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'Historian and artist Robert Hollingworth's captivating reconstruction of Swedish-born naturalist Heinricke Nelsen's solitary life on a mountain in Victoria's Tallarook Ranges in the 1860s is written in the form of a prison diary. No imaginary work could arrange a better cast of characters than this meticulously researched story. Nelsen's personal reflections interweave with fascinating and engrossing depictions of life in Australia in the early to mid 1800s, allowing the reader insights into issues early white settlement of race, class, land development, commerce and trade, the law and living conditions in general. (Publisher's blurb)
Notes
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Dedication: In respect for the Daung wurrung, the original people for first lived where Nelson lived.
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Author's note: This story is a reconstruction...written in the form of a prison diary.
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Epigraph: I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. - Henry David Thoreau, Walden, 1854
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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An Anthropological Turn?
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 192 2008; (p. 88-92)
— Review of On a Wing and a Prayer 2006 single work novel ; The Lost Dog 2007 single work novel ; Musk and Byrne 2008 single work novel ; The Solemn Lantern Maker 2008 single work novel ; The Biographer 2008 single work novel ; The Spare Room 2008 single work novel ; They Called Me the Wildman : The Prison Diary of Henricke Nelson 2008 single work novel ; Many Years a Thief 2007 single work novel ; Jamaica : A Novel 2007 single work novel ; The Good Parents 2008 single work novel ; Black Sheep : A Dystopian Novel 2007 single work novel ; Misconceptions 2008 single work novel -
Out of the Wilderness
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19-20 April 2008; (p. 34)
— Review of They Called Me the Wildman : The Prison Diary of Henricke Nelson 2008 single work novel -
Memories of the Wildman
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 15 March 2008; (p. 14)
— Review of They Called Me the Wildman : The Prison Diary of Henricke Nelson 2008 single work novel
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Memories of the Wildman
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 15 March 2008; (p. 14)
— Review of They Called Me the Wildman : The Prison Diary of Henricke Nelson 2008 single work novel -
Out of the Wilderness
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19-20 April 2008; (p. 34)
— Review of They Called Me the Wildman : The Prison Diary of Henricke Nelson 2008 single work novel -
An Anthropological Turn?
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 192 2008; (p. 88-92)
— Review of On a Wing and a Prayer 2006 single work novel ; The Lost Dog 2007 single work novel ; Musk and Byrne 2008 single work novel ; The Solemn Lantern Maker 2008 single work novel ; The Biographer 2008 single work novel ; The Spare Room 2008 single work novel ; They Called Me the Wildman : The Prison Diary of Henricke Nelson 2008 single work novel ; Many Years a Thief 2007 single work novel ; Jamaica : A Novel 2007 single work novel ; The Good Parents 2008 single work novel ; Black Sheep : A Dystopian Novel 2007 single work novel ; Misconceptions 2008 single work novel
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Last amended 18 Aug 2021 09:10:05
Subjects:
- Northern Victoria, Victoria,
Settings:
- 1860s
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