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Carl Feilberg Carl Feilberg i(A92334 works by) (a.k.a. Carl A. Feilberg; Carl A. Feilbergh; C. A. Feilberg)
Also writes as: Old Harry
Born: Established: ca. 1844 ; Died: Ceased: 25 Oct 1887
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: ca. 1867
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1 His Colonial Experience Carl Feilberg , 1888 single work novella
1 The Evil Eye Carl Feilberg , 1887 single work short story
— Appears in: The Boomerang (Christmas Issue) , 24 December 1887; (p. 15-16)
1 Attacked by the Blacks : A Fragment Carl Feilberg , 1887 single work short story
— Appears in: The Boomerang , 17 December 1887; (p. 12)
1 Campfire Yarns Carl Feilberg , 1887 single work short story
— Appears in: The Boomerang , 3 December 1887; (p. 12-13)
1 A Curl of Woman's Hair Carl Feilberg , 1886 single work short story
— Appears in: The Illustrated Sydney News , 25 December 1886; (p. 30-31)
1 Our Friend the Captain Carl Feilberg , 1885 single work short story
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 19 December 1885; (p. 7-8)
1 Drift Carl Feilberg , 1880 single work short story
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 25 December 1880; (p. 10-12)
1 Jeannie Carl Feilberg , 1879 single work short story
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 20 December 1879; (p. 1-3)
1 Dividing Mates Carl Feilberg , 1878 single work short story
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 21 December 1878;
1 Miami : A Tale Told by the Sea Carl Feilberg , 1877 single work short story
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 22 December 1877; (p. 10-11)
2 A Strange Exploring Trip Old Harry , 1876 single work novel fantasy

'Perhaps, amongst all his [Feilberg's] writings, the one in which he shows the most of his inner-self, is in a sketch called, " A Strange Exploring Trip," a story of the same class as Haggard's " King Solomon's Mines," but written years before that master of fable came to the front. In wealth of imagery, it may be slightly behind that gorgeous fiction, but the captivating romance of the plot is welded to seeming probability in a way that Mr. Rider Haggard could not surpass. And the quaint moral of the last few chapters, wherein the hero—an unlettered bushman—after his long residence amongst the "Batcheri," the heathen, half-caste tribe of the interior (whose laws were so practical, that charity was unknown, utility being only aimed at), finds his way back to civilization, and fails to discover any more christianity [sic], amongst a professedly-christian [sic] people, than he did during his captivity in the interior, is worked out with thorough originality.'

Source: 'In Memoriam. Carl Feilberg', Sydney Quarterly Magazine, 1 December 1887, p.378.
1 y separately published work icon Queensland Patriot Carl Feilberg (editor), 1876-1879 Brisbane : Z1502970 1876 newspaper (7 issues)
1 16 y separately published work icon The Brisbane Courier Carl Feilberg (editor), F. W. Ward (editor), W. Kinnaird Rose (editor), William O'Carroll (editor), D. F. T. Jones (editor), J. J. Knight (editor), C. B. Fletcher (editor), E. J. T. Barton (editor), John Macgregor (editor), R. S. Taylor (editor), Firmin McKinnon (editor), Charles Hardie Buzacott (editor), Gresley Lukin (editor), 1864 Brisbane : Thomas Blacket Stephens , 1864-1933 Z932187 1864 newspaper (849 issues)
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