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y separately published work icon The Night Fossickers and Other Australian Tales of Peril and Adventure selected work   short story   crime   children's  
Issue Details: First known date: 1867... 1867 The Night Fossickers and Other Australian Tales of Peril and Adventure
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Notes

  • Dedication: To His Excellency Sir Charles Darling, K. C. B. Late Governor of the Colony of Victoria, This Work Is by Special permission Respectfully Dedicated by His Obliged and Obedient Servant James Skipp Borlase.

Contents

* Contents derived from the London,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Frederick Warne , 1867 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Shepherd's Hut : Or, Tis Thirteen Years Since: Being Memoirs of an Australian Police Officer, James Skipp Borlase , single work short story historical fiction
Recounts the capture of escaped convict, murder and bushranger 'Dick the Devil' near Melbourne in 1852. (PB)
(p. 1-15)
Note: With title: 'The Shepherd's Hut'
The Missing Fingers, James Skipp Borlase , single work short story mystery crime
Discovering escaped prisoners. (PB)
(p. 16-30)
The Madman's Tale, James Skipp Borlase , single work short story mystery crime
Life story of recaptured escapee and madman. Contains description of transportation to Australia. (PB)
(p. 31-43)
Pursuing and Pursued, James Skipp Borlase , single work short story crime
A Traitor, Aborigines, bushrangers and mounted policeman in 1853 - Melbourne, the bush, Mt Koronth, Marabool. (PB)
(p. 44-58)
A Sticking-Up-And-Shooting-Down Adventure Cambromatta Station : A Sticking-Up and Shooting Down Adventure, James Skipp Borlase , single work short story crime
Narrator and fellows are assisted by young beauty in rescuing her father from bushrangers. (PB)
(p. 59-75)
Buried Alive, James Skipp Borlase , single work short story crime (p. 76-93)
The Night Fossickers of Moonlight Flat, James Skipp Borlase , single work short story crime (p. 94-113)
Note: With title: 'Night Fossickers'
The Salted Claims, James Skipp Borlase , single work short story crime (p. 114-133)
Tale of a Skull, James Skipp Borlase , single work short story crime (p. 134-154)
A Leap for Life, James Skipp Borlase , single work short story adventure (p. 155-169)
The Lubra's Revenge, or, The Fire at Garryong, James Skipp Borlase , single work short story historical fiction (p. 170-180)
The Ace of Spades, James Skipp Borlase , single work short story crime (p. 181-185)
Three Golden Hairs, James Skipp Borlase , single work short story crime (p. 186-204)
King Rum Tum's Ghost, James Skipp Borlase , single work short story crime (p. 205-225)
Mystery and Murder, James Skipp Borlase , Mary Fortune , single work short story crime
A ghostly murder tale. (PB)
(p. 226-239)
Homeward Bound, via Panama, James Skipp Borlase , single work short story travel (p. 240-248)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

From Canvas Town to Marvellous Melbourne : Melbourne in Colonial Children's Novels Pam Macintyre , 1997 single work criticism
— Appears in: La Trobe Library Journal , Spring no. 60 1997; (p. 74-83)
Thrilling Australia Stephen Knight , 1988 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Australian Way , March 1988; (p. 35-37)
From Canvas Town to Marvellous Melbourne : Melbourne in Colonial Children's Novels Pam Macintyre , 1997 single work criticism
— Appears in: La Trobe Library Journal , Spring no. 60 1997; (p. 74-83)
Thrilling Australia Stephen Knight , 1988 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Australian Way , March 1988; (p. 35-37)
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