Australian Dictionary of Biography (online) 21 January 2020: (Roderick Flanagan (1828-1862), journalist and historian, was born on 1 April 1828 near Elphin, County Roscommon, Ireland. His family arrived in Sydney in January 1840. He worked as a printer and newspaper editor, and in 1854 joined the Sydney Morning Herald. In November 1860 he left Sydney for London, taking his incomplete writings to prepare for publication. He died in London on 13 March 1862.) https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/flanagan-roderick-3535