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1 y separately published work icon In the Queen's Navee : The Adventures of a Colonial Cadet on His Way to the 'Britannia' John Leyland , C. N. Robinson , London : Griffith, Farran, Okeden and Welsh , 1902 Z1555107 1902 single work children's fiction children's adventure The story of Phillip Chancellor, a 13-year-old boy born and bred in North Queensland, who goes to sea to embark on a navy cadetship. He has many adventures along the way, beginning with the rescue of a Pacific Island from a crocodile and later from his abusive plantation owner, and the book ends with Phillip arriving in England, and being placed aboard the naval ship 'Britannia'.
1 1 y separately published work icon The Island of Fantasy : A Romance Fergus Hume , New York (City) : Lovell, Gestefeld and Company , 1892 Z1724387 1892 single work novel adventure science fiction romance The narrative involves a scheme to recreate classical Greek culture in an island community.
1 y separately published work icon True Stories from Australasian History Arthur Patchett Martin , London : Griffith, Farran, Okeden and Welsh , 1893 Z1521658 1893 single work non-fiction
1 y separately published work icon Chronicles of Faeryland : Fantastic Tales for Old and Young Fergus Hume , London : Griffith, Farran, Okeden and Welsh , 1892 Z1719705 1892 selected work children's fiction

Contains seven modern fairy tales discovered in King Oberon's library during a visit to Faeryland. It is a collection of moral fables for children, not adults, despite the title.

1 3 y separately published work icon Over the Sea : Stories of Two Worlds Arthur Patchett Martin (editor), New York (City) : Lippincott , 1890 Z103329 1890 anthology children's fiction children's
1 3 y separately published work icon Coo-ee : Tales of Australian Life by Australian Ladies Mrs Patchett Martin (editor), Nottingham : Boots Ltd. , 1890-1920 Z571685 1890-1920 anthology short story
2 Clement Barnold's Invention Lionel Hawke , 1890 single work novel
1 1 y separately published work icon Themes and Variations Mrs James Glenny Wilson , London Sydney : Griffith, Farran, Okeden and Welsh , 1889 Z179018 1889 selected work poetry
1 1 y separately published work icon A Daughter of the South and Other Poems Charles Allan Sherard , London Sydney : Griffith, Farran, Okeden and Welsh , 1889 Z1258512 1889 selected work poetry
1 y separately published work icon Eena Romney, or, Word-Pictures of Home Life in New South Wales Myra Felton , Sydney : J. L. Holmes , 1887 Z1021506 1887 single work novel
1 3 y separately published work icon Australian Poets : 1788-1888 : Being a Selection of Poems upon All Subjects Written in Australia and New Zealand during the First Century of the British Colonization Douglas Sladen (editor), London : Griffith, Farran, Okeden and Welsh , 1888 Z573299 1888 anthology poetry
1 y separately published work icon Poetical Works of Francis W L Adams: Complete Edition Francis Adams , London Brisbane : Griffith, Farran, Okeden and Welsh Alex Muir and Morcom , 1887 Z814334 1887 selected work poetry drama
1 y separately published work icon Zantha Carlton Dawe , Melbourne London : William Inglis Griffith, Farran, Okeden and Welsh , 1886 Z805088 1886 single work novel crime
1 y separately published work icon The Australasian Birthday - Book : Specially Compiled from the Writings of the Poets of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, Tasmania, and New Zealand Myra Marbron , London : Griffith, Farran, Okeden and Welsh , 1885 Z1936971 1885 anthology poetry
1 2 y separately published work icon Australian Lyrics Douglas Sladen , Melbourne : George Robertson , 1883 Z133193 1883 selected work poetry
1 4 y separately published work icon In Cornwall and Across the Sea : With Poems Written in Devonshire, Etc. Douglas Sladen , London : Griffith, Farran, Okeden and Welsh , 1885 Z338192 1885 selected work poetry
1 3 y separately published work icon A Summer Christmas and A Sonnet Upon the S. S. 'Ballaarat' Douglas Sladen , London New York (City) : Griffith, Farran, Okeden and Welsh E. P. Dutton and Company , 1884 Z169914 1884 selected work poetry novel
1 2 y separately published work icon A Poetry of Exiles and Other Poems Douglas Sladen , Sydney Parramatta : C. E. Fuller , 1883 Z132397 1883 selected work poetry
1 y separately published work icon Fernshawe : Sketches in Prose and Verse Arthur Patchett Martin , Melbourne : Walker, May , 1882 Z1250621 1882 selected work poetry prose
2 9 y separately published work icon The Adventures of Halek : An Autobiographical Fragment John H. Nicholson , London : Griffith, Farran, Okeden and Welsh , 1882 Z1328267 1882 single work novel fantasy

The novels Halek (1881) and its sequel, Amoni (1904) tell the story of a young man, Halek (a Hebrew word meaning pilgrim), who after becoming inspired by his beloved, Turoni, undertakes a lifelong spiritual quest. The journey, which is completed by the end of the first book sees Halek's pilgrimage play out in variety of utopian and dystopian settings, taking him from 'a fictive world of greed and incivility (Pagam) to a land of moral aspiration and spiritual effort (Karom) and finally to a place of spiritual perfection (Sahitam)' (Buckridge and McKay, p.24). In his Preface to Almoni Nicholson provides a brief explanation of Pagam, Karom and Sahitam:


The island which is the scene of Halek's adventures is peopled by Pagmas, Karomas and Sahitamas. He that is wasting his substance in a far country is a Pagma; he that has arisen, and is on his way to the Father, is a Karoma; [and] he that has realised his oneness with the father, and dwells in the peace of love is a Sahitama (x).


Almoni, described by Nicholson as a 'companion volume,' deals with Halek's 'progressive initiation into "worshipful brethren" of spiritual adepts, his falling in love with the lovely Lirusan, and his return on a mission to Karom and Pagam. In By the Book: A Literary History of Queensland, Buckridge and McKay argue that while Nicholson claims that his intention was to "to write a work which would combine the most engaging qualities of Robinson Crusoe with those of The Arabian Nights," The Pilgrim's Progress is in some ways the more obvious model' (p. 24).

Buckridge and McKay further note that one of the more unusual features of both books 'is their preoccupation with the subject of poetry and "being a poet:"


Social life, even in the debased land of Pagam revolves around regular public performances, some of them fiercely competitive. Halek and his associates agonise about the technical virtuosity and emotional power of their own and others' poems, and Halek's retun journey to Pagam clearly symbolises the civilising mission of poetry to a culturally deprived colonial outpost... Halek's world embodies a kind of Augustian ideal in which poetry, music and the other arts all matter deeply and form the common staple of public recreation and discourse (25).

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