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Contains numerous biographies of famous Australian writers and pioneers, documentary and journalistic prose pieces, extracts from autobiographies, diaries and correspondence, as well as two short stories that could also be classified as character descriptions, all of which contribute to the construction of an Australian identity.
Notes
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Epigraph: Conquering, holding, daring, venturing as / we go the unknown ways. Whitman.
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Contents indexed selectively.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Cheshire
, 1965 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- 'Very Little News to Tell You Just Now', extract correspondence (p. 3-5)
- A Pioneer Settlement, extract biography (p. 7-14)
- The Rule of the Road, extract biography (p. 16-22)
- No Roads Go By, extract autobiography (p. 24)
- Noontide in Botany Bay, extract biography (p. 33-41)
- The Kelly Gang, extract biography (p. 55-59)
- Portrait of a Colonial Statesman, extract biography (p. 61-66)
- Black Ivory, extract essay (p. 74-78)
- My Father's Friends, extract biography (p. 81-85)
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The Darling River,
single work
short story
humour
Lawson describes the oddities of travel by river boat on the Darling River. He also explains how Bourke came to acquire the reputation of being the most drunken town on the Darling.
- Then She Turned and Rode Away, extract autobiography (p. 97-102)
- Tripe and Onions, extract essay (p. 104-107)
- These are My People, extract autobiography (p. 109-114)
- 'A Melancholy Affair', extract correspondence (p. 133-140)
- The Home of the Blizzard, extract prose (p. 141-150)
- The Sky Beyond, extract autobiography (p. 152-168)
- The Keeper of the Night, single work short story (p. 171-178)
- A Long Way, Mena Abdullah , Ray Mathew , single work short story (p. 180-190)
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