Albert Dorrington

Albert Dorrington (27 September 1874 – 9 April 1953)[1] was an English writer, active in Australia, who was born in Fulham, London, England.

Dorrington arrived in Australia around 1890 as a sixteen-year-old[1] and after brief stays in Melbourne and Adelaide, he traveled for many years through the back-country of New South Wales and Queensland as a newspaper and advertising canvasser.

He left Australia in 1907 complaining bitterly of the closed literary establishment there and returned to England, where he remained for the rest of his life.

[1] Dorrington was a frequent contributor to The Bulletin during the 1890s, under the pseudonyms "AD" and "Alba Dorian", and during his time in Australia published a book of short stories, Castro's Last Sacrament and Other Stories, and one novel, The Lady Calphurnia Royal (in collaboration with A. G. Stephens), serialized in The Bookfellow magazine, then in 1909 in book form.

Much of his popular work contained Australian settings, with some noted as having "fantastic content",[4] and his novels The Radium Terrors and The Half God are described as science fiction.