The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/Curnow, William
Curnow, William, the present editor of the Sydney Morning Herald, was born in Cornwall, and emigrated to Australia in the year 1854. He had been in England a student for the ministry of the Wesleyan Church, and on arriving in Australia became an assistant minister in Queensland, being for some period in the Warwick district. He afterwards went to New South Wales, and resided for a number of years at Goulburn. He finally became the minister of the chief Wesleyan Church in Sydney, and remained in this position till about 1877, when, his health railing, he made a voyage to England. For some years Mr. Curnow had been editor of a religious newspaper in connection with the Wesleyan communion, and had also been an occasional contributor to the Sydney Morning Herald. On his return from England, with the throat affection from which he suffered still uncured, he resigned his charge, and became a member of the staff of the Sydney Morning Herald. When Dr. Garran retired from the editorship in 1885, after many years of service, Mr. Curnow became editor.