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Issue Details: First known date: 1866... 1866 The Adventures of a Squatter
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The story begins with the narrator's happy childhood in England, with a murder which he witnesses and a happy meeting with a long unknown but soon loved cousin, Harry. They become estranged, Harry leaving for Australia whence the narrator and his sister also proceed after their mother's death in 1858. The estrangement continues and brother and sister buy a station in western NSW only to find themselves neighbours to Harry's station. Matters come to a head in the 1860s when a vengeful murderous plot is revealed; a father plotting his son's downfall and his nephew's murder, bushranging, financial ruin and a stolen heir combine in this tale of dark deeds in Australia. (PB)

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First known date: 1866
Serialised by: The Australian Journal 1865 periodical (900 issues)
Notes:
Serialised in 12 instalments in the Australian Journal between October 6 1886 and December 29 1886.
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Works about this Work

'Adventures of a Squatter' : A Colonial Male Romance Toni Johnson-Woods , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 70 no. 2 2010; (p. 130-141) Examines a homoerotic text which has remained buried in the pages of the colonial press, The Australian Journal.
Putting Back the Clock : 1865-1936 1936 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , 1 October vol. 72 no. 847 1936; (p. 1489)
Putting Back the Clock : 1865-1936 1936 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , 1 October vol. 72 no. 847 1936; (p. 1489)
'Adventures of a Squatter' : A Colonial Male Romance Toni Johnson-Woods , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 70 no. 2 2010; (p. 130-141) Examines a homoerotic text which has remained buried in the pages of the colonial press, The Australian Journal.
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Last amended 3 Apr 2008 11:41:29
Subjects:
  • 1850s
  • 1860s
Settings:
  • c
    England,
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    c
    United Kingdom (UK),
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    Western Europe, Europe,
  • c
    Australia,
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