Editing David Rowbotham (section)

==Early life==
Rowbotham was born in the [[Darling Downs]] of [[Queensland]], in the city of [[Toowoomba, Queensland|Toowoomba]].<ref>[http://www.brisbanewritersfestival.com.au/2005/content/standard.asp?name=RowbothamD David Rowbotham] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061004195716/http://www.brisbanewritersfestival.com.au/2005/content/standard.asp?name=RowbothamD |date=4 October 2006 }} (Brisbane Writers' Festival) Accessed: 30 January 2007.</ref> He attended [[Toowoomba Grammar School]] and studied at the [[University of Queensland]] and the [[University of Sydney]].<ref name="ReferenceA">''Australian Verse: An Illustrated Treasury'', edited by Beatrice Davis, State Library of New South Wales Press, 1996</ref> He served in the [[Second World War]] on the Pacific front.