A. J. Evelyn (32 works by) (a.k.a. Alexander John Evelyn )
Also writes as: E.
Born: Established: ca. 1827 England ; Died: 19 Feb 1857 Sydney
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: ca. 1853
I came across Evelyn via the Moreton Bay Courier and also the Empire a few months ago and decided to look around for works by him to fill out his profile a bit...hence my wandering into the Maitland Merc, SMH etc...hope I haven't unduly trespassed onto anyone's turf...I've checked the first lines of Evelyn's various poems on Gooogle Books, but haven't got any hits (eg. in 19th century English magazines), so I gather that his poems were written whilst he was in Australia...or at least first appeared in the SMH etc - rt 8/10/10.

BiographyHistory

A.J. Evelyn was educated at Trinity College Dublin. Soon after his arrival in New South Wales, he was appointed editor of the Illustrated Sydney News, and for a brief period he moved within Sydney press and literary circles. In 1856, Evelyn gained notoriety, when in an agitated state, he assaulted the New South Wales Premier (H.W. Parker), whom he believed was implicated in his dismissal from the New South Wales Survey Office, where he had been employed as a clerk. Evelyn was subsequently sentenced to six months' imprisonment, but at the instigation of the Premier, was released after serving only part of the sentence. He died not long afterwards.

As far as can be established, Evelyn's only separately published work was his lengthy English Alice: A Poem in Five Cantos (1852), which was written prior to his arrival in Australia.