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y separately published work icon Tales of the Austral Tropics selected work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1894... 1894 Tales of the Austral Tropics
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Contents

* Contents derived from the London,
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Osgood, McIlvaine , 1894 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
A Cup of Cold Water, Delcomyn , single work short story (p. 1-22)
The Rumford Plains Tragedy, Delcomyn , single work short story (p. 23-35)
A Haunt of the Jinkarras : A Fearsome Story of Central Australia, Ernest Favenc , single work short story adventure science fiction

'A Haunt of Jinkarras deals with the discovery of a primordial race that dwells entirely underground.' 

Source: L.W. Currey, Inc. https://www.lwcurrey.com/pages/books/167311/ernest-favenc/the-last-of-six-tales-of-the-austral-tropics 

(p. 37-55)
Tranter's Shot, Binghi , single work short story (p. 57-64)
Verflucht Spirit-Led, Ernest Favenc , single work short story mystery (p. 65-93)
The Mystery of Baines' Dog, Delcomyn , single work short story (p. 95-121)
The Hut-Keeper and the Cattle-Stealer The Cook and the Cattle-Stealer Sandy Macpherson's Christmas Ride, Ernest Favenc , single work short story (p. 123-143)
The Parson's Blackboy How the Reverend Joseph Simmondsen Lost His Character, Jack Fruit , single work short story humour (p. 145-156)
A Lucky Meeting, Ernest Favenc , single work short story (p. 159-176)
That Other Fellow : A Tale of the Seventies, Dramingo , single work short story (p. 177-205)
The Stolen Colours, Ernest Favenc , single work short story (p. 207-229)
Bunthorp's Decease, Ernest Favenc , single work short story (p. 231-265)
The Story of a Big Pearl The Story of the Big Pearl, Delcomyn , single work short story (p. 267-275)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Britishness and Australian Popular Fiction : From the Mid-Nineteenth to the Mid-Twentieth Centuries Hsu-Ming Teo , 2012 single work criticism
— Appears in: Sold by the Millions : Australia's Bestsellers 2012; (p. 46-66)
'The analysis offered here is [...], a panoptic perspective of the tangled skeins of literary imagination and imitation, gender and genre requirements, editorial control, market considerations and the sheer economics of the international book trade that knotted Australian popular literature into the cultural and economic fabric of the British empire.' (47)
Ernest Favenc: Less Known as Nineteenth-Century Australian Children's Author Geoffrey Burkhardt , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Lu Rees Archives Notes, Books and Authors , no. 33 2011; (p. 6-9)
'Ernest Favenc (1845-1908) is far better remebered as an historian, short story writer and explorer in northern and western Australia than as an author of a number of popular children's books.'
'...The Drama of Waste' Robert Dixon , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Coppertales : A Journal of Rural Arts , no. 4 1997; (p. 133-136)

— Review of Tales of the Austral Tropics Ernest Favenc , 1894 selected work short story
'...The Drama of Waste' Robert Dixon , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Coppertales : A Journal of Rural Arts , no. 4 1997; (p. 133-136)

— Review of Tales of the Austral Tropics Ernest Favenc , 1894 selected work short story
Britishness and Australian Popular Fiction : From the Mid-Nineteenth to the Mid-Twentieth Centuries Hsu-Ming Teo , 2012 single work criticism
— Appears in: Sold by the Millions : Australia's Bestsellers 2012; (p. 46-66)
'The analysis offered here is [...], a panoptic perspective of the tangled skeins of literary imagination and imitation, gender and genre requirements, editorial control, market considerations and the sheer economics of the international book trade that knotted Australian popular literature into the cultural and economic fabric of the British empire.' (47)
Ernest Favenc: Less Known as Nineteenth-Century Australian Children's Author Geoffrey Burkhardt , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Lu Rees Archives Notes, Books and Authors , no. 33 2011; (p. 6-9)
'Ernest Favenc (1845-1908) is far better remebered as an historian, short story writer and explorer in northern and western Australia than as an author of a number of popular children's books.'
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