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Issue Details: First known date: 1866... 1866 Grif : A Story of Colonial Life
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  • Also staged as a play in Dunedin in 1876 and at the Surrey Theatre, London, in 1891.

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Grif 1876 single work drama 'At the Queen's Theatre the sensational drama of Grif has been the principal attraction during the week. The drama is adapted from B. L. Farjeon's novel of the same name, but like the general run of adaptations is not very successful. It is not often that a novel is so written as to make it practicable for it to be successfully dramatised ; such, however, is sometimes the case, more especially when the author of the novel has a hand in the work. The play is of the lowest type of sensational dramas, its chief elements being robbery, bushranging hypocrisy, murder, etc. The better praises of human nature occupying quite a minor place... In the free and easy concert scene a gentleman, whose name did not transpire, sang the beautiful song "Lord Nelson's Death," in splendid style ; the frequent change of key and piano and forte passages, afforded every opportunity for the display of the fine qualities of his voice. The song was listened to with pleasure, and received numerous and well-deserved applause' ('News of the Week,' p. 10).
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Untitled 1867 single work review
— Appears in: The Empire , 7 January 1867; (p. 5)
— Review of Grif : A Story of Colonial Life B. L. Farjeon , 1866 single work novel
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— Review of Grif : A Story of Colonial Life B. L. Farjeon , 1866 single work novel
Review : Grif : A Christmas Story of Colonial Life 1867 single work review
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— Review of Grif : A Story of Colonial Life B. L. Farjeon , 1866 single work novel
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— Review of Grif : A Story of Colonial Life B. L. Farjeon , 1866 single work novel
A Review 1867 single work review
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— Review of Grif : A Story of Colonial Life B. L. Farjeon , 1866 single work novel
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— Appears in: Reading Across the Pacific : Australia-United States Intellectual Histories 2010; (p. 339-359) 'This paper will attempt to describe the determining factors and structural patterns of relations between Australian books and American publishers from the 19th century to the present. Its central question will be: how did 'Australian books' find their way to American publishers? Can we discern any distinctive patterns over time or for particular genres, or simply an accumulation of one-off cases? To what extent, if at all, did the traffic in Australian books depend on cultural symmetries? Did Australian books travel as Australian or British books? In what ways were they dependent upon relations between Australian (or British) publishers or literary agents and their American counterparts? What role did international copyright regimes or trade agreements play? And how might the American connection change our understanding of 'Australian literature'?' (Author's abstract)
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— Appears in: TEXT Special Issue Website Series , June no. 55 2019; 'Places are both sustained and shaped by the stories we tell about them. In turn, stories of place are influenced by cultural, political, and socioeconomic forces. A form of ‘unplanned’ urban architecture, over almost two centuries Melbourne’s inner-city laneways have been inscribed with multiple layers of narrative. This paper tracks the unfolding tensions around these evolving urban spaces, from Melbourne’s founding up until the present day. Drawing upon site visits, theorists of place, narrative and memory, and analysis of select historical and contemporary texts, the articles explores how the uses of Melbourne’s back lanes have changed over time, and how these changes have been both reflected in, and influenced by, narratives of place. From their genesis as makeshift service lanes, to their early reputation as sites of moral disorder; from shanty towns to celebrated tourist destinations; from public health risks to sites of urban renewal and cultural memorialisation – the transformation of these atmospheric passageways illustratesthe fluid and contested nature of place, and its intrinsic yet unstable relationship with narrative. In considering how narrative has been deployed to stake or negate claims to the laneways, the article traces the role and impact of various actors: government, social reformers, slum residents, novelists, journalists and media outlets, business interests, street artists, and people experiencing homelessness. Melbourne’s inner-urban back lanes emerge as liminal sites where questions of spatial exclusion, cultural capital, and belonging are navigated in complex and shifting ways.' 

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