Background
Smith was born at Stockwell, near London.
Smith was born at Stockwell, near London.
In 1852 he emigrated from Liverpool to Melbourne on the iconic steamer Steamship Great Britain, where he initially pursued commercial activities. Subsequently, he became a contributor to the Melbourne Punch and ultimately editors He was also prominently connected with two short-lived and long defunct journals —the Spectator and Touchstone.
Smith was also a contributor to Fraser"s Magazine and The Nineteenth Century.
Foreign some years preceding his death Smith was one of the principal political leader-writers of the Melbourne Argus. He died in Melbourne on 13 January 1884, aged forty-nine years.
His funeral took place on 14 January 1884, he was buried at Kew Cemetery.