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1 Cosmopolitan Library Gay and Bird (publisher), series - publisher
3 5 y separately published work icon Blood Tracks of the Bush : An Australian Romance Simpson Newland , London : Gay and Bird , 1900 1900 single work novel

His novel explicitly deals with the massacres of Aborigines by settlers. It was less successful than his earlier work, "partly because inferior, but also because he courageously and accurately portrayed horrific mass-murders of Aborigines by police and pastoralists. The public was not ready for such honesty."

Source: G. K. Jenkin, 'Newland, Simpson (1835–1925)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 11, Melbourne University Press, 1988, pp 10–12.
1 1 y separately published work icon The Wings of Silence : An Australian Tale George Cossins , London : Gay and Bird , 1899 Z96589 1899 single work novel
1 1 y separately published work icon Tarragal, or, Bush Life in Australia E. T. Hooley , London : Gay and Bird , 1897 Z843595 1890-1899 single work children's fiction children's
1 1 y separately published work icon A Visit to Blestland W. H. Galier , London : Gay and Bird , 1896 Z937896 1896 single work novel science fiction

'In W. H. Galier's A Visit to Blestland the characters are at sea in a strong wind when the ocean takes on the the appearance of fire and gives off electrical sparks. Losing control of their boat, they are whisked along through the air, shrouded in the 'Cimmerian darkness' of a mysterious cloud. Once they arrive on the planet Blestland, the narrative descends to guided tours of buildings and institutions, interspersed with talk and theorizing. Galier's title has religious overtones, but these are largely ironic, for religion is seen as a hindrance to social justice ... Like McIver's Neuroomia, A Visit to Blestland reflects the desire for utopia without offering concrete proposals for change.'

Source: Blackford et al. Strange Constellations: A History of Science Fiction.
1 1 y separately published work icon Isban Israel : A South African Story George Cossins , London : Gay and Bird , 1896 Z810335 1896 single work novel
1 y separately published work icon The Darleys of Dingo Dingo : A Modern Australian Story Justin Charles MacCartie , London : Gay and Bird , 1895 Z1254874 1895 single work novel
1 y separately published work icon Through Starlight to Dawn A. E. Hinshelwood , London : Gay and Bird , 1893 Z1916520 1893 selected work poetry
4 10 y separately published work icon Paving the Way : A Romance of the Australian Bush Simpson Newland , London : Gay and Bird , 1893 1893 single work novel
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