AustLit
Latest Issues
Affiliation Notes
-
Nineteenth-Century Travel Writing
Pastoralist, colonial magistrate and novelist Charles Rowcroft's (1798-1856) Tales of the Colonies; or, The Adventures of an Emigrant (1845) is identical to his The Perils and Adventures of Mr. William Thornley. One of the Pioneer Settlers of Van Diemen's Land, 1817-1830 (1845), and Tales of Tasmania, or Adventures of an Emigrant (1845) and very similar to his The Australian Crusoes; or, The Adventures of an English Settler and his Family in the Wilds of Australia (1870). Tales of Tasmania is noted as being the first Australian novel of emigrant genre, this his identical and similar works were also fiction. In each of these incarnations, Australia was presented as a country where families could own land and prosper. The narrative presented as a journal narrated in the first person and it was an account of Rowcroft's life in Australia, and dedicated to his children’s children. The journal includes studied description of the colony, in particular how the convict system hadshaped the it, but also featured Rowcroft's adventures and challenges within Van Diemen's Land. It concluded with an account of the wealth of the Emigrant after fourteen years in Australia, which supported Rowcroft's reasoning for emigrating. Novelistic and sensational in style, the works described "the Perils, difficulties and adventures of a pioneer settler in Van Diemen's Land," including daily life, flora and fauna, as well as "graphic narratives of encounters with Blacks and Bushrangers" (Preface). In addition to the above works, Rowcroft also published An Emigrant in Search of a Colony (1851).
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
-
A Literary Visit to the USA : A Memoir
2012
single work
autobiography
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 26 no. 1 2012; (p. 74-78) -
Transpacific or Transatlantic Traffic? Australian Books and American Publishers
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Reading Across the Pacific : Australia-United States Intellectual Histories 2010; (p. 339-359) 'This paper will attempt to describe the determining factors and structural patterns of relations between Australian books and American publishers from the 19th century to the present. Its central question will be: how did 'Australian books' find their way to American publishers? Can we discern any distinctive patterns over time or for particular genres, or simply an accumulation of one-off cases? To what extent, if at all, did the traffic in Australian books depend on cultural symmetries? Did Australian books travel as Australian or British books? In what ways were they dependent upon relations between Australian (or British) publishers or literary agents and their American counterparts? What role did international copyright regimes or trade agreements play? And how might the American connection change our understanding of 'Australian literature'?' (Author's abstract) -
Remembering the Self in the Colonial Garden : Gardens and Subjectivity
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Memory, Monuments and Museums : The Past in the Present 2006; (p. 182-193, notes 276-278) -
News from Australia: Journalism, Fiction, and Criminality in the Early Australian Novel
1993
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 7 no. 1 1993; (p. 51-58) -
Aussie Bards and Pom Reviewers : English Reviewers and Australian Writers in the Nineteenth Century
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Aspects of Australian Fiction : Essays Presented to John Colmer, Professor Emeritus of English, The University of Adelaide 1990; (p. 1-16)
-
Tales of the Colonies, or, The Adventures of an Emigrant
1844
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Record , 20 January vol. 1 no. 16 1844; (p. 122-123, 130-131)
— Review of Tales of the Colonies, or, the Adventures of an Emigrant 1842 single work novel -
Remembering the Self in the Colonial Garden : Gardens and Subjectivity
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Memory, Monuments and Museums : The Past in the Present 2006; (p. 182-193, notes 276-278) -
Transpacific or Transatlantic Traffic? Australian Books and American Publishers
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Reading Across the Pacific : Australia-United States Intellectual Histories 2010; (p. 339-359) 'This paper will attempt to describe the determining factors and structural patterns of relations between Australian books and American publishers from the 19th century to the present. Its central question will be: how did 'Australian books' find their way to American publishers? Can we discern any distinctive patterns over time or for particular genres, or simply an accumulation of one-off cases? To what extent, if at all, did the traffic in Australian books depend on cultural symmetries? Did Australian books travel as Australian or British books? In what ways were they dependent upon relations between Australian (or British) publishers or literary agents and their American counterparts? What role did international copyright regimes or trade agreements play? And how might the American connection change our understanding of 'Australian literature'?' (Author's abstract) -
A Literary Visit to the USA : A Memoir
2012
single work
autobiography
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 26 no. 1 2012; (p. 74-78) -
Fiction
1981
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Oxford History of Australian Literature 1981; (p. 27-172) -
Charles Rowcroft (1798-1856)
Margaret Giordano
,
Don Norman
,
1984
single work
biography
— Appears in: Tasmanian Literary Landmarks 1984; (p. 17-27)