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Issue Details: First known date: 1845... 1845 Tales for the Bush
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Notes

  • Epigraph: Quotation from Titus, iii, 5-7.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Schoonkoven,
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Netherlands,
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Western Europe, Europe,:S. E. Van Nooten , 1850 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Thomas and Anne Thompson, Mary Theresa Vidal , single work short story (p. 1-19)
Susan's Dream, Mary Theresa Vidal , single work short story (p. 20-53)
William Norton, or, The Emigrant, Mary Theresa Vidal , single work short story (p. 54-91)
Ruth Walsh, Mary Theresa Vidal , single work short story (p. 92-128)
The Two Cousins, Mary Theresa Vidal , sequence short story (p. 129-205)
The Widow, Mary Theresa Vidal , single work short story (p. 206-236)
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Notes:
Published in eight monthly parts with continuous pagination. Each part priced at 6d. The cover, and epigraph, for each part are indentical.
Notes:
First part (comprising two stories), published in February 1844. Publication of the second part advertised in the Sydney Record on 23 and 30 March 1844.
Notes:
Ferguson, 4197a.
Alternative title: Een geschenk uit Australië : onderhoudende verhalen uit het leven der Engelsche Kolonisten
Language: Dutch
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y separately published work icon Tales for the Bush, No. 1 Mary Theresa Vidal , Sydney : D. L. Welch , 1844 Z1662509 1844 selected work short story
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Works about this Work

Some Early Australian Storytellers and Their Tales Bruce Bennett , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Caring Cultures : Sharing Imaginations : Australia and India 2006; (p. 6-12) Bennett's article provides a brief survey of some of the earliest Australian short stories, from the 1820s to the 1870s, giving a sense of the 'lively and engaging storytelling' of early colonial Australia (11).
Two Early Novelists : Anna Maria Bunn and Mary Theresa Vidal Susan McKernan , 1988 single work criticism
— Appears in: A Bright and Fiery Troop : Australian Women Writers of the Nineteenth Century 1988; (p. 53-68)
Some Early Australian Storytellers and Their Tales Bruce Bennett , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Caring Cultures : Sharing Imaginations : Australia and India 2006; (p. 6-12) Bennett's article provides a brief survey of some of the earliest Australian short stories, from the 1820s to the 1870s, giving a sense of the 'lively and engaging storytelling' of early colonial Australia (11).
Two Early Novelists : Anna Maria Bunn and Mary Theresa Vidal Susan McKernan , 1988 single work criticism
— Appears in: A Bright and Fiery Troop : Australian Women Writers of the Nineteenth Century 1988; (p. 53-68)
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