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Although sometimes referred to as a novel, The Doings of Dave is a collection of 30 stories set largely in the sporting underworld
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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Aussie Words : Brass Razoo : Is It but a Breath of Wind?
2000
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— Appears in: Ozwords , April vol. 6 no. 1 2000; (p. 6) -
Fiction
1919
single work
review
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 6 September 1919; (p. 3)
— Review of The Doings of Dave 1919 single work short story -
Untitled
1919
single work
review
— Appears in: The Lone Hand , 16 September vol. 9 no. 9 1919; (p. 28)
— Review of The Doings of Dave 1919 single work short story -
City Battlers : Confidence Men as the Heroes of a Story
1919
single work
column
— Appears in: The Farmer and Settler , 2 September 1919; (p. 8)
— Review of The Doings of Dave 1919 single work short storyThe underworld of Australian clties Is no longer an unexplored field, and the spieler and the battler are no longer unknown to fame, for Con Drew has given them a place in literature. In Jinker he showed the reading public that he knew of haunts of the underworld to which they had never penetrated, and now in a new book, The Doings of Dave, he enables us to become better acquainted with the spielers of the race-course and the battlers of back streets...'
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Fiction
1919
single work
review
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 6 September 1919; (p. 3)
— Review of The Doings of Dave 1919 single work short story -
Untitled
1919
single work
review
— Appears in: The Lone Hand , 16 September vol. 9 no. 9 1919; (p. 28)
— Review of The Doings of Dave 1919 single work short story -
City Battlers : Confidence Men as the Heroes of a Story
1919
single work
column
— Appears in: The Farmer and Settler , 2 September 1919; (p. 8)
— Review of The Doings of Dave 1919 single work short storyThe underworld of Australian clties Is no longer an unexplored field, and the spieler and the battler are no longer unknown to fame, for Con Drew has given them a place in literature. In Jinker he showed the reading public that he knew of haunts of the underworld to which they had never penetrated, and now in a new book, The Doings of Dave, he enables us to become better acquainted with the spielers of the race-course and the battlers of back streets...'
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Aussie Words : Brass Razoo : Is It but a Breath of Wind?
2000
single work
column
— Appears in: Ozwords , April vol. 6 no. 1 2000; (p. 6)
