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'Frederick Sinnett (1830-1866) was a journalist, author and newspaper editor. Born in Germany, he emigrated to Australia as a young man. He joined a group who explored the Lake Torrens area near Adelaide, which he reported on in 1854 to the Victorian Institute for the Advancement of Science. He worked on many newspapers around Melbourne, including the Melbourne Morning Herald and General Daily Advertiser (later the Herald), and the Argus. He was the author of the first critical essay on Australian literature; The Fiction Fields of Australia (1856), and reported on the 1858 gold rush in Canoona; An Account of the "Rush" to Port Curtis, Including Letters Addressed to the "Argus" as Special Correspondent from the Fitzroy River (1859). He was a co-founder of the Melbourne Punch, the Daily News in Geelong and in 1862 he founded the Daily Telegraph in Adelaide and was its first editor. He also wrote An Account of the Colony of South Australia Prepared for Distribution at the International Exhibition of 1862 (1862).' (Publication summary)
Contents
- The Fiction Fields of Australia : Introduction, single work criticism biography (p. 1-20)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The Making of Australian Literature
2014
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Colonial Journals : And the Emergence of Australian Literary Culture 2014; (p. 68-109) -
Realism and Romance
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Macmillan Anthology of Australian Literature 1990; (p. 409-414) -
Forms of Australian Literary History
1988
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , vol. 13 no. 4 1988; (p. 77-90) -
Bibliographical Spectrum : What is Australian Literature?
1982
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Review of National Literatures : Australia. 1982; (p. 211-234) -
The "Coming of Age" of Australian Literature : Introduction
1982
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Review of National Literatures : Australia. 1982; (p. 11-15)
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Field Exercises
1967
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March vol. 6 no. 5 1967; (p. 68)
— Review of The Fiction Fields of Australia 1856 single work criticism ; Westerly no. 3 December 1966 periodical issue -
Short Views
1967
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 27 no. 2 1967; (p. 142-143)
— Review of The Fiction Fields of Australia 1856 single work criticism -
Untitled
1967
single work
review
— Appears in: Clanalder Sennachie , no. 41 1967; (p. 5)
— Review of The Fiction Fields of Australia 1856 single work criticism -
Book Reviews
1967
single work
review
— Appears in: Biblionews and Australian Notes & Queries , vol. 2 no. 1 (2nd Series) 1967; (p. 35-38)
— Review of Isis in Search 1966 selected work poetry ; Australian Poetry 1966 1966 anthology poetry ; Northern Folk no. 10 1967 periodical issue ; The Fiction Fields of Australia 1856 single work criticism -
Realism and Romance
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Macmillan Anthology of Australian Literature 1990; (p. 409-414) -
The "Coming of Age" of Australian Literature : Introduction
1982
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Review of National Literatures : Australia. 1982; (p. 11-15) -
Forms of Australian Literary History
1988
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , vol. 13 no. 4 1988; (p. 77-90) -
Bibliographical Spectrum : What is Australian Literature?
1982
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Review of National Literatures : Australia. 1982; (p. 211-234) -
The Fiction Fields of Australia : Introduction
1966
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: The Fiction Fields of Australia 1966; (p. 1-20)
- Clara Morison : A Tale of South Australia during the Gold Fever 1854 single work novel
- The Emigrant Family, or, The Story of an Australian Settler 1849 single work novel prose
- Tales of the Colonies, or, the Adventures of an Emigrant 1842 single work novel