sentences:  Thomas Rowe died while Richard was still very young; the remaining family moved to Colchester, where Richard was educated at Mr Bradnack's school.Rowe came to Australia in 1853; by 1857 he was working on the "Month" and "The Sydney Morning Herald" sometimes using the pseudonym 'A Sassenach Settler'.In 1858 his "Peter 'Possum's Portfolio" was published at Sydney, a volume of prose and verse dedicated to his benefactor Nicol Drysdale Stenhouse.