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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.
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White Journeys into Black Country
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Journeying and Journalling : Creative and Critical Meditations on Travel Writing 2010; (p. 149-161)'Rebecca Forbes and Jim Page were English immigrants who lived and died amongst the Adnyamathanha people of the northern Flinders Ranges in the first half of the twentieth century. The first time I saw their two graves there - just the two of them, on their own up the hill, a little above the community at Nepabunna - I asked the obvious question: How did they come to be there? The journeys involved in these trajectories - immigration from England to Australia, migration from the coast to the inland - are the focus of this paper.' (Author's introduction, 149)
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Lemuria and Australian Dreams of an Inland Sea
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Lemuria , Winter vol. 1 no. 1 2006; (p. 32-47) Cathcart reads a range of 'Lemurian novels,' examining their 'uncomplicated optimism about the future of White Australia, their trust that the key to that future lay beneath the earth, in the Great Australian Basin, and their attempts to grapple with the deadly impact of colonisation on the Aborigines who resisted' (44). -
More Lost and Found : In Australia
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Notes on Australian Science Fiction 2001; (p. 148-151)
— Review of Blood Tracks of the Bush : An Australian Romance 1900 single work novel ; God in the Sand : An Australian Mystical Romance 1934 single work novel ; Full Moon Bay 1934 single work novel ; The Temple of Sahr 1932 single work novel ; The Hidden Kingdom 1932 single work novel ; The Valley of Adventure : A Story for Boys 1926 single work ; The Invisible Island : A Story of the Far North of Queensland 1910 single work children's fiction ; Fugitive Anne : A Romance of the Unexplored Bush 1903 single work novel ; The Lost Civilization : A Story of Adventure in Central Australia 1936 single work novel -
Beyond Windswept Branches : Simpson Newland's Images of Central Australia
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , December vol. 36 no. 4 1991; (p. 63-69) -
The Case of the Missing Genre : In Search of Australian Crime Fiction
1988
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , September vol. 48 no. 3 1988; (p. 235-249)
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More Lost and Found : In Australia
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Notes on Australian Science Fiction 2001; (p. 148-151)
— Review of Blood Tracks of the Bush : An Australian Romance 1900 single work novel ; God in the Sand : An Australian Mystical Romance 1934 single work novel ; Full Moon Bay 1934 single work novel ; The Temple of Sahr 1932 single work novel ; The Hidden Kingdom 1932 single work novel ; The Valley of Adventure : A Story for Boys 1926 single work ; The Invisible Island : A Story of the Far North of Queensland 1910 single work children's fiction ; Fugitive Anne : A Romance of the Unexplored Bush 1903 single work novel ; The Lost Civilization : A Story of Adventure in Central Australia 1936 single work novel -
Lemuria and Australian Dreams of an Inland Sea
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Lemuria , Winter vol. 1 no. 1 2006; (p. 32-47) Cathcart reads a range of 'Lemurian novels,' examining their 'uncomplicated optimism about the future of White Australia, their trust that the key to that future lay beneath the earth, in the Great Australian Basin, and their attempts to grapple with the deadly impact of colonisation on the Aborigines who resisted' (44). -
White Journeys into Black Country
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Journeying and Journalling : Creative and Critical Meditations on Travel Writing 2010; (p. 149-161)'Rebecca Forbes and Jim Page were English immigrants who lived and died amongst the Adnyamathanha people of the northern Flinders Ranges in the first half of the twentieth century. The first time I saw their two graves there - just the two of them, on their own up the hill, a little above the community at Nepabunna - I asked the obvious question: How did they come to be there? The journeys involved in these trajectories - immigration from England to Australia, migration from the coast to the inland - are the focus of this paper.' (Author's introduction, 149)
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Beyond Windswept Branches : Simpson Newland's Images of Central Australia
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , December vol. 36 no. 4 1991; (p. 63-69) -
The Case of the Missing Genre : In Search of Australian Crime Fiction
1988
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , September vol. 48 no. 3 1988; (p. 235-249)
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cEngland,ccUnited Kingdom (UK),cWestern Europe, Europe,
- Far West NSW, New South Wales,
- Darling River, Far West NSW, New South Wales,
- Australian Outback, Central Australia,
- 1890s