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Henry Fletcher Henry Fletcher i(A7795 works by)
Born: Established: 23 Aug 1856 London,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ; Died: Ceased: 29 Jan 1932 Windsor, Hawkesbury area, Northwest Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1872
Heritage: English
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'Fletcher was born in London and came to Australia in 1872, living in Tasmania and travelling through the Australian colonies and New Zealand before going to live in Europe. He returned to Australia many years later and began writing fiction, with short stories appearing in the Bulletin from the mid-1890s. His first novel, The North Shore Mystery (1899), was a detective story praised in reviews of the time for being 'distinctively Australian.' His subsequent 'Wayback' series of novels - including The Waybacks: In Town and at Home (1902) and The Waybacks Again, or, Love at Dingo Flat (1910) - were humorous portrayals of a bush family that were successfully adapted for the theatre in 1916.' (Source: Colonial Australian Popular Fiction Digital Archive)

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