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Simpson Newland Simpson Newland i(A14751 works by) (a.k.a. S. Newland)
Born: Established: 2 Nov 1835 Staffordshire,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ; Died: Ceased: 27 Jun 1925 North Adelaide, Adelaide - North / North East, Adelaide, South Australia,
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1839
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1 A Wronged and Outraged Woman Simpson Newland , 1977 extract novel (Paving the Way : A Romance of the Australian Bush)
— Appears in: The White Chrysanthemum : Changing Images of Australian Motherhood 1977; (p. 33-42) The White Chrysanthemum : Changing Images of Australian Motherhood 1985; (p. 29-35)
1 y separately published work icon Memoirs of Simpson Newland, C.M.G. Sometime Treasurer of South Australia Simpson Newland , Adelaide : F. W. Preece , 1926 Z1333985 1926 single work autobiography
2 5 y separately published work icon Blood Tracks of the Bush : An Australian Romance Simpson Newland , 1900 single work novel

His novel explicitly deals with the massacres of Aborigines by settlers. It was less successful than his earlier work, "partly because inferior, but also because he courageously and accurately portrayed horrific mass-murders of Aborigines by police and pastoralists. The public was not ready for such honesty."

Source: G. K. Jenkin, 'Newland, Simpson (1835–1925)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 11, Melbourne University Press, 1988, pp 10–12.
2 y separately published work icon Old Time Memories : a band of pioneers Simpson Newland , Adelaide : Simpson Newland , 1895 Z1334162 1895 single work autobiography
1 10 y separately published work icon Paving the Way : A Romance of the Australian Bush Simpson Newland , London : Gay and Bird , 1893 Z445727 1893 single work novel
1 y separately published work icon The Far North Country Simpson Newland , Adelaide : Burden and Bonython , 1887 Z1707935 1887 single work autobiography travel Newland offers an account of his 'impressions of the northern country', that is, the Northern Territory, with the intention of illustrating 'the practicability of developing this country and the uses to which it can be turned'.
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