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An adventure story for boys, set among a gold-mining flurry in Far North Queensland.

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    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
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      Blackie ,
      1910 .
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      Link: 8502012Full text document AustLit Full Text
      Extent: 360p., [6] leaves of plates.p.
      Description: illus.
      Reprinted: 1911 , 1928 , 1937
      Note/s:
      • Digitised by AustLit, 2010, from the collection of the NLA.

Works about this Work

More Lost and Found : In Australia Graham Stone , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Notes on Australian Science Fiction 2001; (p. 148-151)

— Review of Blood Tracks of the Bush : An Australian Romance Simpson Newland , 1900 single work novel ; God in the Sand : An Australian Mystical Romance Theodore Price , 1934 single work novel ; Full Moon Bay William Pengreep , 1934 single work novel ; The Temple of Sahr William Pengreep , 1932 single work novel ; The Hidden Kingdom M. Lynn Hamilton , 1932 single work novel ; The Valley of Adventure : A Story for Boys E. V. Timms , 1926 single work ; The Invisible Island : A Story of the Far North of Queensland Alexander Macdonald , 1910 single work children's fiction ; Fugitive Anne : A Romance of the Unexplored Bush Rosa Praed , 1903 single work novel ; The Lost Civilization : A Story of Adventure in Central Australia Val Heslop , 1936 single work novel
God's One Country : The Description of Asians by Australian Children's Authors Stella Lees , 1997 single work criticism
— Appears in: La Trobe Library Journal , Spring no. 60 1997; (p. 62-73)
'This paper will examine some of the representations made of Asian characters in Australian children's literature, with particular reference to the image of Chinese, who are the Asian people most frequently alluded before World War I and who have continued to be present in more recent writing' (62).
Boys' Adventure Books Henry W. Stace , 1928 single work review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 22 November no. 1399 1928; (p. 894)

— Review of The Invisible Island : A Story of the Far North of Queensland Alexander Macdonald , 1910 single work children's fiction
Boys' Adventure Books Henry W. Stace , 1928 single work review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 22 November no. 1399 1928; (p. 894)

— Review of The Invisible Island : A Story of the Far North of Queensland Alexander Macdonald , 1910 single work children's fiction
More Lost and Found : In Australia Graham Stone , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Notes on Australian Science Fiction 2001; (p. 148-151)

— Review of Blood Tracks of the Bush : An Australian Romance Simpson Newland , 1900 single work novel ; God in the Sand : An Australian Mystical Romance Theodore Price , 1934 single work novel ; Full Moon Bay William Pengreep , 1934 single work novel ; The Temple of Sahr William Pengreep , 1932 single work novel ; The Hidden Kingdom M. Lynn Hamilton , 1932 single work novel ; The Valley of Adventure : A Story for Boys E. V. Timms , 1926 single work ; The Invisible Island : A Story of the Far North of Queensland Alexander Macdonald , 1910 single work children's fiction ; Fugitive Anne : A Romance of the Unexplored Bush Rosa Praed , 1903 single work novel ; The Lost Civilization : A Story of Adventure in Central Australia Val Heslop , 1936 single work novel
God's One Country : The Description of Asians by Australian Children's Authors Stella Lees , 1997 single work criticism
— Appears in: La Trobe Library Journal , Spring no. 60 1997; (p. 62-73)
'This paper will examine some of the representations made of Asian characters in Australian children's literature, with particular reference to the image of Chinese, who are the Asian people most frequently alluded before World War I and who have continued to be present in more recent writing' (62).
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