y separately published work icon The Mystery of a Wheel-Barrow; or Gaboriau Gaborooed : An Idealistic Story of a Great and Rising Colony single work   drama   satire   crime  
Issue Details: First known date: 1888... 1888 The Mystery of a Wheel-Barrow; or Gaboriau Gaborooed : An Idealistic Story of a Great and Rising Colony
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  • A parody of The Mystery of a Hansom Cab by Fergus Hume.

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y separately published work icon The Mystery of a Hansom Cab Fergus Hume , Melbourne : Kemp and Boyce , 1886 Z156928 1886 single work novel (taught in 8 units)

'Set in the charming and deadly streets of Melbourne, this vivid and brilliantly plotted murder thriller tells the story of a crime committed by an unknown assassin. With its panoramic depiction of a bustling yet uneasy city, Hansom Cab has a central place in Australian literary history and, more importantly, it remains highly readable. ' (Publication summary)
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The Reader Investigates : Images of Crime in the Colonial City Christa Ludlow , 1994 single work criticism
— Appears in: Continuum : The Australian Journal of Media & Culture , vol. 7 no. 2 1994;
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  • 1880s
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