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Notes
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Stories previously published in the Melbourne Leader under the pseudonym 'Coolibah'.
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Author note: The tales were written in the form of "contés", or continuous short stories, the interest being sustained by the continuity of the principle characters.
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Dedication: To Betty
Affiliation Notes
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Affiliated with the ASIA dataset as station hands in the stories include a Chinese cook.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Tytherleigh Press
, 1928 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- A Mulga Baby, single work short story (p. 11-27)
- How Ah Goon came to Wirragoona, single work short story (p. 29-46)
- Friendly Rivals: Or, The Wirragoona Housekeeper, single work short story (p. 47-71)
- The Burning of the Wirragoona Shed, single work short story (p. 73-84)
- The Wirragoona Opal Rush, single work short story (p. 85-101)
- The Boning of Friday, single work short story (p. 103-118)
- The Luck of Old Punch, single work short story (p. 119-132)
- The Strike-Breaker, single work short story (p. 133-144)
- Legal Tender : A Wirragoona Episode, single work short story (p. 145-156)
- Jimmy-Jimmy's Devotion, single work short story (p. 157-171)
- "Squib" : A Wirragoona Dog Story, single work short story (p. 173-184)
- "Giant" Bill : A Wirragoona Mystery, single work short story (p. 185-216)
- Brenda : A Romance of Wirragoona, single work short story (p. 217-243)
- Webb's Masterpiece, single work short story (p. 245-260)
- Black Bob : A Tragedy of Wirragoona, single work short story (p. 261-283)
- Mulga Billy, Rainmaker, single work short story (p. 285-293)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Australian Writers to the Fore
1929
single work
review
— Appears in: All About Books , 18 March vol. 1 no. 4 1929; (p. 120-121)
— Review of Ultima Thule : Being the Third Part of the Chronicle of The Fortunes of Richard Mahony 1929 single work novel ; Max Flambard : A Novel 1928 single work novel ; 'Wirragoona' : Tales of Australian Station Life 1928 selected work short story ; Up the Country : A Tale of Early Australian Squattocracy 1928 single work novel ; This Love Business : A Novel 1929 single work novel
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Australian Writers to the Fore
1929
single work
review
— Appears in: All About Books , 18 March vol. 1 no. 4 1929; (p. 120-121)
— Review of Ultima Thule : Being the Third Part of the Chronicle of The Fortunes of Richard Mahony 1929 single work novel ; Max Flambard : A Novel 1928 single work novel ; 'Wirragoona' : Tales of Australian Station Life 1928 selected work short story ; Up the Country : A Tale of Early Australian Squattocracy 1928 single work novel ; This Love Business : A Novel 1929 single work novel
Last amended 8 Jun 2007 15:01:38
Subjects:
- Australian Outback, Central Australia,
- Bourke - Brewarrina area, Far West NSW, New South Wales,
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