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Part re-written and published in My Australian Girlhood; part re-written and republished as 'The Winning of the Ubi Cup' in Dwellers by the River.
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Squatter Reflections
1989
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Literature and the Aborigine in Australia 1770- 1975 1989; (p. 49-75) This chapter looks at representations of Aboriginal Australians constructed by squatters in the early colonial period. Healy identifies Rolf Boldrewood (aka Thomas Alexander Browne) as the principal chronicler of squatter reflections of Aboriginal Australians. Focus is also given to the works of Rosa Campbell Praed. -
Rosa Praed's Colonial Heroines
1981
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 10 no. 1 1981; (p. 48-56) Who Is She? 1983; (p. 26-36) Sharkey argues that romance enabled Praed to present the colonial experience from a metropolitan point of view and intelligibly relate the circumstances of women in fronteir society to a European audience. This is achieved by employing a love-theory that declares, in Platonic terms, that for each person there is one who is their perfect match. -
Amongst the Books : Literary Gossip
1886
single work
review
— Appears in: The Leader , 9 January 1886; (p. 37)
— Review of Australian Life, Black and White 1885 selected work short story prose
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Amongst the Books : Literary Gossip
1886
single work
review
— Appears in: The Leader , 9 January 1886; (p. 37)
— Review of Australian Life, Black and White 1885 selected work short story prose -
Squatter Reflections
1989
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Literature and the Aborigine in Australia 1770- 1975 1989; (p. 49-75) This chapter looks at representations of Aboriginal Australians constructed by squatters in the early colonial period. Healy identifies Rolf Boldrewood (aka Thomas Alexander Browne) as the principal chronicler of squatter reflections of Aboriginal Australians. Focus is also given to the works of Rosa Campbell Praed. -
Rosa Praed's Colonial Heroines
1981
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 10 no. 1 1981; (p. 48-56) Who Is She? 1983; (p. 26-36) Sharkey argues that romance enabled Praed to present the colonial experience from a metropolitan point of view and intelligibly relate the circumstances of women in fronteir society to a European audience. This is achieved by employing a love-theory that declares, in Platonic terms, that for each person there is one who is their perfect match.
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