Charles Tompson (26 June 1807 – 5 January 1883)[1] was an Australian public servant, and it is claimed he was the first published Australian-born poet.
Tompson junior was educated at Henry Fulton's school at Castlereagh and entered the New South Wales public service.
A Translation of the Latin Prize Poem of S. Smith, a Student of Hyde Abbey School, Winchester, appeared in the Sydney Gazette on 17 December 1829,[1] and was published shortly after as a two paged pamphlet, now rare.
Tompson married Hannah Morris at St Matthew's, Windsor, on 12 April 1830; by 1831 he was living in Kent Street, Sydney, and had become a clerk in the colonial secretary's office.
[1] Tompson remained there until 1836 when he returned to his Doon Moor Cottage, Penrith, where he was a clerk of petty sessions.