R. Walter Coulter R. Walter Coulter i(A10320 works by) (a.k.a. R. W. Coulter; Reginald Walter Coulter)
Gender: Male
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1 Flying Vapour R. Walter Coulter , 1939 single work novel

A tale of the South Seas, the story begins on a light note and develops through adventure and fantasy into a narrative of heavy tragedy, relieved here and there by humour and romance. The theme centres upon an attempt by members of an enterprising expedition to introduce philanthropy to the Polynesians, and finds strength in the fact that the effort goes astray. Murder and fanaticism obtrude to an exciting degree and there is a rich vein of mystery to intrigue the reader almost to the last line of the final chapter.

The author has the gift of characterisation, and an exceptional flair for making even the most unlikely incidents seem convincing.

– The Sydney Morning Herald, 5 January, 1939, p.4

2 2 y separately published work icon Everlasting Hurricane : A Saga of the Western Pacific R. Walter Coulter , 1937 single work novel historical fiction

Both by the manner of the telling and by the adventures it narrates, "Everlasting Hurricane" will hold the reader's interest from the first instalment. It tells of the many strange adventures that befell Raoul Servan, a French political offender, who, with 7000 others, had been "thrown into the pit of objectless existence"—the prison island of New Caledonia— in 1871. When least expected, the means of escape was found—a whaleboat—and Raoul and a youth of English parents, sent to the island because his French foster-father was also a political offender, found themselves free in the Pacific. They decided not to make for Australia, where the police were always on the watch for escapees, but made for the islands of the Western Pacific. Many remarkable adventures and escapes from death befell them, and readers will find that each instalment brings new thrills.

The Sydney Morning Herald, 28 January 1937, p4

1 The Dream R. Walter Coulter , 1936 single work short story crime
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 15 April vol. 57 no. 2931 1936; (p. 31)
1 The Haunting Book R. Walter Coulter , 1936 single work short story
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 22 January vol. 57 no. 2919 1936; (p. 31)
1 1 y separately published work icon Master Davy's Locker : A Story of Adventure in the Under Sea Ernest Wells , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1935 Z1470181 1935 single work children's fiction children's adventure
1 That Murderous Fig R. Walter Coulter , 1935 single work short story
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 13 November vol. 56 no. 2909 1935; (p. 47-48)
1 2 y separately published work icon The Bubble Galleon : A Holiday Pantomime Ernest Wells , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1934 Z1398945 1934 single work children's fiction children's pantomime fantasy A reviewer for the Sydney Morning Herald's 'Current Literature' column writes:
Aptly christened 'a Holiday Pantomime,' for its adventurous action [The Bubble Galleon] is an adroit blend of fantasy and humour, and such characters as the long-nosed, green-beared Tiel Quintillian and the gallant Captain Tod, jovial and deep-voiced, bellowing his chanties and swinging his brass-hilted cutlass, are of the very stuff of children's delights. The Australian background supplies other personae such as Mr Ned Kelly, Young Marrv Dale, the drover, the Brooding Brolga, the Mocking Lyre Bird and the Ancient One of How Many Years living in his Gibba-gunyah. Even Cobb and Co find a place... It is a sustained tour de force of fantasy worthy to be ranked next to Norman Lindsay's Magic Pudding as an Australian children's classic.
The story sees the children Margery and Ian voyage to the queer land of Baste in a silver bubble. There they undertake marvellous adventures brought about by the theft of the Frost Fire and encounter other wonders such as the Timeless Stone.
1 The Saurian That Skippered a Ship R. Walter Coulter , 1932 single work short story
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 11 May vol. 53 no. 2726 1932; (p. 34)
1 La Petty Longshanks R. Walter Coulter , 1932 single work short story
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 14 December vol. 53 no. 2757 1932; (p. 39)
6 7 y separately published work icon The Meeting-Pool : A Tale of Borneo Mervyn Skipper , London : Elkin Mathews , 1929 Z846369 1929 selected work children's fiction children's
1 Sunlight Will Lawson , 1927 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Woman's Mirror , 17 May vol. 3 no. 25 1927; (p. 7, 56)
A man whose plans have all failed and whose much-loved mother has just died contemplates suicide. But a visit from the woman who was with his mother when she died changes his mind.
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