Maurie Garland Maurie Garland i(A107039 works by) (a.k.a. Maurice John Garland)
Born: Established: 1941 ;
Gender: Male
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1 1 y separately published work icon The Trials of Isabella Mary Kelly : A Pioneering Woman's Struggle for Justice Maurie Garland , Melbourne : Brolga Publishing , 2012 Z1919816 2012 single work biography
1 3 y separately published work icon Horace Dean : A Pocketful of Lies Maurie Garland , Melbourne : Brolga Publishing , 2011 Z1832625 2011 single work biography

'Bitter rivals in a small district. Political enemies caught in a web of lies. This is the true and gripping account of Horace Dean's duel with George Fife Angas.

'George Fife Angas arrived in Adelaide in 1851, feted as the father and founder of South Australia. Extremely wealthy and religious, he settled near Angaston in the Barossa Valley, the town named after him.

'The American-born Horace Dean had arrived in this Colony in 1849. A Doctor and Magistrate of high repute, he became the first Mayor of Angaston. But was he who he said he was?

'The popular and charismatic Horace Dean later moved on to New South Wales, where he published and edited a newspaper; became a Member of Parliament; and was elected Mayor of Grafton. And controversy followed him everywhere.

'Maurie Garland, author of The Trials of Isabella Mary Kelly and Jimmy Governor: Blood on the Tracks, as well as an editor of The Swiss Swagman, examines the lives of Horace Dean and George Fife Angas to reveal the truth beneath the lies.' (From the publisher's website.)
1 1 y separately published work icon Jimmy Governor : Blood on the Tracks Maurie Garland , Melbourne : Brolga Publishing , 2009 Z1647567 2009 single work biography 'The book examines why Governor murdered nine people, as well as the treatment of Aborigines by the Europeans who invaded their lands. Pursued through the bush by 100 police and as many civilians, Governor and his brother Joe evaded capture for more than three months. Defined as a half-caste, Governor challenged the white man's Aboriginal stereotype of 1900 - he was highly intelligent, better educated than many of his white contemporaries, personable, a hard worker and he did not drink alcohol. When he married a white girl, he felt the full force of racism. ' Source:ww.winghamchronicle.com.au/ (Sighted 17/11/2009).
2 y separately published work icon Neunzehn Jahre in Australien : getreue Schilderung Australiens und seiner gesellschaftlichen Zustande, in Reisen und interessanten Erlebnissen Theodor Mueller , Aarau : F.G. Martin , 1877 Z1400909 1877 single work autobiography

'A hundred years before backpacking became popular, and even before the jolly swagman went Waltzing Matilda, Theodor Müller shouldered his swag, left his home and spent nineteen years travelling the Australian outback with no more than what he could carry.

Arriving in Sydney in December 1857 from his home in Switzerland, Müller roamed the sparsely settled regions of Australia, travelling as far north as Brisbane, west to Mudgee, south to Gundagai. Sleeping beneath the stars, finding work where he could, and observing this wild new land, Müller returned home eventually to write his memoirs - Neunzehn Jahre in Australien. This current edition has been translated into English and expanded, with maps, illustrations and historical insights, to bring Müller's trailblazing adventures to full and vibrant life.' -- back cover of The Swiss Swagman (2007).
1 1 y separately published work icon The Trials of Isabella Mary Kelly : Her Legend and the Truth Maurie Garland , Melbourne : Brolga Publishing , 2005 Z1400907 2005 single work biography
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