Bernard Cronin
Bernard Cronin was an English author and journalist.
Cronin was born in Ealing, Middlesex, England, second son of Charles Frederick Cronin , an auctioneer, and Laura ne Marshall . His father was advised to go to Australia for the sake of his health. Charles and his wife set off in 1886, leaving Bernard and his brother in England in the care of their grandmother and aunts. In Mitcham, South Australia, Bernards father succumbed to his illness and died. Laura returned to London and in 1889 married Frederick Cecil Browne, who had taken her under his wing during her husbands illness and accompanied her back to England, and the two of them returned to Australia in the same year, accompanied by Bernards brother Laurence Kimberley. Bernard himself followed them to Australia at the age of six in 1890 in the care of the captain of RMS Austral. During the voyage the young Bernard nearly accidentally killed an able seaman who was painting the ships side whilst holding on to the deck with one hand. Young Bernard jumped on the mans hand just to see wh
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