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'Artabanzus is a moral allegory of the nether kingdom, dealing with the follies and vices of mankind; associated with the region of the Great Lake on the central tableland of Tasmania. Refers also to Tasmanian history and politics and to Christianity; includes a story of the Civil War in England as well as some original poems.'
Source: Australian Literature from its Beginnings to 1935 (vol.2).
Notes
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This work has been digitised by the Reason in Revolt project.
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Although Miller notes in Australian Literature from its Beginnings to 1935 (vol.2) that this work 'includes a story of the Civil War in England as well as some original poems', this work appears to be a novel rather than a selected work. The poems are spoken by characters in the novel, and it seems likely that the story of the Civil War is also included within the body of the work, as the table of contents indicates only chapters, and not separate works.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Antipodal Ireland and Tasmanian Underworlds : John Mitchel and William Moore Ferrar
2021
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , vol. 36 no. 2 2021;'The Central Highlands of Tasmania is an unlikely antipodes of Irish writing, but it is a region that has complex representations by exiled and immigrant Irish writers. The picturesque landscape of the Highlands in the Young Irelander John Mitchel’s Jail Journal (1856) is well known; less well known is the writing of William Moore Ferrar, born in Dublin in 1823 and who emigrated to New South Wales, then Van Diemen’s Land, as a free settler in 1843. His novel Artabanzanus: The Demon of the Great Lake: An Allegorical Romance of Tasmania: Arranged from the Diary of the Late Oliver Ubertus (1896) represents a vision of an ideal surface world and a hellish underground. Dedicated to Arthur James Balfour, and dramatising the issue of Irish home rule, Ferrar’s novel is an eccentric but multi-faceted instance of the Irish-Tasmanian imaginary.'
Source: Abstract.
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Miscellaneous
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Notes on Australian Science Fiction 2001; (p. 101-104)
— Review of The Invasion 1877 single work novel ; The Last of Six : Tales of the Austral Tropics 1893 selected work short story ; Ashes : A Tale of Two Spheres 1890 single work novel ; The Harlequin Opal 1893 single work novel ; A Son of Perdition : An Occult Romance 1912 single work novel ; The Gentleman Who Vanished : A Psychological Phantasy 1890 single work novel ; My Weird Wooing 1888 single work novel ; The Clairaudient : A Story of Psychical Research 1896 single work novel ; Aerial and Terrestrial Transit : An Inquiry Thereinto by a Paid Select Committee of Members of Parliament, Elected by Members of Parliament : Qualifications:- Strictly Non-professional : A Series of Records of Their Distinguished Labours. 1895 single work novel ; Recognition : A Mystery of the Coming Colony 1895 single work novel ; The Yellow Wave : A Romance of the Asiatic Invasion of Australia 1895 single work novel ; Artabanzanus : The Demon of the Great Lake : An Allegorical Romance of Tasmania 1896 single work novel -
Romance Fiction of the 1890s
1996
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The 1890s : Australian Literature and Literary Culture 1996; (p. 150-164)
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Miscellaneous
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Notes on Australian Science Fiction 2001; (p. 101-104)
— Review of The Invasion 1877 single work novel ; The Last of Six : Tales of the Austral Tropics 1893 selected work short story ; Ashes : A Tale of Two Spheres 1890 single work novel ; The Harlequin Opal 1893 single work novel ; A Son of Perdition : An Occult Romance 1912 single work novel ; The Gentleman Who Vanished : A Psychological Phantasy 1890 single work novel ; My Weird Wooing 1888 single work novel ; The Clairaudient : A Story of Psychical Research 1896 single work novel ; Aerial and Terrestrial Transit : An Inquiry Thereinto by a Paid Select Committee of Members of Parliament, Elected by Members of Parliament : Qualifications:- Strictly Non-professional : A Series of Records of Their Distinguished Labours. 1895 single work novel ; Recognition : A Mystery of the Coming Colony 1895 single work novel ; The Yellow Wave : A Romance of the Asiatic Invasion of Australia 1895 single work novel ; Artabanzanus : The Demon of the Great Lake : An Allegorical Romance of Tasmania 1896 single work novel -
Romance Fiction of the 1890s
1996
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The 1890s : Australian Literature and Literary Culture 1996; (p. 150-164) -
Antipodal Ireland and Tasmanian Underworlds : John Mitchel and William Moore Ferrar
2021
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , vol. 36 no. 2 2021;'The Central Highlands of Tasmania is an unlikely antipodes of Irish writing, but it is a region that has complex representations by exiled and immigrant Irish writers. The picturesque landscape of the Highlands in the Young Irelander John Mitchel’s Jail Journal (1856) is well known; less well known is the writing of William Moore Ferrar, born in Dublin in 1823 and who emigrated to New South Wales, then Van Diemen’s Land, as a free settler in 1843. His novel Artabanzanus: The Demon of the Great Lake: An Allegorical Romance of Tasmania: Arranged from the Diary of the Late Oliver Ubertus (1896) represents a vision of an ideal surface world and a hellish underground. Dedicated to Arthur James Balfour, and dramatising the issue of Irish home rule, Ferrar’s novel is an eccentric but multi-faceted instance of the Irish-Tasmanian imaginary.'
Source: Abstract.
- Tasmania,
- Great Lake, Central Highlands, Tasmania,