Henry Melville

For other people named Henry Melville, see Henry Melville (disambiguation).

Henry Saxelby Melville Wintle (1799 – 22 December 1873),[1][2] commonly referred to as Henry Melville, was an Australian journalist, author, occultist, and Freemason best remembered for writing the play The Bushrangers,[2][3] his historical work The History of Van Diemen's Land From the Year 1824 to 1835,[2] and his occult philosophical work Veritas: Revelation of Mysteries, Biblical, Historical, and Social by Means of the Median and Persian Laws[2][1]. His life was dramatized in the 1882 Princess Theatre (Bendigo) production Found, or Found Drowned.[4]

  1. ^ Barrett, C. L. (1943). Across the Years. Melbourne: University of Melbourne Press.
  2. ^ a b c d E. Flinn, 'Melville, Henry (1799–1873)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University accessed 13 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Trove".
  4. ^ "ROYAL PRINCESS' THEATRE. - Bendigo Advertiser (Vic. : 1855 - 1918) - 3 Nov 1882". Bendigo Advertiser. 3 November 1882.