Arthur Groom

Arthur Groom was born on the 11 th December 1904; he died on the 14 th November 1953. He was an Australian writer, journalist, a photogr...

Arthur Groom was born on the 11th December 1904; he died on the 14th November 1953. He was an Australian writer, journalist, a photographer and a conservationist. He was the son of Authur Champion Groom.
source of picture: nla.gov.au

Career
Arthur Groom was raised on the cattle station Rosabelle Downs in Queensland, Australia and worked as a jackaroo and a journalist. He went to the city of Brisbane in the year 1926 to write for the Sunday Mail. In the year 1930, Arthur Groom became the first honorary secretary of the National Park Association of Queensland and was serving in the promotion of the national parks and protection of the environment till he died.
Arthur Groom visited the central Australian and the Hermannsburg Mission in the year 1946 and 1947 and he wrote of his experiences in the book called I Saw a Strange Land.
Arthur Groom died in the city of Melbourne in the year 1953.
Works
Ø  Groom, Arthur (1930). Merry Christmas. Mills and Boon, London.
Ø  Groom, Arthur (1950). I Saw A Strange Land: Journeys in Central Australia. Angus & Robertson, Sydney.
Ø  Groom, Arthur (1951). One Mountain After Another. Angus & Robertson, Sydney.
Ø  Groom, Arthur (1953). Flood Waters. Unpublished.
Ø  Groom, Arthur (1955). Wealth in the Wilderness. Angus & Robertson, Sydney.


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