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George E. Loyau George E. Loyau i(A11420 works by) (a.k.a. George Ettienne Loyau; Geo. E. Loyau; G. L.; G. E. Loyau)
Also writes as: George Chanson ; 'Cosmopolite' ; Roundabout
Born: Established: 15 Apr 1835 London,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ; Died: Ceased: 23 Apr 1898 Bundaberg, Bundaberg area, Maryborough - Rockhampton area, Queensland,
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1853
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1 Stringy Bark and Green Hide i "I sing of a commodity, it's one that will not fail yer,", George Chanson , 1967 single work poetry
— Appears in: Old Australian Ballads : An Anthology 1967; (p. 46-[47]) The Overlander Songbook 1971; (p. 79) Australian Verse from 1805 : A Continuum 1976; (p. 33) Old Bush Songs and Rhymes of Colonial Times 1976; (p. 158) Along the Western Road : Bush Stories and Ballads 1981; (p. 13) A Treasury of Bush Verse 1991; (p. 10-11)
1 To the Zither i "I touch the zither's luscious string,", George E. Loyau , 1894 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 3 February 1894; (p. 209)
1 Blondin's Last Performance George E. Loyau , 1889 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , November vol. 25 no. 294 1889; (p. 131-132) Tale of the fatal fall of a tight-rope walker and a reformed alcoholic shanty house keeper from a rope across a ravine on a California gold fields. Describes much of the character of the former shanty keeper and of the Rocky Mountains diggings. (PB)
1 Treachery George E. Loyau , 1889 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , October vol. 25 no. 293 1889; (p. 68-71) A London banker's son, already once indebted for gambling, is accused of theft from his father's office and banished to Australia. Finally his innocence is proven but his father's letter requesting him to return falls into the hands of a fellow shepherd and friend on the North Queensland sheep station where they work. His 'friend's impersonation of him fools all but the youth's betrothed - and he finally returns to her on his father's deathbed. (PB)
1 Circus Clown's Narrative George E. Loyau , 1889 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , September vol. 25 no. 292 1889; (p. 43-45) An ex-station-hand travelling to Sydney encounters a circus in a country town. Drinking with the 'Italian' circus proprietor and the clown he learns of the latter's unhappy marriage in England. Inheriting property from an uncle he foolishly marries a common spendthrift musician, finally eloping with her handsome music teacher when she has spent all her husband's money. They meet again, both with different circuses on the Continent, where he shoots her purported husband in revenge. Finally, weary of women, his circus comes to Australia and he plays the tragic clown. (PB)
1 Australian Yarns George E. Loyau , 1889 series - author short story
1 The Hawker's Story George E. Loyau , 1889 single work short story crime
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , July vol. 24 no. 290 1889; (p. 607-608) A swagman catches a lift with a travelling bush hawker and when the latter refuses to join his criminal schemes trusses him up to rob him and hang him. Somehow the swagman gets caught in his own noose and dies a terrible death while the hawker is unable to move.
1 Adam Lindsay Gordon George E. Loyau , 1885 single work biography
— Appears in: Notable South Australians; or, colonists past and present 1885; (p. 209-213)
1 y separately published work icon Notable South Australians; or, colonists past and present George E. Loyau , Adelaide : Carey and Page , 1885 Z1178969 1885 single work biography
1 y separately published work icon The Representative Men of South Australia George E. Loyau , Adelaide : George Howell , 1883 Z1220084 1883 selected work biography
1 y separately published work icon The Personal Adventures of George E. Loyau : Written by Himself, Being an Account of the Author's Experiences, and Remarkable Adventures in Australia, During the Past Thirty Years George E. Loyau , Adelaide : Henn , 1883 Z1094588 1883 single work autobiography travel
1 Once in Seven Years, or, Uncle Tom's Christmas Holidays George E. Loyau , 1881 single work short story
— Appears in: South Australian Christmas Annual, 1881 : Containing Tales by Maude Jeanne Franc, George E. Loyau and Others 1881; (p. 16-44)
1 An Old Man's Story of the New Year i "Come hither friend, list to my tale; just sit beside me here;", George E. Loyau , 1881 single work poetry
— Appears in: South Australian Christmas Annual, 1881 : Containing Tales by Maude Jeanne Franc, George E. Loyau and Others 1881; (p. 14-15)
1 The End of the Year i "End of the Year! The last hour's solemn stroke", George E. Loyau , 1881 single work poetry
— Appears in: South Australian Christmas Annual, 1881 : Containing Tales by Maude Jeanne Franc, George E. Loyau and Others 1881; (p. iv)
1 y separately published work icon South Australian Christmas Annual, 1881 : Containing Tales by Maude Jeanne Franc, George E. Loyau and Others George E. Loyau , Maud Jeanne Franc , Adelaide : Scrymgour , 1881 Z1009551 1881 anthology short story poetry
1 y separately published work icon Frearson's Monthly Illustrated Adelaide News. George E. Loyau (editor), 1880 Adelaide : Frearson , 1880-1884 Z1534437 1880 periodical (2 issues) This journal and its related publications feature art reproductions, numerous pictures of South Australian, Australian and overseas buildings and scenes, and portraits and biographies of prominent South Australians in every walk of life. They were also vehicles for the poetry and prose of their sometime editor Gerorge Loyau and journalist and author Atha Westbury.
1 y separately published work icon The Australian Family Herald : A Weekly Magazine of Interesting Literature George E. Loyau (editor), 1877 Adelaide : George Loyau , 1877 Z1914137 1877 periodical
1 Tales in Verse - no.2 : The Desert i "A wild, wide waste; a perfect sea", George E. Loyau , 1877 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bunyip , 8 June 1877; The Poet's Discovery : Nineteenth Century Australia in Verse 1990; (p. 373-375)
1 y separately published work icon The Illustrated Adelaide News George E. Loyau (editor), 1875 Adelaide : Frearson , 1875-1880 Z1535575 1875 periodical (18 issues) This journal and its related publications publications feature art reproductions, numerous pictures of South Australian, Australian and overseas buildings and scenes, and portraits and biographies of prominent South Australians in every walk of life. They were also vehicles for the poetry and prose of their sometime editor Gerorge Loyau and journalist and author Atha Westbury.
1 y separately published work icon Colonial Lyrics : Original Poems George E. Loyau , Sydney : Beard and Holmes , 1872 Z1178958 1872 single work poetry
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