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Alfred Searcy Alfred Searcy i(A2265 works by)
Born: Established: 4 Jan 1854 Mount Barker, Mount Barker (SA) area, Adelaide, South Australia, ; Died: Ceased: 1 Oct 1925 Adelaide, South Australia,
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

Alfred Searcy began his education at Dumas' school, Mount Barker, South Australia, after which he attended Pulteney Street School, Adelaide, until 1869. He then became a journalist with the Adelaide Advertiser. Searcy received the certificate of the Royal Humane Society, London, for saving a woman from drowning and later became a captain in the Port Adelaide Rifle Company. In 1873 he joined the customs department, spending fourteen years as Sub-Collector of Customs at Port Darwin. He then became Clerk Assistant of the House of Assembly in Adelaide. A street in Borroloola, a suburb of Darwin, is named after Searcy.

Miller and M&M mention A Bad Time, a separately-published extract from By Flood and Field. This has not been traced.

Most Referenced Works

Notes

  • See also the full Australian Dictionary of Biography Online entry for Alfred Searcy

Known archival holdings

Mortlock Library of South Australiana (SA)
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