C. R. Bradish

Charles Richard Bradish (21 April 1884[1] – 28 July 1961) was an Australian journalist, who mostly published as C. R. Bradish, but also as Caleb Mortimer in The Home and Quinton Davis in The Triad.[2]

History

Bradish was born in Ballarat, Victoria, a son of John Richard Bradish (died 7 November 1923)[3] and Susan Doorne Bradish, née Olney (died 1943),[4] who married in 1883.[5]

In 1924 Bradish was appointed associate editor of a reimagined Melbourne Punch,[6] whose first issue appeared on 18 December 1924. The editor was John B. Dalley and staff included Kenneth Slessor and Hugh McCrae.[7] A year later it was absorbed into Table Talk.

In 1933 he was appointed to the Victorian Railways Publicity department.[8] He retired from the Railways, as assistant publicity officer, in February 1948.[9]

Bradish died on 28 July 1961 at Caritas Christi Kew.[10]

Publications

As "Caleb Mortimer" In The Home[11]

  • "Melbourne Theatres" review of The Touch of Silk (Betty M. Davies) vol. 10 no. 1 (p. 18) 2 January 1929
  • "We Have Come to Several Conclusions" (prose humour) vol. 10 no. 7 (p. 50, 87) 1 July 1929
  • "Cities and Ladies" (prose travel) vol. 14 no. 5 (p. 29, 72) 1 May 1933
  • "The Most Fetching Woman in London" (prose humour) vol. 14 no. 6 (p. 37, 78) 1 June 1933
  • "The Real Australian" (prose travel) vol. 14 no. 9 (p. 45) 1 September 1933

also

  • "The Singular Lindsay Record". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 36, 455. New South Wales, Australia. 23 October 1954. p. 8. Retrieved 6 June 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  • "A Wizard With Trains". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 36, 401. New South Wales, Australia. 21 August 1954. p. 10. Retrieved 6 June 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  • "Max Meldrum, the Art Dissenter". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 36, 365. New South Wales, Australia. 10 July 1954. p. 9. Retrieved 6 June 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  • "The Man Who Created "Tatts"". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 36, 357. New South Wales, Australia. 1 July 1954. p. 10. Retrieved 6 June 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  • "Frugal Bachelor's Great Bequest". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 36, 347. New South Wales, Australia. 19 June 1954. p. 9. Retrieved 6 June 2025 – via National Library of Australia. Story of Alfred Felton
  • "Lotteries Go Back A Long Way". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 36, 295. New South Wales, Australia. 20 April 1954. p. 11. Retrieved 6 June 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  • "Was This Jack The Ripper?". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 36, 197. New South Wales, Australia. 26 December 1953. p. 9. Retrieved 6 June 2025 – via National Library of Australia. Story of Frederick William Deeming (sic)
  • "Playboy Of The Poetic World". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 35, 994. New South Wales, Australia. 2 May 1953. p. 9. Retrieved 6 June 2025 – via National Library of Australia. Story of Hugh McCrae
  • "Pioneers of Australian Art". The Sydney Morning Herald. 13 December 1952. p. 7. Retrieved 6 June 2025. Story of the Archibald Prize

Family

On 25 March 1913 Bradish married Ida Louise Mitchell (died 20 May 1965).[12][13] They had at least one child

  • Robert Richard Bradish (2 July 1918 – ), identified as "salesman" in attestation form[14]

They had a home on Bailey Crescent, Rippon Lea, Victoria, and in 1945 lived at 37 Wellington Street, Kew, Victoria.

Percy Albert Bradish (died 21 January 1973),[15] his only sibling, married Eileen Agnes Hickey (died 13 June 1976)[16] in 1914.[17]

References

  1. ↑ "Family Notices". The Ballarat Star. Vol. XXIX, no. 96. Victoria, Australia. 23 April 1884. p. 2. Retrieved 26 March 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ William H. Wilde; Joy Hooton; Barry Andrews, eds. (1985). The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature. OUP. ISBN 019553381X.
  3. ↑ "Family Notices". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 24, 106. Victoria, Australia. 9 November 1923. p. 1. Retrieved 28 July 2026 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "Personal". The Herald (Melbourne). No. 20, 695. Victoria, Australia. 14 September 1943. p. 6. Retrieved 28 July 2026 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "Family Notices". The Ballarat Star. Vol. XXVIII, no. 75. Victoria, Australia. 29 March 1883. p. 2. Retrieved 28 July 2026 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "Advertising". The Daily Mail. No. 7127. Queensland, Australia. 31 December 1924. p. 5. Retrieved 28 July 2026 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 27, 121. New South Wales, Australia. 6 December 1924. p. 16. Retrieved 7 June 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ "Mr C. R. Bradish Appointed to Railways Post". The Sun News-pictorial. No. 3321. Victoria, Australia. 10 May 1933. p. 5. Retrieved 27 July 2026 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ↑ "Personal". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 31, 652. 11 February 1948. p. 3. Retrieved 6 June 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ↑ "Family notices". The Age. 1961-07-29 – via Ryerson Index.
  11. ↑ "C. R. Bradish". AustLit. Retrieved 2026-07-28 – via University of Queensland.
  12. ↑ "Mr C. R. Bradish to Miss I. L. Mitchell". Punch (Melbourne). Vol. CXVIII, no. 3010. Victoria, Australia. 3 April 1913. p. 30. Retrieved 29 July 2026 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. ↑ "Family notices". The Age. 1965-05-22 – via Ryerson Index.
  14. ↑ "NAA: B884, V14211". National Archives of Australia. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
  15. ↑ "Family notices". The Age. 1973-01-22 – via Ryerson Index.
  16. ↑ "Family. notices". The Age. 1976-06-15 – via Ryerson Index.
  17. ↑ "Family Notices". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 21, 248. Victoria, Australia. 1 September 1914. p. 1. Retrieved 27 July 2026 – via National Library of Australia.
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