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* Contents derived from the
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Marian Clarke
, 1890 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Biography, single work biography
* Contents derived from the
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Marian Clarke
, 1896 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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Australian Scenery,
extract
criticism
biography
The narrator, in describing the Australian landscape, compares it to those of Europe, Asia, America, Africa and the Pacific and declares that 'In Australia alone is to be found the Grotesque, the Weird, the strange scribblings of Nature learning how to write'.
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Learning "Colonial Experience",
single work
short story
'There were three of us, Dougald M'Alister, Jack Thwaries and myself. The place was called in the grandiloquent languae of the bush, "The Dinkledoodledum Station...' (205)
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Pretty Dick,
single work
short story
Story of the seven-year-old shepherd's son who gets lost in the bush and dies.
- Poor Joe [Jo], single work short story
- Gentleman George's Bride, single work short story
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An Up-Country Township
Bullocktown
Bullocktown : Glenorchy,
single work
short story
humour
A small and isolated country town without a resident preacher sees a succession of itinerant preachers, some of dubious credentials, lecturing at the pub.
- Grumbler's Gully, single work short story
- Romance of Bullocktown, single work short story
- How the Circus Came to Bullocktown, single work short story humour
- The Romance of Lively Creek, single work short story
- King Billy's Breeches King Billy's Breeches : A Romance of the Civil Service King Billy's Troubles : Or Government Red-Tapeism, single work short story
- Holiday Peak, single work short story adventure
- A Night with Horace 'Horace' in the Bush, single work short story
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Squatters of the Past and Present : 'Arcades Ambo.',
single work
short story
The narrator muses on the different characters that constitute the Australian squatter. He takes as an example his friends, old Robin Ruff of the Murrumbidgee, and young Dudley Smooth of Murriowooloomoolooneriangtrotolong Station, and compares their distinctly different approaches to running their businesses.Note: With title: Squatters Past and Present
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The Future Australian Race,
single work
short story
satire
The narrator declares that 'The quality of a race of beings is determined by two things: food and climate'. In musing on what the future Australian race will be like, the narrator looks to the past and the present as indicators of the likely progression that will eventuate.
- Biography, single work biography
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Short Notice
1897
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Town and Country Journal , 26 June vol. 54 no. 1429 1897; (p. 43)
— Review of Australian Tales 1890 selected work short story
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Short Notice
1897
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Town and Country Journal , 26 June vol. 54 no. 1429 1897; (p. 43)
— Review of Australian Tales 1890 selected work short story
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