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Friedrich Gerstaecker (International) assertion Friedrich Gerstaecker i(A3725 works by) (a.k.a. Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Gerstaecker; Frederick Gerstaecker; Friedrich Gerstäcker; Friedrich Gerstacker)
Born: Established: 10 May 1816 Hamburg,
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Germany,
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Western Europe, Europe, ; Died: Ceased: 31 May 1872 Braunschweig,
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Germany,
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Western Europe, Europe,
Gender: Male
Visitor assertion Arrived in Australia: 1851 Departed from Australia: 1852
Heritage: German
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1 The Bush (from The Two Convicts) Friedrich Gerstaecker , 1990 extract novel adventure (The Two Convicts)
— Appears in: The Macmillan Anthology of Australian Literature 1990; (p. 23)
1 y separately published work icon Riffe in der Torresstrasse Friedrich Gerstaecker , Wurzburg : Arena , 1981 Z1174268 1981 single work novel adventure
1 y separately published work icon Buschtreiben Friedrich Gerstaecker , Berlin : Verlag Kultur und Fortschritt , 1954 Z1935946 1954 single work children's fiction children's adventure
1 y separately published work icon Die Matrosen von Boreas : Abenteuer-Erzählungen aus der Zeit der ersten Goldfunde Friedrich Gerstaecker , Reutlingen : Enßlin and Laiblin , 1944 Z1157128 1938 selected work children's fiction children's adventure
1 y separately published work icon Die Goldgräber in Australien : Abenteuer-Erzählungen aus der Zeit der ersten Goldfunde Friedrich Gerstaecker , Reutlingen : Enßlin and Laiblin , 1938 Z1157083 1938 selected work poetry children's adventure
1 y separately published work icon Der Schiffszimmerman. Das Wrack: 2 Seegeschichten Friedrich Gerstaecker , Stuttgart : Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung , 1904 Z1097488 1904 selected work children's fiction children's
2 y separately published work icon Nach dem Schiffbruch : Nordaustralisches Abenteuer Friedrich Gerstaecker , Jena : Costenoble , 1870 Z1158792 1870 single work novel adventure
1 The Taboo, Or, The Buried Treasure Friedrich Gerstaecker , 1865-1866 single work short story adventure Return of a landholder in native disguise to claim his life-savings buried on his land before he fled the country to escape Maori retribution for killing one of their race. His perils include a murderous convict thief, vengeful Maoris and a storm at sea. (PB)
1 Das Wrack Friedrich Gerstaecker , 1865 single work children's fiction children's
— Appears in: Der Schiffszimmerman. Das Wrack: 2 Seegeschichten 1904;
1 y separately published work icon Unter Palmen und Buchen : Gesammelte Erzählungen Friedrich Gerstaecker , Leipzig : Arnold , 1865 Z1063171 1865 selected work short story
2 y separately published work icon Im Busch Friedrich Gerstaecker , Jena : Costenoble , 1864 Z1013258 1864 single work novel
2 Alle jagen John Mulligan Friedrich Gerstaecker , 1860 single work novella adventure
— Appears in: Inselwelt : Gesammelte Erzählungen 1860; (p. vol 2)
1 y separately published work icon Die Welt im Kleinen fur die kleine Welt Friedrich Gerstaecker , Leipzig : Schlicke , 1860 Z1063216 1860 single work prose travel children's
1 y separately published work icon Inselwelt : Gesammelte Erzählungen Friedrich Gerstaecker , Leipzig : Arnold , 1860 Z1063149 1860 selected work short story novella
1 y separately published work icon Blau Wasser : Skizzen aus See- und Inselleben Friedrich Gerstaecker , Leipzig : Arnold , 1858 Z1063143 1858 selected work short story
2 y separately published work icon Gentleman John, der Buschläufer Friedrich Gerstaecker , 1857 Linz : Oberösterreichisher Landesverlag , 1954 Z1157780 1857 single work children's fiction children's adventure
1 y separately published work icon Abenteuer auf Känguruh-Eiland Friedrich Gerstaecker , 1857 Linz : Demokratische Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft , 1948 Z1157169 1857 single work children's fiction children's adventure
8 y separately published work icon The Two Convicts Friedrich Gerstaecker , London : Routledge , 1857 Z1013149 1857 single work novel adventure
3 2 y separately published work icon Our Antipodes, or, Residence and Rambles in Australasian Colonies : with a Glimpse of the Gold Fields Godfrey Charles Mundy , ( trans. Friedrich Gerstaecker with title Wanderungen in Australien und Vadiemensland ) Leipzig : Lorck , 1856 Z1071208 1852 single work prose travel
2 5 y separately published work icon Reisen : Vierter Band : Australien Australien Friedrich Gerstaecker , Stuttgart : Cotta'scher , 1854 9612146 1854 single work prose travel

'Friedrich Gerstäcker, the most illustrious and prolific of German travel writers, set foot in Australia in March 1851, having walked across the Andes, traipsed the goldfields of California, and sailed over the Pacific in search of new adventures.

'Gerstäcker found adventures aplenty in Australia. He rowed and trekked down the Murray, absorbed the excitement triggered by the discovery of gold, visited his countrymen in South Australia, and trained his outsider's eyes on a colonial society gripped by profound change.

'In this translated edition of Gerstäcker's book Australien, his lively travelogue is made available for the first time in English. Rarely has Australia's colonial past been presented with such insight, humour and entertainment.' (Publication summary : Australia : A German Traveller in the Age of Gold)
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