Joseph John Cheyne Wharton BA (c. 1859 – 19 November 1923), generally known as J. C. Wharton, J. Cheyne Wharton or Joseph Cheyne Wharton, was a journalist in South Australia and New South Wales.

History

He was born in Dublin the eldest son of James Henry Wharton and educated at Wesley College and Trinity College, Dublin, where he received double first honours in Classics and English Literature.

He emigrated to South Australia around 1880 and was employed as Classics master at St. Peter's College, and was for several years on the editorial staff of the South Australian Register.[1]

He was editor of the Adelaide University Shakespeare Society's Journal 1886–1887.[2]

In 1887 he served as secretary to Sir Herbert B. Sandford, the Commissioner for the British Section at the Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition.

He was editor of the (Anglican) Church Review and in 1890 founder and editor of a short-lived newspaper titled Truth published in Adelaide and printed by Hussey and Gillingham,[3] then in 1891 secretary to the Stock Exchange of Adelaide.[4]

He moved to New South Wales, and was employed by the Sydney Morning Herald.[1]

He was for a time editor of the Parramatta Times,[5] and edited The Jubilee History of Parramatta 1861-1911[6]

Family

He married Anna Frederika De Reyher ( – 2 June 1948) on 9 July 1885; their children included:

References

  1. ^ a b "Obituary". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 26, 794. New South Wales, Australia. 20 November 1923. p. 12. Retrieved 10 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "The University Shakespeare Journal". South Australian Register. Vol. LI, no. 12, 299. South Australia. 15 April 1886. p. 5. Retrieved 10 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "General News". The Southern Cross (South Australia). Vol. II, no. 60. South Australia. 22 August 1890. p. 7. Retrieved 10 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Stock Exchange of Adelaide Ltd". South Australian Register. Vol. LVI, no. 13, 916. South Australia. 20 June 1891. p. 4. Retrieved 10 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Refused Admission". The Express and Telegraph. Vol. XXXV, no. 10, 311. South Australia. 10 March 1898. p. 3. Retrieved 10 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ The jubilee history of Parramatta in commemoration of the first half-century of municipal government, 1861-1911, Parramatta T.D. Little and R.S. Richardson, 1911, retrieved 10 June 2016 Available as .pdf-based CD-ROM
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