AustLit logo

AustLit

Hal Walstab Hal Walstab i(A77844 works by)
Gender: Male
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

Works By

Preview all
1 The Crown of Thorns Hal Walstab , 1870 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , April vol. 5 no. 59 1870; (p. 476-478) A young lady's companion in England hears the story of her crotchety invalid employer's youth - of how she loved a man, found him married, and after waiting 15 years for him he married a younger woman. (PB)
1 Sad But True Hal Walstab , 1870 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , February vol. 5 no. 57 1870; (p. 335-337) Frederick Alton marries the younger and easier of a pair of sisters, inadvertantly breaking the elder's heart. He also pays for his choice ... (PB)
1 A Very Black Sheep Hal Walstab , 1869 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , November vol. 5 no. 54 1869; (p. 154-155) The decline of a laughing reckless boy through disgrace and poverty to die an old drunken sailor - but converted to God at the last by his friend, the narrator. (PB)
1 Ever Faithful Hal Walstab , 1869 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , March vol. 4 no. 46 1869; (p. 422-423) A British ship's first officer falls in love with a 17 year-old girl on her way to India. Though she marries another he remains constant. (PB)
2 The Bushranger Hal Walstab , 1868 single work short story adventure The tale of a passionate man, John Carwell, whose youthful wildness ends in emigrating to Melbourne and leaving his sister Mary to the care of their cold uncle Richard. He meets James Barret and they go to the diggings of gold rush Victoria (early 1850s). John falls ill and becomes friends with Clarence Campbell, a handsome gently bred man. Through Clarence, he meets and falls in love with gentle Maude Egerton who agrees to be his finacee but her father is opposed. Meanwhile, CC is implicated in the seduction years before of a dying man's sister but nothing can be proved. The murder of James Barret, then CC's digging partner; the savage exploits of Red Jack, the bushranger; a woman driven mad by love, are all alements of the plot which resolves itself in the Victorian bush. (PB)
1 Hector the Brave Hal Walstab , 1868 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , 17 October vol. 4 no. 164 1868; (p. 124-125) A story of a dog's bravery and faithfulness. (PB)
X