The anthology of colonial Australian adventure fiction / edited by Ken Gelder and Rachael Weaver.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gelder, Ken, 1955- editor.

Weaver, Rachael, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adventure stories, Australian.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 225 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carlton, Victoria : Melbourne University Press, 2011.

Summary:

Marauding bushrangers, lost explorers, mad shepherds, new chums and mounted troopers: these are some of the characters who populate the often perilous world of colonial Australian adventure fiction. Squatters defend their hard-earned properties from attack, while floods and other natural disasters threaten to wipe any trace of settlement away. Colonial Australian adventure fiction takes its characters on a journey into remote and unfamiliar territory, often in pursuit of wealth and well-being. But these journeys are invariably fraught with danger, and everything comes at a price. This anthology collects the best examples of colonial Australian adventure fiction, with stories by Ernest Favenc, Louis Becke, Rosa Praed, Guy Boothby, and many others. Also available in this series: The Anthology of Colonial Australian Gothic Fiction The Anthology of Colonial Australian Crime Fiction The Anthology of Colonial Australian Romance Fiction

Contents:

Intro

Title page

Contents

Horace Earle

James Skipp Borlase

Ellen Liston

N Walter Swan

Douglas Sladen

Francis Adams

Ernest Favenc

Hume Nisbet

Guy Boothby

Charles Junor

William Sylvester Walker

Lala Fisher

Laura Palmer-Archer

Rosa Praed

Louis Becke

ML Skinner

Randolph Bedford

Notes on the Authors

Publication Sources

Acknowledgements

Imprint page.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-224).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780522860412

0522860419

OCLC:

1493614887