AustLit logo

AustLit

Making a Fortune in the South Seas single work   prose  
Issue Details: First known date: 1908... 1908 Making a Fortune in the South Seas
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

AbstractHistoryArchive Description

Becke writes of the financial realities and physical hardships of earning a living in the Pacific Islands. His essay is written in response to a series of articles that extolled the ease with which fortunes were to be made in the Pacific region.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Call of the South Louis Becke , London : T. Fisher Unwin , 1908 Z325514 1908 single work non-fiction autobiography A description of the narrator's wanderings around Australia and the South Pacific. Much of the material appears to be autobiographical and he also relates a number of tales that were told to him during his travels. London : T. Fisher Unwin , 1908 pg. 133 - 140
VIEW PUBLICATION DETAILS FOR ALL VERSIONS ()
Last amended 22 Jan 2016 11:25:56
Subjects:
Settings:
  • Pacific Region,
Newspapers:
    Powered by Trove
    X