceased: 1898 Parramatta, Parramatta area, Sydney, New South Wales,
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

Kemp was the son of the pioneer settler Anthony Fenn Kemp (1773-1868) and his wife Elizabeth. Anthony Fenn Kemp was involved in the Rum Rebellion and made a brief appearance in 'The Evolution of Convict Hendy' (a story by 'Price Warung') and in Henry Savery's The Hermit in Van Diemen's Land (1830).

Edward Kemp was prominent in the movement for the abolition of transportation. He contributed to the Tasmanian Punch under the pen name of 'Dion'. A Voice from Tasmania, the first book of verse by a writer born in Tasmania, satirises politicians of the times and a few of the author's literary predecessors. Kemp married Agatha Randall in 1854 in Hobart and they had one child, Ada, who died shortly after her birth.

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Notes

  • (1) Miller (I:217) states incorrectly that Kemp "was born, probably at Port Dalrymple, between the years 1806 and 1810". (2) Although Kemp's death date has not been confirmed, it is almost certain that he died in 1898 (NSW births, deaths and marriages database records the death in Parramatta in 1898 of an Edward Kemp, son of Anthony F. and Elizabeth Kemp).
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