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John Lang John Lang i(A7038 works by) (a.k.a. John George Lang)
Also writes as: 'Mofussilite' ; J. L. ; 'Mof.' ; 'Brother Jeffrey'
Born: Established: 19 Dec 1816 Parramatta, Parramatta area, Sydney, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 20 Aug 1864 Mussoorie,
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India,
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South Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
Gender: Male
Expatriate assertion Departed from Australia: 1842
Heritage: Jewish
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1 2 y separately published work icon Narrative of a Voyage from Sydney to England in the Florentia Up to the 1st of May 1837 John Lang , (Manuscript version)x401281 Z1028358 single work correspondence
1 y separately published work icon Legends of India : Tales of Life in Hindostan John Lang , Victor Crittenden (editor), Canberra : Mulini Press , 2010 Z1729780 2010 selected work short story essay poetry
1 y separately published work icon Mr. Flax John Lang , Canberra : Mulini Press , 2010 Z1719037 2010 single work short story
1 y separately published work icon Recollections of the Late Jack Weatherly by His Brother Jeffrey John Lang , Canberra : Mulini Press , 2007 Z1588139 2007 extract novel (Recollections of the Late Jack Weatherly by His Brother Jeffrey)
1 y separately published work icon Love's Last Sacrifice : A Tale of the 15th Century John Lang , Canberra : Mulini Press , 2007 Z1410917 2007 single work short story romance
2 2 y separately published work icon Further Tales from Botany Bay John Lang , Samuel Sidney , Victor Crittenden (editor), Canberra : Mulini Press , 2005 Z1228008 2005 selected work short story extract This selection claims to brings together the uncollected Australian stories of John Lang, previously published separately in English and Indian periodicals and newspapers. Research since its publication shows that some of the stories are in fact extracts from a novel Gallops and Gossips in the Bush of Australia by Samuel Sidney
1 1 y separately published work icon Songs of the Sea John Lang , Canberra : Mulini Press , 2000 Z1046048 2000 selected work poetry
1 Advice to Writers John Lang , 1995 single work column
— Appears in: Margin , April no. 35 1995; (p. 24)
1 y separately published work icon The Rose Garden : Translations from the Persian of Sadi of Shiraz John Lang (translator), Canberra : Mulini Press , 1992 Z1046067 1992 selected work poetry
1 Capturing the Bushrangers John Lang , 1989 single work short story
— Appears in: Legends of Australia 1989; (p. 56-64) Further Tales from Botany Bay 2005; (p. 75-81) Further Tales from Botany Bay 2006;
1 5 y separately published work icon John Lang and The Forger's Wife : A True Tale of Early Australia Nancy Keesing , John Lang , John Ferguson , 1979 Z459915 1979 selected work biography novel Biography of John Lang and photographic reproduction of an early New South Wales Bookstall Company edition of the novel The Forger's Wife.
1 y separately published work icon Too Clever by Half and Too Much Alike John Lang , London : H. A. Abrahams , 1880-1889 Z1465045 1880-1889 selected work novel
1 y separately published work icon Dresden China : A Tale From 'The Mofussilite' John Lang , Canberra : Mulini Press , 2008 Z1573474 1863 single work short story
1 y separately published work icon Christmas Eve John Lang , Canberra : Mulini Press , 2008 Z1572920 1863 single work short story
2 y separately published work icon Ellen Wareham John Lang , Victor Crittenden , 1862 single work novel romance The dilemma of a young woman who remarries thinking her first husband killed in the Napoleonic Wars. He returns and sues for bigamy.
1 y separately published work icon The Death of Ibram Hussein John Lang , Lahore : 1860-1869 Z1246390 1860-1869 single work poetry
1 1 The Detective : Service Abroad in Sydney John Lang , 1860 single work short story
— Appears in: The Mofussilite , March 1860; (p. 206) Further Tales from Botany Bay 2005; (p. 105-116) Further Tales from Botany Bay 2006;
1 Giles! As I Live! John Lang , 1859 extract short story (Giles! As I Live)
— Appears in: My Note Book , 25 June 1859; (p. 1048-1049)
1 A Persian Song i "They say that once a soldier, on a dark and dismal night,", John Lang , 1859 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Welcome Guest , 7 May 1859; (p. 276)
1 The Mohammedan Mother John Lang , 1859 single work prose travel
— Appears in: Wanderings in India and Other Sketches of Life in Hindostan 1859; Of Sadhus and Spinners : Australian Encounters with India 2009; (p. 1-17)
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