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Notes
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Includes biographical notes.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson
, 1953 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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September 1790,
extract
non-fiction
Expedition to Manly Cove encounters aboriginals feasting on beached whale. 'Baneelon' - Bennelong? -appears among them. Extended encounter ends with Governor Phillip being speared by a 'stranger' aborigine.
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The Biter Bit,
extract
novel
The Emu Plains convict theatre company repays an overcharging inn-keeper by absconding, leaving a second bill unpaid.
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Barrington,
single work
short story
Famous pickpocket while on ticket of leave in Sydney tries out his skills on wife of an officer and charms both her and husband after confessing.
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The Trooper's Story of the Bank Robbery,
single work
short story
(p. 19-28)
Note: Title given as 'The Trooper's Story'
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The Premier's Secret,
single work
short story
crime
(p. 29-43)
Note: Ilus., drawing, black and white
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Monsieur Caloche,
single work
short story
satire
A Frenchman seeks work and ends up at a cattle station, where he has trouble settling into his new role.Note: Illus., drawing, black and white
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Under the Whip, or, The Parson's Lost Soul,
single work
short story
(p. 60-70)
Note: Illus., drawing, black and white
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Number One North Rainbow,
single work
short story
A 'story of crime in the early gold-digging days, when lucky miners disappeared, and were never heard of again.'
Source:
'New Novels', The Australasian, 22 April 1905, p.48.
Note: Illus., drawing -
The Last of Six,
single work
short story
A Trepang fisherman near Cooktown encounters survivors of prison break from New Caledonia, including a woman, her dead husband, and the corpse of the man she says murdered her husband and also practiced cannibalism. The corpse keeps returning with the tide.
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Ninia,
single work
short story
(p. 88-101)
Note: Illus., drawing
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His Country - After All,
single work
short story
Expatriate for fifteen years, a man denigrates Australia throughout a coach-trip in New Zealand, until he encounters the smell and sight of imported blue gum trees.
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After the Accident,
single work
short story
(p. 107-111)
Note: Illus., drawing
- Quilp, single work short story horror (p. 112-116)
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A Stripe for Trooper Casey,
single work
short story
Bush girl left alone while the district is at a dance is threatened by two murderous sailors, rescued by a bushranger, and manages to help him leave the sailors for the law without being captured himself.
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The Tramp
Erwählt
The Chosen Vessel,
single work
short story
Following a similar thread to Henry Lawson's "The Drover's Wife" (and many believe, a direct response to it), "The Chosen Vessel" follows a young mother left alone in her outback hut who becomes growingly concerned for her own safety following the arrival of a menacing swagmen. The story also follows for a short time a man riding in to town to place his vote and his struggles with religious guilt.Note: Illus., drawing
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Mother Quinlan's Weaner,
single work
short story
Noble ex-alcoholic remittance man dried out by scheming shanty-keeper in hopes of marrying her daughters richly, falls in love with one daughter and proposes after learning he has succeeded to a title and wealth, but she disbelieves it, turns him down for a local squatter who seems a better prospect, and he drinks himself to death. Similar themes are found in Campbell-Praed's 'The Lost Earl of Ellam' and Boothby's 'The Marriage of Esther: A Torres Straits Sketch'
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The Case of Black Eckert,
single work
short story
crime
Alcoholic trooper who buried a drunken man still actually alive discovers an illicit still, but cannot get promotion for the find because it is run by the 'legally dead' man he buried, who threatens to expose him.
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To Pay Paul,
single work
short story
Small businessman risen from nothing and working with precarious finances robs from one bank to pay another which is pressing him, and enlists the latter's manager to help him return the money later.
- Jennie, single work short story (p. 172-181)
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The Curse of the Lost Soul Mine,
single work
short story
humour
Hyperbolic account of successive inheritors of a derelict and empty supposed gold mine in a precipitous part of the Goulburn valley.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Short Views
1955
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 16 no. 1 1955; (p. 38-40)
— Review of The Tracks We Travel : Australian Short Stories 1953 anthology short story ; Australian Round-Up : Stories From 1790 to 1950 1953 anthology short story ; The Gambling Ghost and Other Tales 1953 selected work short story -
Untitled
1954
single work
review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 20 August 1954; (p. 53)
— Review of Australian Round-Up : Stories From 1790 to 1950 1953 anthology short story -
Untitled
1954
single work
review
— Appears in: Walkabout , vol. 20 no. 1 1954; (p. 45)
— Review of Australian Round-Up : Stories From 1790 to 1950 1953 anthology short story -
Australian Round-Up
1953
single work
review
— Appears in: The Cairns Post , 19 September 1953; (p. 7)
— Review of Australian Round-Up : Stories From 1790 to 1950 1953 anthology short story -
Mr Roderick's Rattlers
1953
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 21 October vol. 74 no. 3845 1953; (p. 2)
— Review of Australian Round-Up : Stories From 1790 to 1950 1953 anthology short story
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Australian Round-Up
1953
single work
review
— Appears in: The Cairns Post , 19 September 1953; (p. 7)
— Review of Australian Round-Up : Stories From 1790 to 1950 1953 anthology short story -
Short Views
1955
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 16 no. 1 1955; (p. 38-40)
— Review of The Tracks We Travel : Australian Short Stories 1953 anthology short story ; Australian Round-Up : Stories From 1790 to 1950 1953 anthology short story ; The Gambling Ghost and Other Tales 1953 selected work short story -
Mr Roderick's Rattlers
1953
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 21 October vol. 74 no. 3845 1953; (p. 2)
— Review of Australian Round-Up : Stories From 1790 to 1950 1953 anthology short story -
Untitled
1954
single work
review
— Appears in: Walkabout , vol. 20 no. 1 1954; (p. 45)
— Review of Australian Round-Up : Stories From 1790 to 1950 1953 anthology short story -
Untitled
1954
single work
review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 20 August 1954; (p. 53)
— Review of Australian Round-Up : Stories From 1790 to 1950 1953 anthology short story
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