Asaphides Asaphides i(A73814 works by)
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1 An Adventure of the Early Days of Tasmania Asaphides , 1885 single work short story adventure
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , May vol. 20 no. 240 1885; (p. 493-498) Apparent reminiscence of the pursuit and capture of a penal officer by escaped convicts turned bushrangers in Tasmania's early settlement times. Includes description of his flight into a vast underground warren of caves; one convict's murderous bitterness; the effective pleadings of a girl captured from her parent's farm; an old convict's mercy; and a young convict's nobility of stature and character in assisting them to escape against great opposition. Well written with a sense of 'genuine' Australian narrative missing from most of the few remaining Australian tales - largely romances imitative of the British and American tales increasingly published by the Australian Journal. (PB)
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