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Issue Details: First known date: 1870... 1870 Book of the Bush : Containing Many Truthful Sketches of the Early Colonial Life of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers and Others Who Left Their Native Land and Never Returned
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  • 19th-Century Australian Travel Writing

    George Dunderdale (1822-1903), a government officer, tells a story of Australian pioneering in The Book of the Bush, also published with the title Australian Bush Tales. Written in his later life, it was presented as a collection of sardonic reminiscences. In a sensational narrative, Dunderdale described the depraved convicts, the perceived vanishing Aboriginal race, gold digging, and included the tale of "Macdonald of Glengarry" who attempted to set up a fiefdom in outback Australia. This work is illustrated by J. Macfarlane.

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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Ward, Lock ,       1870 .
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      Link: 20394831Full text document Sighted: 29/05/2021
      Extent: 820p.
      Description: illus.

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      Held at: State Library of Tasmania State Library of Tasmania
      Local Id: AUD 829.3 DUN

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      Held at: Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW
      Local Id: 980.1/418

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      Held at: University of Melbourne The University Library
      Local Id: AUST. DUND
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Ward, Lock ,       1898 .
      Description: illus., facsim.
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      • Illustrated by J. Macfarlane
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: E. W. Cole , ca. 1898 .
      Alternative title: Australian Bush Tales : Containing Many Truthful Sketches of the Early Colonial Life of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers and Others Who Left Their Native Land and Never Returned
      Extent: 320p.
      Description: illus.
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Related Works

Local Rivalries at Port Albert (from The Book of the Bush) George Dunderdale , 1988 extract (Book of the Bush : Containing Many Truthful Sketches of the Early Colonial Life of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers and Others Who Left Their Native Land and Never Returned)
— Appears in: Shadow and Shine : An Anthology of Gippsland Literature 1988; (p. 116)
The Dunsinane Conspiracy (from The Book of the Bush) George Dunderdale , 1988 extract (Book of the Bush : Containing Many Truthful Sketches of the Early Colonial Life of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers and Others Who Left Their Native Land and Never Returned)
— Appears in: Shadow and Shine : An Anthology of Gippsland Literature 1988; (p. 117)
George Dunderdale George Dunderdale , 2016 extract short story (Book of the Bush : Containing Many Truthful Sketches of the Early Colonial Life of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers and Others Who Left Their Native Land and Never Returned)
— Appears in: A Single Tree : Voices from the Bush 2016; (p. 94-99)
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Works about this Work

A Gippsland Writer : George Dunderdale (1822-1903) Patrick Morgan , 2001 single work biography
— Appears in: Margin , November no. 55 2001; (p. 5-9)
Australiana Galore 1973 single work review
— Appears in: Hemisphere , October vol. 17 no. 10 1973; (p. 27)
— Review of Book of the Bush : Containing Many Truthful Sketches of the Early Colonial Life of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers and Others Who Left Their Native Land and Never Returned George Dunderdale , 1870 selected work short story
Facsimilies and Reprints Roger Hainsworth , 1973 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July vol. 11 no. 1973; (p. 91-92)
— Review of Book of the Bush : Containing Many Truthful Sketches of the Early Colonial Life of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers and Others Who Left Their Native Land and Never Returned George Dunderdale , 1870 selected work short story
Publications Received 1898 single work review
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 26 November 1898; (p. 1027)
— Review of Book of the Bush : Containing Many Truthful Sketches of the Early Colonial Life of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers and Others Who Left Their Native Land and Never Returned George Dunderdale , 1870 selected work short story ; The Camp at Wandinong Ethel Turner , 1898 selected work children's fiction ; Fair Girls and Gray Horses : With Other Verses Will H. Ogilvie , 1898 selected work poetry ; Below and on Top Edward Dyson , 1898 selected work short story The reviewer writes that The Book of the Bush 'should be read by the young and the old'.
Books and Publications Roger Hainsworth , 1898 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Town and Country Journal , 26 November vol. 57 no. 1503 1898; (p. 51)
— Review of Book of the Bush : Containing Many Truthful Sketches of the Early Colonial Life of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers and Others Who Left Their Native Land and Never Returned George Dunderdale , 1870 selected work short story
Publications Received 1898 single work review
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 26 November 1898; (p. 1027)
— Review of Book of the Bush : Containing Many Truthful Sketches of the Early Colonial Life of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers and Others Who Left Their Native Land and Never Returned George Dunderdale , 1870 selected work short story ; The Camp at Wandinong Ethel Turner , 1898 selected work children's fiction ; Fair Girls and Gray Horses : With Other Verses Will H. Ogilvie , 1898 selected work poetry ; Below and on Top Edward Dyson , 1898 selected work short story The reviewer writes that The Book of the Bush 'should be read by the young and the old'.
Books and Publications Roger Hainsworth , 1898 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Town and Country Journal , 26 November vol. 57 no. 1503 1898; (p. 51)
— Review of Book of the Bush : Containing Many Truthful Sketches of the Early Colonial Life of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers and Others Who Left Their Native Land and Never Returned George Dunderdale , 1870 selected work short story
Facsimilies and Reprints Roger Hainsworth , 1973 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July vol. 11 no. 1973; (p. 91-92)
— Review of Book of the Bush : Containing Many Truthful Sketches of the Early Colonial Life of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers and Others Who Left Their Native Land and Never Returned George Dunderdale , 1870 selected work short story
Australiana Galore 1973 single work review
— Appears in: Hemisphere , October vol. 17 no. 10 1973; (p. 27)
— Review of Book of the Bush : Containing Many Truthful Sketches of the Early Colonial Life of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers and Others Who Left Their Native Land and Never Returned George Dunderdale , 1870 selected work short story
A Gippsland Writer : George Dunderdale (1822-1903) Patrick Morgan , 2001 single work biography
— Appears in: Margin , November no. 55 2001; (p. 5-9)
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