Edmund James Banfield
Edmund James Ted Banfield was an author and naturalist in Queensland, Australia. He is best known for his book Confessions of a Beachcomber. His grave on Dunk Island is listed on the Queensland Heritage Register.
Banfield was born in Liverpool, England the son of Jabez Walter Banfield , printer, and his wife Sarah Ann, ne Smith. Banfield was brought while a boy to Australia by his father, who settled at Ararat, Victoria in 1852 and became proprietor of a newspaper, the Ararat Advertiser. Edmund Banfield received his first training in journalism on this paper.
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