William H. G. Kingston William H. G. Kingston i(A51503 works by) (a.k.a. William Henry Giles Kingston; W. H. G. Kingston)
Born: Established: 1814 ; Died: Ceased: 1880
Gender: Male
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4 y separately published work icon Australian Adventures William H. G. Kingston , London : Routledge , 1885 Z1190014 1885 single work novel young adult adventure
1 y separately published work icon Peter Biddulph : The Rise and Progress of an Australian Settler William H. G. Kingston , London : Sunday School Union , 1880-1889 Z978048 1880-1889 single work novel young adult adventure
2 1 y separately published work icon The Young Berringtons, or, The Boy Explorers William H. G. Kingston , 1880 single work novel young adult adventure
1 1 y separately published work icon Twice Lost : A Story of Shipwreck, and of Adventure in the Wilds of Australia William H. G. Kingston , London : Nelson , 1876 Z978033 1876 single work children's fiction children's adventure
1 1 y separately published work icon The Diary of Milicent Courtenay, or, The Experiences of a Young Lady at Home and Abroad William H. G. Kingston , London : Gall and Inglis , 1873 Z978060 1873 single work novel young adult adventure

'Helen, Millicent, Mabel, Ranald, their guardian Mrs Markham, and an entourage of servants set off for Australia after the loss of their father and brother. Half-way through the novel they arrive at "Auburn" Station and later take up their own station, "Rosella". the observe a enormous variety of animal life [...] and cheerfully shoot lyre-birds and bell-birds as specimens. Ranald is lost in the bush (and found by a stranger who finally identifies himself as his father), they experience a bushfire, are saved from incineration by a long-lost brother, and have a startling encounter with bushrangers' (Oxford Companion to Australian Children's Literature, 248).

1 1 y separately published work icon At the South Pole The Adventures of Richard Pengelley, Mariner William H. G. Kingston , London : Cassell , 1870 Z1724369 1870 single work novel adventure
1 1 y separately published work icon The Gilpins and Their Fortunes : An Australian Tale William H. G. Kingston , London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge , 1865 Z795865 1865 single work novel adventure children's
1 y separately published work icon The Emigrant's Home, or, How to Settle : A Story of Australian Life for All Classes at Home in the Colonies William H. G. Kingston , London : Groombridge , 1856 Z1190026 1856 single work novel
1 An Address to British Colonists and Colonizers William H. G. Kingston , 1852 single work column
— Appears in: The Colonial Magazine and East India Review , January vol. [23] no. 1 1852; (p. 1-3)
1 y separately published work icon How to Emigrate, or The British Colonists : A Tale for All Classes William H. G. Kingston , London : Grant and Griffith , 1850 22609253 1850 single work prose travel
1 1 y separately published work icon The Colonial Magazine and East India Review William H. G. Kingston (editor), 1849-1852 London : John Mortimer , Z1717162 1849-1852 periodical (15 issues)

The Colonial Magazine and East India Review continued Simmond's Colonial Magazine and Foreign Miscellany and maintained that journal's themes and emphases. In an 'Address to British Colonists and Colonizers' in the January 1852 issue of the Colonial Magazine, the editor, William H. G. Kingston, wrote that the original publication was established 'for the purpose of making known to the British public the importance of that mighty empire on which the sun never sets, the character, resources, and advantages of each portion, and at the same time of giving the Colonists an organ of their own, by means of which they might express their wishes, their intentions, and expectations to their brethren at home.' This framework, noted Kingston, placed the journal in a difficult situation. 'We cannot collect a staff of professional writers, who may range over the whole field of literature to find their subjects', but instead are dependent on writers with specialist knowledge. 'Our contributors must, in most cases, reside in, or have visited the Colonies, and be well acquainted with Colonial life and affairs, and they must have the power, the will, and the time to write.' The aim was not so much at 'literary excellence as at affording correct information and truthful accounts of the Colonies, and more especially as being the expositors of the public opinion of each of them.' ([23].1 (January 1853): 1-2)

Kingston did not visit Australia himself, although some of his stories for young people have Australian bush settings. He did, however, have a vital interest in colonisation and emigration. (During his editorship of the Colonial Magazine, he published a manual for colonists, How to Emigrate.)

The Colonial Magazine, published in London, included writing on and about the colonies in Australia, New Zealand, India, Ceylon, Canada, South Africa and the West Indies. Many articles provided practical and specific advice on matters of commerce and agriculture; others reports surveyed the developing role of British colonial governments.

The Colonial Magazine also included the prose writings of colonial visitors and residents. These often responded to issues of colonial travel, 'first impressions', relations with indigenous peoples and the difficulties of settlement. A review of Charles Rowcroft's An Emigrant in Search of a Colony was published in the December 1851 issue. (To date (2010), it is only known review of the novel.) Also reviewed was Alexander Harris's The Emigrant Family, or, The Story of an Australian Settler, B. C. Peck's Recollections of Sydney, the Capital of New South Wales and John Henderson's Excursions and Adventures in New South Wales.

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