Ernest Favenc was an explorer of Australia, a journalist, author of verse, novels and short stories, and an historian.
10 Facts About Ernest Favenc
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Ernest Favenc was educated at the Werdersches Gymnasium, Berlin and at Temple College, Cowley, Oxfordshire.
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Ernest Favenc arrived in New South Wales in 1864, and, after being in the colony for about a year, in a commercial position, he afterwards worked in the pastoral industry in the frontier squatting districts of Queensland.
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Ernest Favenc married Elizabeth Jones Matthews on 15 November 1880 in Sydney.
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Ernest Favenc died at his Darlinghurst home in Sydney on 14 November 1908, and was survived by Elizabeth Jane and their daughter.
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Ernest Favenc wrote under the pseudonym of "Dramingo", often for The Queenslander, and was an accomplished pencil sketcher.
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Ernest Favenc published romances, children's stories and verse as well as several books on exploration, the most extensive being The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888.
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Ernest Favenc was himself an explorer and treats his subject not in a perfunctory way, but as one who feels the wild charm and the magical attraction of the unknown.
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Ernest Favenc attended the inaugural meetings of the Johnsonian Club in Brisbane, Queensland in 1878 and the Savage Club in Adelaide, South Australia in 1883.
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From 1883 there are references to Ernest Favenc being known to his friends as "the pard".