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Issue Details: First known date: 1926... 1926 My Crowded Solitude
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Popular account of modern and traditional life on Simpson Bay, West Cape York. (Source: Trove)

Notes

  • Dedication: To Mother and Mary.
  • There are two Readers' Digest condensed versions of this work, appearing in Swedish and Italian.
  • There is a 16-page German publication titled Die Schlange ohne Kopf which translates as 'The Snake without a Head'. This may be an extract from My Crowded Solitude, possibly from the chapter titled 'In the Absence of Humans,' which relates an incident where a snake loses its head.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Alternative title: Ich und Meine Wilden : Acht Jahre im Australischen Busch

Other Formats

  • Also braille, sound recording.

Works about this Work

The Adventures of Jack McLaren Olaf Ruhen , 1966 single work review
— Appears in: Age Literary Review , 21 May 1966; (p. 22)

— Review of My Crowded Solitude Jack McLaren , 1926 single work autobiography
Untitled George Farwell , 1966 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5 May 1966; (p. 18)

— Review of My Crowded Solitude Jack McLaren , 1926 single work autobiography
[Review] My Crowded Solitude Erica Bates , 1966 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June vol. 5 no. 8 1966; (p. 158)

— Review of My Crowded Solitude Jack McLaren , 1926 single work autobiography ; Trooper to the Southern Cross Angela Thirkell , 1934 single work novel
Untitled 1957 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 1 December 1957;

— Review of My Crowded Solitude Jack McLaren , 1926 single work autobiography
Welcome Reprint Scrutarius , 1957 single work review
— Appears in: Walkabout , vol. 23 no. 4 1957; (p. 47)

— Review of My Crowded Solitude Jack McLaren , 1926 single work autobiography
Untitled 1926 single work review
— Appears in: The Daily Mail , 20 February no. 7482 1926; (p. 16)

— Review of My Crowded Solitude Jack McLaren , 1926 single work autobiography
Untitled 1926 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Mail , 24 February 1926; (p. 10)

— Review of My Crowded Solitude Jack McLaren , 1926 single work autobiography
Untitled 1926 single work review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 25 February 1926; (p. 132)

— Review of My Crowded Solitude Jack McLaren , 1926 single work autobiography
My Crowded Solitude 1926 single work review
— Appears in: The Brisbane Courier , 27 February 1926; (p. 18)

— Review of My Crowded Solitude Jack McLaren , 1926 single work autobiography
My Crowded Solitude 1926 single work review
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 13 March 1926; (p. 8)

— Review of My Crowded Solitude Jack McLaren , 1926 single work autobiography
Untitled 1926 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian Woman's Mirror , 13 April vol. 2 no. 20 1926; (p. 24)
Queensland Authors and Artists’ Association [Meeting Report] 1927 single work column
— Appears in: The Muses' Magazine , November vol. First Year no. 1 1927; (p. 31)
Germans on Australia 1952 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 13 August vol. 73 no. 3783 1952; (p. 2)

— Review of Bibliography of German Literature on Australia 1770-1947 1952 single work bibliography
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