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Constable O'Connor, or, 'Tis Twelve Years Ago : A Colonial Narrative, too True by One Half. single work   short story  
Alternative title: Constable O'Connor : A Colonial Narrative, Too True by Half
Issue Details: First known date: 1836... 1836 Constable O'Connor, or, 'Tis Twelve Years Ago : A Colonial Narrative, too True by One Half.
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The story of an honest but unfortunate widower who remarries an assigned Irish servant girl, who through drunkenness and dishonesty, brings about his ruin.

Notes

  • First appeared in Tegg's Monthly Magazine in April 1836, with the author's name indicated by the Greek letter Delta. Hand-written notes on the Mitchell Library copy of Tegg's Monthly Magazine attribute this work to 'Dr. Lang' [ie. John Dunmore Lang (q.v.)]. Note that Victor Crittenden (q.v.) has attributed this work to John Lang (q.v.).

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Tegg's Monthly Magazine vol. 1 no. 2 April 1836 Z1243037 1836 periodical issue 1836 pg. 61-70.
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Further Tales from Botany Bay John Lang , Samuel Sidney , Victor Crittenden (editor), Canberra : Mulini Press , 2005 Z1228008 2005 selected work short story extract This selection claims to brings together the uncollected Australian stories of John Lang, previously published separately in English and Indian periodicals and newspapers. Research since its publication shows that some of the stories are in fact extracts from a novel Gallops and Gossips in the Bush of Australia by Samuel Sidney Canberra : Mulini Press , 2005 pg. 1-10
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Further Tales from Botany Bay John Lang , Samuel Sidney , Victor Crittenden (editor), Canberra : Mulini Press , 2005 Z1228008 2005 selected work short story extract This selection claims to brings together the uncollected Australian stories of John Lang, previously published separately in English and Indian periodicals and newspapers. Research since its publication shows that some of the stories are in fact extracts from a novel Gallops and Gossips in the Bush of Australia by Samuel Sidney Canberra : Mulini Press , 2006
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Subjects:
  • Windsor, Hawkesbury area, Northwest Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,
Settings:
  • ca. 1824
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