James Bonwick James Bonwick i(A41934 works by)
Born: Established: 8 Jul 1817 Lingfield, Surrey,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,
; Died: Ceased: 6 Feb 1906 Southwick, West Sussex,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,

Gender: Male
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1 Brave Bobby James Bonwick , 1917 single work children's fiction children's
— Appears in: School Paper : Grades V and VI , February no. 222 1917; (p. 3-5) The School Paper : Grades V and VI , February no. 290 1923; (p. 11-12)
1 y separately published work icon An Octogenarian's Reminiscences James Bonwick , London : Nichols , 1902 Z799491 1902 single work autobiography

"Bonwick begins his reminiscences with a detailed account of his years as a student and pupil-teacher, or monitor, at the Boro' Road School in London. He describes his emigration to Hobart Town in 1840 with his wife Esther, to take up an appointment of the British and Foreign School Society to teach in government schools. During his years in Hobart, he taught in both public and private schools, employed convicts and taught their children, met Father Therry, George Washington Walker. with whom he joined in the temperance movement, and Henry Melville, whose mystic ideas, he claims, had a great influence on his intellectual development. Bonwick felt a profound sympathy for the Tasmanian Aborigines, whom he saw as 'Children of Nature', grieving that 'civilised men from Christian lands... were instrumental in the poor creatures' deepening degradation, their reception of new vices and sorrows, ultimately leading to their annihilation as a People'" (Walsh and Hooton 22).

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Walsh, Kay and Joy Hooton. Australian Autobiographical Narratives : An Annotated Bibliography. Canberra : Australian Scholarly Editions Centre, University College, ADFA and National Library of Australia, 1993.

1 y separately published work icon Early Struggles of the Australian Press James Bonwick , London : Gordon and Gotch , 1890 Z799509 1890 single work
1 y separately published work icon Port Phillip Settlement James Bonwick , London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington , 1883 Z812108 1883 single work
1 y separately published work icon Rides Out and About : A Book of Travels and Adventures James Bonwick , London : Religious Tract Society , 1878 Z799482 1878 selected work autobiography short story travel 'An anonymously published travel book comprising a short, humorous piece and two long narrative pieces by Bonwick, 'Rambles of an Australian School Inspector' and 'The Longest Stage-ride in the World' (describing a trip, somewhat fictionalised, from California to Missouri in 1864-65).' (The Davidson Collection (2007) catalogue entry no. 431)
1 y separately published work icon Out and About: Rambles of an Australian School Inspector. The Californian Overland Express. An Adventure in the Desert James Bonwick , London : Religious Tract Society , 1878 23482871 1878 single work prose travel
1 y separately published work icon Mike Howe, the Bushranger of Van Diemen's Land James Bonwick , London : Henry S. King , 1873 Z799488 1873 single work novel historical fiction
1 y separately published work icon The Tasmanian Lily James Bonwick , London : Henry S. King , 1873 Z799485 1873 single work novel
1 y separately published work icon Little Joe : A Tale of Pacific Railway James Bonwick , London : W. Tweedie , 1872 Z1416319 1872 single work children's fiction western An Indian captivity tale set in the Wild West in the early days of transcontinental railways.
1 y separately published work icon The Last of the Tasmanians, or, The Black War of Van Dieman's Land The Black War of Van Dieman's Land James Bonwick , London : Sampson Low, Son and Marston , 1870 Z799500 1870 single work
1 y separately published work icon Curious Facts of Old Colonial Days James Bonwick , London : Sampson Low, Son and Marston , 1870 Z799497 1870 single work
2 y separately published work icon John Batman : The Founder of Victoria James Bonwick , Melbourne : Samuel Mullen , 1867 Z799506 1867 single work biography 'One of the first and most prominent declarations of behalf of the Batman cause in the continuing but, even by this time, almost antedeluvian contest between Batman and Fawkner for the honour of having founded Melbourne.' (The Davidson Collection (2007) no.423)
1 y separately published work icon A Sketch of Boroondara James Bonwick , Melbourne : J J Blundell , 1858 Z809532 1858 single work
1 y separately published work icon Western Victoria : Its Geography, Geology, and Social Conditions James Bonwick , Geelong : Thomas Brown , 1858 Z799512 1858 single work
1 y separately published work icon How Does a Tree Grow? Or, Botany for Young Australians How a Tree Grows In Australia James Bonwick , Sydney Melbourne : Sands and Kenny J J Blundell , 1857 Z1501360 1857 single work children's fiction non-fiction children's
1 y separately published work icon Bible Stories for Young Australians : Part 1 James Bonwick , Melbourne : J J Blundell , 1857 Z1500255 1857 selected work children's fiction children's
1 y separately published work icon William Buckley : The Wild White Man and His Port Phillip Black Friends James Bonwick , Melbourne : Geo. Nichols , 1856 Z799503 1856 single work
1 y separately published work icon Discovery and Settlement of Port Phillip James Bonwick , Melbourne : George Robertson , 1856 Z799494 1856 single work
1 y separately published work icon Australian Gold Digger's Monthly Magazine, and Colonial Family Visitor James Bonwick (editor), 1852 Melbourne : James Bonwick , Z1416092 1852 periodical

'With a trembling boldness we venture before the Australian public. Our object is not to provide the honey of literature for the favoured few. It is not to amuse the pampered and luxurious. It is not to while away an evening hour in aristocratic halls. But it is to spread the feast for the many. It is to please the careworn sons of toil. It is to recreate the moments of rest in the cottage and the tent.

We seeks the ear of those who labor amidst privations that call for sympathy, and who are altogether out of the reach of the ordinary means of intellectual amusement and instruction. But, mindful of the gold digger, we would not forget a word of kindness and counsel for the wife and children he has left behind him. This little magazine will thus be the connecting link between the gold fields and the cottage home.

Though we write for the whole of the Australias, yet the colony from which this emanates, the geographical centre of these southern settlements, and the golden focus of our hemisphere, will necessarily appear most prominently in the periodical.' - (Bonwick, James. 'The Conductor's Introductory Address', from facsimile of front page Vol 1., No. 1, in The Davidson Collection (2007), no. 413)

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