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y separately published work icon The Queen of the South : A Colonial Romance : Being Pictures of Life in Victoria in the Early Days of the Diggings single work   novel   crime  
Issue Details: First known date: 1858... 1858 The Queen of the South : A Colonial Romance : Being Pictures of Life in Victoria in the Early Days of the Diggings
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Notes

  • The earliest novel printed in South Australia. Depasquale comments on its vigour and its contrast with the novels written by the women of the time (A Critical History of South Australian Literature 1836-1930, pp. 71-72.

Affiliation Notes

  • Affiliated with the ASIA dataset as the novel's characters include Chinese people.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Gawler, Gawler area, Salisbury - Elizabeth - Gawler area, Adelaide, South Australia,: George Isaacs , 1858 .
      Printed by Wm. Barnet Ltd
      Extent: viii, 248 p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Dedication: To George Nott, Esq....Gawler, June, 1959.
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Works about this Work

A Colonial Wordsmith : George Isaacs in Adelaide, 1860-1870 Anne Black , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Adelaide : A Literary City 2014; (p. 39-55)
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Last amended 12 Feb 2004 16:15:17
Subjects:
  • 1850s
Settings:
  • Melbourne, Victoria,
  • Castlemaine, Castlemaine area, Ballarat - Bendigo area, Victoria,
  • Taradale, Castlemaine area, Ballarat - Bendigo area, Victoria,
  • Bendigo area, Ballarat - Bendigo area, Victoria,
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