J. T. P. O'Meara J. T. P. O'Meara i(A72938 works by)
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1 Bushed J. T. P. O'Meara , 1884 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , July vol. 19 no. 230 1884; (p. 626-627) Pioneer's narrative of four days lost in the bush during a drought on a station shared with his mates near the Darling and Culgoa Rivers. Aborigines spear his horses and steal his provisions and he nearly dies of thirst and hunger before stumbling across a camp of Aborigines who return him to the station house. Vivid. (PB)
1 An Incarnate Fiend J. T. P. O'Meara , 1882 single work short story adventure
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , February vol. 17 no. 201 1882; (p. 334-335) Narrative of John Grigg, a London thief transported to Van Diemen's Land in the 1830s who refused to abide by the terms of his 'ticket of leave', served time in Victoria, escaped from his chain gang and murdered his former master in the bush. He escaped detection til the 1850s when he became a gold robber and bushranger and was eventually shot by police. Factually based; competent but not vivid. (PB)
1 The Lushington Races J. T. P. O'Meara , 1881 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , July vol. 16 no. 194 1881; (p. 618-619) The arrangements for and running of the bush races at Lushington on the Lachlan. Masculine bush narrative of mateship, drinking and horsemanship. More character than content. (Appears to be the first thoroughly bush/horse/drinking tale unsupported by adventure. Ex-convicts briefly mentioned.) (PB)
1 True Love J. T. P. O'Meara , 1881 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , April vol. 16 no. 191 1881; (p. 437-438) A Victorian gentleman-jackaroo falls in love with the station proprietor's daughter. When three years training are up he goes to North Queensland to manage a run of his own and dies of fever, leaving Jeannie to mourn his memory. Plain bush tale of romance and death. Brief. (Tone of reminiscence and colonial frontier becoming much rarer in 1880s; much more American, smooth.) (PB)
1 Club-Law J. T. P. O'Meara , 1881 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , March vol. 16 no. 190 1881; (p. 371-372) When a bargeman is caught stealing from a storeowner in the township of Wantamboon, between Bourke and Wilcannia, he is summarily punished rather than incur the expenses of a trial. Takes place in December 1879 when the Darling is in flood and an Adelaide steamer and barge are collecting wool bales as cargo. Strong current of authentic reminiscence. (PB)
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