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H. C. M. Watson H. C. M. Watson i(A14289 works by) (a.k.a. Henry Crocker Marriott Watson; Louis Tregance; One Who Knows; H.C.M.W.)
Also writes as: Henry Crocker
Born: Established: 9 Nov 1835 Prosser River, Orford - Triabunna - Swansea area, East Coast, Tasmania, ; Died: Ceased: 8 Aug 1901 Bendigo, Bendigo area, Ballarat - Bendigo area, Victoria,
Gender: Male
Expatriate assertion Departed from Australia: 1873
Heritage: Irish
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1 The Orangwok Mines (from Adventures in New Guinea) Henry Crocker , 1982 extract (Adventures in New Guinea : The Narrative of Louis Trégance, a French Sailor, Nine Years in Captivity among the Orangwoks, a Tribe in the Interior of New Guinea)
— Appears in: New Guinea Images in Australian Literature 1982; (p. 37-41)
1 1 y separately published work icon The Decline and Fall of the British Empire, or, The Witch's Cavern H. C. M. Watson , London : Trischler , 1890 Z1016968 1890 single work novel science fiction The story opens in 2989 and is narrated by William Purley, a student of Melbourne University. Purley embarks on a tour of Australia with some friends. They set out to visit the capital, Eyreton, and later decide to extend their adventure with a trip to the African continent and then England. In England, they visit many cities that have become greatly diminished and barely inhabited. The narrator is then transported back to London in the last years of the 19th century to see the origin of England's decline.
1 y separately published work icon A Full Account of the Hobart Town Riots in Connection with Pastor Chiniquy's Lectures : together with correspondence from Rev. H.C.M. Watson, suppressed by the Lyttelton Times H. C. M. Watson , Dunedin : John Graham , 1879 Z1204316 1879 selected work non-fiction correspondence
1 1 y separately published work icon Erchomenon, or, The Republic of Materialism H. C. M. Watson , London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington , 1879 Z1204312 1879 single work novel

Six hundred years in the future in which everyone lives in cities, there is a religion of humanity based on Auguste Comte (1798-1857), and children are raised by women other than their natural mother.
2 1 y separately published work icon Adventures in New Guinea : The Narrative of Louis Trégance, a French Sailor, Nine Years in Captivity among the Orangwoks, a Tribe in the Interior of New Guinea H. C. M. Watson , Henry Crocker (editor), London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington , 1876 Z1204333 1876 single work children's fiction children's adventure travel

The publication is a narrative of Louis Trégance's nine years of captivity among the Orangwoks, a tribe in the interior of New Guinea.

The novels introduction by Henry Crocker states:

'The following narrative contains the life and adventures Louis Trégance, while in captivity among the Orangwoks, a tribe inhabiting the interior of New Guinea, from which place he made his escape to the continent of Australia.

'However, it will be better that he should tell his own story, contained in the following narrative; and in introducing it to the public, I will simply explain how I came to accept the task of preparing it for the press, and to what extent I am responsible for what is here written. In the beginning of March (the 7th of that month, I find from my note-book), I was called in to visit a sick parishioner a young man, a stranger to the place. He was suffering from an attack of typhoid fever, and was exceedingly ill. He was apparently about thirty-five years old, and his face was well bronzed. He was the mate of a colonial vessel, and had been taken ill on her arrival in port.'
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