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y separately published work icon Gallops and Gossips in the Bush of Australia, or, Passages in the Life of Alfred Barnard single work   novel  
Issue Details: First known date: 1854... 1854 Gallops and Gossips in the Bush of Australia, or, Passages in the Life of Alfred Barnard
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From a roving, largely outdoors, education in England and France, the narrator - an orphan - becomes unfitted for an office profession and emigrates to Australia. The stories recount aspects of his life in the colony. The narrator finally returns to England - near York - for Christmas. He hears sad tales of England's poor but finds rich welcome with his family - and a wife.

Notes

  • Some of the stories which appear in Gallops and Gossips were originally published in Charles Dickens's magazine Household Words, where they appeared as stand alone short stories. In most instances, Sydney revised these stories for inclusion in Gallops and Gossips, usually adding to the beginning and ending, and sometimes altering the title.

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* Contents derived from the London,
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The Bushman and his Bride Songs of the Squatters (No.3.)i"The gum has no shade,", Robert Lowe , single work poetry satire (p. 33-34)
Note: The concluding part of this version differs from the 1845 Atlas version. In Gallops and Gossips, Sidney indicates that his source was 'a satirical Sydney paper.'
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Alternative title: The Rover, or, Recollections of Old Rambles in the Australian Bush
First known date: 1872
Serialised by: The Australian Journal 1865 periodical (900 issues)
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Serialised in the Australian Journal between October 1872 and March 1873.
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There is no authorial attribution in the Australian Journal but a footnote to the first instalment notes that it comes from Gallops and Gossips in the Bush of Australia.
Alternative title: Gallops and Gossips in Australia
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Related Works

Two-Handed Dick the Stockman : An Adventure in the Bush Two-Handed Dick the Stockman Samuel Sidney , 1850 single work short story
— Appears in: Household Words , 4 May vol. 1 no. 1850; (p. 141-144) The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser , 28 August vol. 5 no. 218 1852; (p. 1-2) The Empire , 3 September 1867; (p. 6) The Bugle Call 1918; Further Tales from Botany Bay 2005; (p. 36-44) Tales of the Bushman 2006; (p. 5-14) Tells the story of the stockman, Two-Handed Dick, and how he defeats a rampaging bull and later a group Aboriginal Australians with a musket in one hand and an axe in the other, the latter incident giving rise to his nickname.
An Australian Ploughman's Story Samuel Sidney , 1850 single work short story
— Appears in: Household Words , 4 May vol. 1 no. 1850; (p. 39-43) The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser , 8 February vol. 3 no. 137 1851; (p. 1-2) Further Tales from Botany Bay 2005; (p. 82-92) Tales of the Bushman 2006; (p. 15-26) A story about a series of unfortunate events that lead to a young man's transportation to Australia. He suffers trials and tribulations until he has the good fortune to meet the anonymous narrator who helps the young man find stability in his life. Consequently, the transportee becomes a prosperous farmer and is reunited eventually with his wife and child. The message of the story is directed at English readers: 'tell the wretched and the starving [in England] how honest sober labour is sure of full reward here [in Australia]. Tell them that poverty may be turned to competence, crime to repentence and happiness'.
Christmas Day in the Bush Samuel Sidney , 1851 single work short story
— Appears in: Household Words , vol. 2 no. 1851; (p. 309-310) The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser , 4 December vol. 5 no. 232 1852; (p. 2) The Australian Journal , December vol. 26 no. 307 1890; (p. 200-201) Further Tales from Botany Bay 2005; (p. 100-104) Further Tales from Botany Bay 2006; Tales of the Bushman 2006; (p. 34-38) A burning Christmas Day outback in 1840 and two English stockmen, left without food, journey to their Devon neighbour's station and join his generous Christmas party. One of the pair enjoys not only the repast but the fair company - and later marries her. Slight, colourful, cheery, egalitarian yarn: well-connected Englishmen meet successful once-starving Devon family in the land of opportunity. The earlier version includes the reminiscence it stirs of an English Christmas in 1832 when poverty forced his family to emigrate ...(PB)
Going to the Dogs Samuel Sidney , 1852 single work short story
— Appears in: Household Words , vol. 5 no. 1852; (p. 309-312) Further Tales from Botany Bay 2005; (p. 93-99) Tales of the Bushman 2006; (p. 27-33)
y separately published work icon Tales of the Bushman Samuel Sidney , John Sidney , Canberra : Mulini Press , 2006 Z1328626 2006 selected work short story

John Sidney came to Australia in 1840. He spent ten years in the colony. On his return to England he told his brother Samuel about his experiences in Australia. Samuel wrote them down and they were published in Household Words 1850-1852. John returned to Australia and sent news back to his brother. Samuel Sidney never visited Australia. His novel Gallops and Gossips in the Bush of Australia is based on his brother's information.
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