J. R. Lockeyear J. R. Lockeyear i(A44382 works by)
Also writes as: J. R. L.
Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon Little Mother : An Australian Tale J. R. Lockeyear , Talbot : Robert Allen , 1894 Z1218580 1894 single work children's fiction children's
1 Wooing for Wealth J. R. Lockeyear , 1881 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , June vol. 16 no. 193 1881; (p. 560-561) In a North-Eastern Victorian township, an impecunious commission agent determines to marry for money - but courts the wrong woman. Amusing by-play over the lady's reading: Harriet Martineau's 'Political Economy'; John Stuart Mill etc. Humour of the carpet-bagger. (PB)
1 y separately published work icon Goulburn Mary : an Australian tale J. R. L. , Ballarat : J. R. Lockeyear , 1894 Z1026832 1879 single work novella Tragedy set beside Victoria's Goulburn River of a beautiful young girl courted artfully by a handsome commercial traveller. An anonymous letter reveals that he is already married just before she is to marry him. He never reappears and after a brief sojourn in Tasmania she returns to her old home to die. Certain quiet appeal. (PB)
1 The Rose J. R. L. , 1879 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , November vol. 15 no. 174 1879; (p. 129) A man breaks his engagement when his fiancee teasingly refuses to tell him who gave her the beautiful rose she wears. Smug exemplary tale to women not to annoy their lovers - for she never married though he did. (PB)
1 y separately published work icon Bachelors' Hall J. R. Lockeyear , Adelaide : J. R. Lockeyear , 1895 Z1012340 1879 single work novella A bachelor clerk living in Carlton Melbourne is roused from the bed where he is recovering from a football game with Richmond to go to lunch at his married friend's house - there to meet his true match. Portrait of a bachelor's life recommending marriage. Pleasant if pointed. (PB)
2 A Bush Wedding J. R. L. , 1877 single work novella
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , September vol. 13 no. 148 1877; (p. 39-41) Sketches a marriage between a Melbourne girl and a local youth in an up-country township in north-eastern Victoria. (PB)
1 1 y separately published work icon 'Mr. Bunyip', or, Mary Somerville's Ramble : A Story for Children J. R. Lockeyear , Collingwood : Henry S. Dawson , 1871 Z962338 1871 single work children's fiction children's While strolling along the banks of the Murray River, young Mary Somerville meets a bunyip who gives her some sage advice in the form of moral tales about people from her local community. While the bunyip claims fairness towards all who do good, his representations of Indigenous Australians reflect the paternalistic attitudes of the time.
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