Warren Burt Kimberly
compiler and author of historical writings
Warren Bert Kimberly was a compiler and author of several histories of Australian towns in the late 1890s. He was American, and came to Australia from Chicago in the mid-1880s. Kimberly worked with Melbourne journalist J. J. Pascoe, and the books they compiled were published by Messrs. F. W. Niven and Co.
In 1894 they published Ballarat and Vicinity which was well received, with the Ballarat Star saying 'Mr. Kimberly and Messrs, F. W. Niven and Co. must be complimented for their enterprise in presenting residents with such a high-class production'.
In 1895 they published Bendigo and Vicinity. The Bendigo Advertiser said that '" Bendigo and Vicinity" will more than compare with "Ballarat and Vicinity" Mr. Kimberly and Messrs.
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