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E. W. Cole E. W. Cole i(A60640 works by) (birth name: Edward William Cole)
Also writes as: Edwic
Born: Established: 4 Jan 1832 Tenterden, Kent,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ; Died: Ceased: 16 Dec 1918 Essendon, Essendon area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 12 Nov 1852
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1 y separately published work icon Cole's Funny Picture Book : No.1 E. W. Cole , Melbourne : E. W. Cole , 1948 Z1256984 1948 anthology prose children's humour A collection of nursery rhymes, poems, picture puzzles, stories and information.
1 y separately published work icon Favourite Fairy Tales of Many Lands E. W. Cole , Melbourne : E. W. Cole , 1928 Z857739 1928 single work children's fiction children's
1 y separately published work icon Cole's Rosebud Story Book Melbourne : E. W. Cole , 1921 Z1561544 1921 selected work poetry children's fiction children's
1 y separately published work icon Selected Works of E. W. Cole E. W. Cole , Melbourne : E. W. Cole , 1916 Z811416 1916 single work
1 y separately published work icon Cole's Kindergarten Poetry Book : With Numerous Illustrations E. W. Cole (editor), Melbourne : E. W. Cole , 1910-1919 Z1517628 1910-1919 anthology poetry children's
3 37 y separately published work icon On Our Selection! 'Steele Rudd' , Sydney : Bulletin , 1899 Z823579 1899 selected work short story humour
2 2 y separately published work icon The Romance of the Swag Henry Lawson , Melbourne : E. W. Cole , 1907 Z1846504 1907 selected work short story prose Reprint of the second part of Children of the Bush (1902). According to Colin Roderick 'Latter-day corruptions crept in when Lawson's publisher emended the texts in 1924 to fit the stories into two volumes in the Platypus Series' (Henry Lawson: Short Stories and Sketches 1888-1922, p. xviii)
3 y separately published work icon Coles Funny Picture Book : No. 2 E. W. Cole , Melbourne : E. W. Cole , 1905 Z1273870 1905 anthology prose children's humour
1 y separately published work icon What Books Do for Mankind : A Recitation E. W. Cole , Melbourne : E. W. Cole , 1905 Z811410 1905 single work poetry
1 1 y separately published work icon Round the Compass in Australia Gilbert Parker , London : Hutchinson , 1892 Z1376862 1892 single work prose travel Comprises articles published principally in Harper's Weekly and the Sydney Morning Herald as well as some pieces from other English periodicals. Author's preface states: 'The first part of the book is a review of Australian affairs brought up to 1891; the second part is an account of my travels and inquiry not carried beyond the time of their occurrence, and a record of impressions received during the period between 1888 and 1891.'
1 1 y separately published work icon Cyclopaedia of Short Prize Essays on the Federation of the Whole World : illustrated with representative portraits of all nations ; First series containing fifty essays by fifty Australasian writers E. W. Cole (editor), Melbourne : E. W. Cole , 1890 Z1378559 1890 selected work non-fiction A collection of essays edited and published by E. W. Cole, supporting his interest in essentially oneness of the human race and the desirability of international federation.
1 y separately published work icon The Beachcombers, or, Slave-Trading under the Union Jack Gilbert Bishop , Sydney : Edwards, Dunlop and Company , 1889 Z1286188 1889 single work novel adventure young adult

The story discusses the slave labour trade in Australia, when labour was poached from the Solomon Islands. Captain Birtle returns to an island called Namuka, where he has an agent, Samoan Tom, stationed to procure trading goods. Tom, due to an inebriated episode, has been killed and eaten by the local islanders. Captain Birtle stays at the post to procure more trade goods and sends his schooner back to Australia to return when he has more items to trade. During his stay he discovers a local who has found a shipwreck that contains gold coins. Through long negotiations Captain Birtle is taken to the location and begins to obtain as much gold as he can. The more money he collects, the more fearful he becomes for his safety. He writes a letter to his sister informing her of his hoard and instructing her how to access it if he is killed.

His two nephews, Mark and Harry Derrison, travel to Australia to trace the treasure. On the boat they incautiously let slip the reason for their visit. On arrival in Melbourne, one of their fellow passengers steals the Derrisons' trunk and heads off to Sydney from where he can start an expedition to the islands. The two brothers follow. They take up a place on a labour recruiting ship, although they are first concerned about the ethics and morality of 'blackbirding'. Their fears are quelled by the Captain, but during the journey they witness many atrocities performed against the islanders and they take a moral stand. The brothers are dropped off at Namuka, and are greeted by a new storeman, Judd Gridley, who knows their uncle. Gridley tells Mark and Harry that two men claiming to be Captain Birtle's nephews arrived earlier. Knowing it was Snape and Mudge, fellow passengers from their journey over, Mark and Harry devise a plan to claim what was theirs. They manage to reclaim the treasure and find their uncle, who has been taken captive by a neighbouring tribe. With the profits from their treasure, they offer Judd a part in the trading business and the four return to Australia. The story has a strong anti-slavery message.

2 y separately published work icon Bush Tales by Old Travellers and Pioneers William T. Pyke , 1888 anthology prose
1 1 Federation of the World Inevitable Before the Year 2000 E. W. Cole , 1886 single work prose
1 1 y separately published work icon Cole's Fun Doctor : The Funniest Book in the World E. W. Cole , E. W. Cole (editor), London : Routledge , 1886 Z1598009 1886 selected work prose humour
2 4 y separately published work icon Cole's Funny Picture Book E. W. Cole , Melbourne : E. W. Cole , 1882 Z823234 1882 anthology prose children's humour 'Because it is impossible to fit this miscellany of philosophy and humour into any other category, it might best be considered here after the family story, for it is a book which, for many years, has brought delight to many an Australian family' (Saxby, A History of Australian Children's Literature 1841-1941, p. 63).
1 1 y separately published work icon Account of a Race of Human Beings with Tails : Discovered by Mr Jones, the Traveller, in the Interior of New Guinea E. W. Cole , Melbourne : E. W. Cole , 1873 Z815725 1873 single work novella science fiction

First published as articles in the Melbourne Herald, the articles (later republished in pamphlet form in 1875) claim to be an account of a journey into the islands. Cole sought to capitalize on the public fascination with the island to Australia's north. He responds to both the interest in New Guinea and Charles Darwin's evolutionary theory by claiming that a race of human beings with tails could be found within the New Guinea interior.

Source: Brawley, Sean and Chris Dixon. The South Seas: A Reception History from Daniel Defoe to Dorothy Lamour. Lexington Books, 2015.
1 y separately published work icon The Real Place in History of Jesus and Paul Edwic , Melbourne : Edwic , 1867 Z811407 1867 single work non-fiction A controversial work on the desirability of a single world religion based on the common elements of all the world's major faiths.
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