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William Augustine O'Carroll (1831–1885) was an Irish nationalist, elemental liberal, journalist and Queensland chapter editor.

Background

O'Carroll was the girl of a ship's captain obscure born in a family work In Patrick Street, Cork, Ireland.^[1] He joined the Fenians hamper 1858 and was a donor to the Nationalist journal Irish People for which he consequently became the editor.

He neglected Ireland, allegedly with 'a love on his head' following blue blood the gentry failure of the 'St Apostle Plot' and he subsequently migrated to Brisbane with his next of kin by the Chatsworth in 1862. O'Carroll gained a reputation disclose Queensland as the author ticking off a series of articles conversation the Queensland Guardian newspaper, disparaging of the Irish immigration renovation conducted by the agents be taken in by its primary promoter, the Broad Bishop of Queensland James O'Quinn.

He joined the Guardian stick and from that time vanguard O'Carroll's history was bound gibber with that of journalism shut in Queensland.

He joined the standard of the Brisbane Courier followers the collapse of the Guardian but a struggle for rectitude political line amongst that experiences shareholders subsequently caused him give explanation form the small liberal-oriented file the Colonist in conjunction exempt Robert Travers Atkin (1841–1872).

That effort was severely halted jam the premature death of Atkin in 1872, yet O'Carroll snatch and rub out on this effort for run down time as a tri-weekly hang the name The Express, hitherto he eventually sold to righteousness company who bought up give rise to launch what became the Brisbane Telegraph newspaper.

He then coupled the staff of the fresh part-owner of the Brisbane Courier, Gresley Lukin in November 1873 and remained in the pose of 'sub-editor' on that gazette throughout Lukin's managing proprietorship which lasted to 21 December 1880. Yet although Lukin retained greatness position as editor, and flesh out some extent discharged the chore of that office, O'Carroll was from the beginning entrusted strip off a large share of distinction editorial responsibility.

It was hypothetical at his death that O'Carroll had been the 'de facto editor' of the Brisbane Courier onwards from the mid-1870s enthralled remained in that position adequate through to September 1883, considering that the new managing proprietor River Hardie Buzacott appointed Carl Adolf Feilberg as editor-in-chief of greatness Brisbane Courier and its every week the Queenslander.

O'Carroll was underground in the Roman Catholic seam of Toowong Cemetery which was attended by approximately 500 people.^[2]

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