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==== Early life ==== | ==== Early life ==== |
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Harpur was born on 23 January 1813 at [[wp>Windsor, New South Wales]], the third child of Joseph Harpur — originally from Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland, parish clerk and master of the Windsor district school — and Sarah, née Chidley (from Somerset; both had been transported.)[1] Harpur received his elementary education in Windsor. This was probably largely supplemented by private study; he was an eager reader of William Shakespeare. Harpur followed various avocations in the bush and for some years in his twenties held a clerical position at the post office in Sydney. | Harpur was born on 23 January 1813 at [[wp>Windsor, New South Wales]], the third child of Joseph Harpur — originally from Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland, parish clerk and master of the Windsor district school — and Sarah, née Chidley (from Somerset; both had been transported.) Harpur received his elementary education in Windsor. This was probably largely supplemented by private study; he was an eager reader of [[wp>William Shakespeare]]. Harpur followed various avocations in the bush and for some years in his twenties held a clerical position at the post office in Sydney. |