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y separately published work icon Ngamihi, or, The Maori Chief's Daughter : A Tale of the War in New Zealand single work   novel   adventure  
Issue Details: First known date: 1895... 1895 Ngamihi, or, The Maori Chief's Daughter : A Tale of the War in New Zealand
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Notes

  • Dedication: To Major-General John Fletcher Owen, R.A. (General Officer Commanding Troops at Malta, and Late Commandant Queensland Forces), this volume is dedicated by the author as a small tribute of respect.
  • Epigraph: 'Let no soldier fly : / He that is truly dedicate to war, / Hath no self-love.' - King Henry VI.
  • Also contains a short story, 'The Silk Handkerchief' and a poem, 'Comal and Galbina' written by the author's father, Captain R. M. Scott.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Brisbane, Queensland,: Howard , 1895 .
      Extent: 335p.
      Description: illus.
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Becoming Native : Australian Novelists and the New Zealand Wars Lydia Wevers , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 22 no. 3 2006; (p. 319-328) In focussing on four Australian novels on the New Zealand (or Maori) Wars, Wevers discusses these questions: 'Why were Australian writers drawn to the New Zealand Wars as a fictional location, and how were these novels received in New Zealand? Who were their audience, and what narratives of colonial worlds were being worked through them?' (319).
Becoming Native : Australian Novelists and the New Zealand Wars Lydia Wevers , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 22 no. 3 2006; (p. 319-328) In focussing on four Australian novels on the New Zealand (or Maori) Wars, Wevers discusses these questions: 'Why were Australian writers drawn to the New Zealand Wars as a fictional location, and how were these novels received in New Zealand? Who were their audience, and what narratives of colonial worlds were being worked through them?' (319).
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