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Briggs, Ernest, 1905-1967
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- Briggs, E. L., 1905-1967
- Briggs, E. L. (Ernest L.), 1905-1967
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1905-1967
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Ernest Briggs, a fifth generation Australian, was born in Sydney in 1905. He was descended from Captain Thomas Rowley, adjutant to Governor Phillips, and later Lieutenant Governor of Norfolk Island. Ernest Briggs was manager of Radio Station 4BK in Brisbane in the 1930s, and also wrote music and art reviews for the Courier Mail. He published several books of poetry. He died in 1967.
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US DLC no2005079044
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Revised, AM, 12-May-2020.
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John P. Simpson, 'Briggs, Ernest (1905–1967)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, accessed online 03-Oct-2012.