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- The Looting of the Ly-chee, single work children's fiction children's adventure
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The Last Voyage of Martin Vallance,
single work
novella
adventure
A picaresque series of sea adventures, told by sailor Martin Vallance.
- The Sultan's Egg, single work short story
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Ormon the Gulfer,
single work
short story
'"Ormon the Gulfer" is an avaricious gold-digger in North Queensland, who "struck it rich," and ran off with the gold, leaving his mate in the bottom of the shaft. An Afghan hawker found the mate, and relieved him from his perils. Years pass and the two men meet on a ship bound to London. The relation of this story is realistic beyond any quibble. Only those who understand the spirit of gold-seekers when the fever is on them properly, could write such a psychological account of the mental make up of these two men, Ormon the Gulfer and his mate Frank Davies.'
Source:
'Literature', West Australian, 10 December 1910, p.14.
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My Kaffir,
single work
short story
'"My Kaffir" is a Kaffir who swallowed a few diamonds on the Rand, and died in cbnsequence, but not before he had told the story-teller of the great value of his stomach. A sea-voyage friendship–there are always plenty of them–results in a fruitless search for the dead Kaffir, but in two discoveries far richer than was anticipated by the searcher.'
Source:
'Literature', West Australian, 10 December 1910, p.14.
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At Mat Aris Light,
single work
short story
A down-on-his-luck sailor takes on a position at a remote Dutch-run lighthouse, only to stumble across a scheme run by the assistant keeper and his mother.
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The Birthday Pearl,
single work
short story
On his birthday, Bob Panton, skipper of a pearling vessel, has each man open an oyster, to see what luck the new year will bring. The new hand turns up an enormous, pear-shaped pearl, which Bob names the 'Birthday Pearl'. But the next morning, both the new hand and the Birthday Pearl are missing.
- Six Seamen and a Menagerie, single work short story
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In Care of the Captain,
single work
short story
detective
A young woman travelling to Australia aboard the steamer Illimani is not all that she seems–and neither is her accomplice.
- The Branch Bank at Mooroobin, single work short story
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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By Australian Writers
1910
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 29 December vol. 31 no. 1611 1910; (p. 2)
— Review of Sea Yarns 1910 selected work children's fiction
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By Australian Writers
1910
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 29 December vol. 31 no. 1611 1910; (p. 2)
— Review of Sea Yarns 1910 selected work children's fiction