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Blue North : Being a Narrative Concerning Incidents and Adventures Which Befell John Fordyce When He Went in Search of Freedom and Pearls in the Year 1876 single work   novel  
Issue Details: First known date: 1934... 1934 Blue North : Being a Narrative Concerning Incidents and Adventures Which Befell John Fordyce When He Went in Search of Freedom and Pearls in the Year 1876
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Alternative title: Blue North
Serialised by: The Bulletin 1880 periodical (6777 issues)
Notes:
Published in serialised format in the Bulletin in 16 weekly instalments 20 January - 4 May, 1932.
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Frank Johnson , 1946 .
      person or book cover
      Scanned for the Australian Pulp Fiction Industry project.
      Extent: 159p.
      Series: Magpie Books Magpie Series Frank Johnson (publisher), series - publisher Popular fiction issued in two separately numbered series with titles in the genres of adventure, mystery, romance, crime and detection. The motto on inside back covers reads: "there is nothing like a Magpie to make the hours fly.' The series claimed to be 'by far the finest and cheapest books yet issued in Australia'. Books in the first series were 5.5 x 8.5 inches and may have been issued in plain wrappers; those in the second series were 5.5 x 7.25 inches with pictorial covers. Price for second series title was two shillings and the books were 'available at all newsagents.' Number in series: 58
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A Reader's Notebook Nettie Palmer , 1934 single work review
— Appears in: All About Books , 12 June vol. 6 no. 6 1934; (p. 115-116)
— Review of Prelude to Christopher Eleanor Dark , 1934 single work novel ; Blue North : Being a Narrative Concerning Incidents and Adventures Which Befell John Fordyce When He Went in Search of Freedom and Pearls in the Year 1876 Henrietta Drake-Brockman , 1934 single work novel ; The World Is Yours G. B. Lancaster , 1933 single work novel ; Three Goats on a Bender Winifred Birkett , 1934 single work novel ; The Fighting Cameliers Frank Reid , 1934 single work autobiography ; Blood in the Mists John Halpin , 1934 single work autobiography ; Marriage at 6 a.m. Tom Clarke , 1934 single work prose ; Special Correspondent Robert Bernays , 1934 single work autobiography
A Satchel of Books 1934 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 11 July vol. 55 no. 2839 1934; (p. 5)
— Review of Blue North : Being a Narrative Concerning Incidents and Adventures Which Befell John Fordyce When He Went in Search of Freedom and Pearls in the Year 1876 Henrietta Drake-Brockman , 1934 single work novel
Henry Drake Katharine Susannah Prichard , 1933 single work biography
— Appears in: The Home , 1 September vol. 14 no. 9 1933; (p. 14, 70)
'Bulletin' Prize Novels : Second Competition 1930 single work column
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 19 March vol. 51 no. 2614 1930; (p. 9)

Announcement of the results of the second Bulletin Novel Competition. The competition closed on December 31 1929 and from 275 entries the judges made the following awards: First (£400) The Passage by Vance Palmer; Second (£250) Wards of the Outer March by K. G. Taylor (Daniel Hamline); Third (£100) Cattle Camp by J. J. Hardie.

Highly Commended: 'The Sow's Ear' by Eurus; 'Blue North' by Kullinoah; 'Johnny' by Edinensis; Break o' Day by Mateewa; 'Alien Corn' by Sorcerer; 'The Silent Voice' by Toc H.

Commended: 'The White Mantle' by Max Masterman; 'Bitter Bread' by Ian Grove; 'The Involuntary Adventure' by Andrew; 'A Knight in Moleskins' by Warrego; 'The Affair at Ardee' by Alison Starr; 'Thin Smoke' by Merentio; 'Billabong Gold' by Advance Australia; 'Three Daughters' by Kinapaka; 'Holiday' by Waradgery; 'Winning Out' by 1837; 'Boy in the Dusk' by Kelburn; 'Poet Polish' by Bokhara; 'Circumstantial Evidence' by Dobroyd; 'Three Waterholes' by E. M. Hosking (E.M. Chapman); 'The Duffers' by Ellen de Lacy [it's possible that this is Kay Glasson Taylor's Pick and the Duffers]; 'Lost Valley' by Billabong; 'Morning Glory' by Koongara.

Portraits of the prize winners on page 16.

Note: The authors were required to submit their manuscripts under a writing name. In many instances, their identities remain to be established.

A Reader's Notebook Nettie Palmer , 1934 single work review
— Appears in: All About Books , 12 June vol. 6 no. 6 1934; (p. 115-116)
— Review of Prelude to Christopher Eleanor Dark , 1934 single work novel ; Blue North : Being a Narrative Concerning Incidents and Adventures Which Befell John Fordyce When He Went in Search of Freedom and Pearls in the Year 1876 Henrietta Drake-Brockman , 1934 single work novel ; The World Is Yours G. B. Lancaster , 1933 single work novel ; Three Goats on a Bender Winifred Birkett , 1934 single work novel ; The Fighting Cameliers Frank Reid , 1934 single work autobiography ; Blood in the Mists John Halpin , 1934 single work autobiography ; Marriage at 6 a.m. Tom Clarke , 1934 single work prose ; Special Correspondent Robert Bernays , 1934 single work autobiography
A Satchel of Books 1934 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 11 July vol. 55 no. 2839 1934; (p. 5)
— Review of Blue North : Being a Narrative Concerning Incidents and Adventures Which Befell John Fordyce When He Went in Search of Freedom and Pearls in the Year 1876 Henrietta Drake-Brockman , 1934 single work novel
'Bulletin' Prize Novels : Second Competition 1930 single work column
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 19 March vol. 51 no. 2614 1930; (p. 9)

Announcement of the results of the second Bulletin Novel Competition. The competition closed on December 31 1929 and from 275 entries the judges made the following awards: First (£400) The Passage by Vance Palmer; Second (£250) Wards of the Outer March by K. G. Taylor (Daniel Hamline); Third (£100) Cattle Camp by J. J. Hardie.

Highly Commended: 'The Sow's Ear' by Eurus; 'Blue North' by Kullinoah; 'Johnny' by Edinensis; Break o' Day by Mateewa; 'Alien Corn' by Sorcerer; 'The Silent Voice' by Toc H.

Commended: 'The White Mantle' by Max Masterman; 'Bitter Bread' by Ian Grove; 'The Involuntary Adventure' by Andrew; 'A Knight in Moleskins' by Warrego; 'The Affair at Ardee' by Alison Starr; 'Thin Smoke' by Merentio; 'Billabong Gold' by Advance Australia; 'Three Daughters' by Kinapaka; 'Holiday' by Waradgery; 'Winning Out' by 1837; 'Boy in the Dusk' by Kelburn; 'Poet Polish' by Bokhara; 'Circumstantial Evidence' by Dobroyd; 'Three Waterholes' by E. M. Hosking (E.M. Chapman); 'The Duffers' by Ellen de Lacy [it's possible that this is Kay Glasson Taylor's Pick and the Duffers]; 'Lost Valley' by Billabong; 'Morning Glory' by Koongara.

Portraits of the prize winners on page 16.

Note: The authors were required to submit their manuscripts under a writing name. In many instances, their identities remain to be established.

Henry Drake Katharine Susannah Prichard , 1933 single work biography
— Appears in: The Home , 1 September vol. 14 no. 9 1933; (p. 14, 70)
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