y separately published work icon The Romance of Runnibede single work   novel  
Issue Details: First known date: 1926-1927... 1926-1927 The Romance of Runnibede
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form y separately published work icon The Romance of Runnibede ( dir. Scott R. Dunlap ) 1928 Australia : Phillips Film Productions , 1928 Z363896 1928 single work film/TV

Dorothy Winchester returns from boarding school in Sydney to her family's Queensland cattle station, Runnibede. There she finds two equally likeable men eager for her hand in marriage: Tom Linton, the gauche station manager, and the more sophisticated Sub-Inspector Dale of the Queensland Mounted Police. When Dorothy is kidnapped by some local Indigenous Australians, who believe that she is their 'Great White Queen' returned from the dead, the two suitors attempt a rescue. The rivalry for Dorothy's affection is resolved when one of them gives his life to save her.

Source: Pike and Cooper, 1980

Notes

  • Dedication: I am indebted to my parents, who resided on the Balonne River, Queensland, during the early 50's, for the various incidents and impressions gleaned from them during my boyhood days, which now appear in these pages. And also for the kindly help given by my friend W. H. when writing 'The Romance of Runnibede'.
  • Originally serialised in Steele Rudd's Magazine.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Serialised by: The North Queensland Register 1892 newspaper (2444 issues)
Notes:
Published in 21 weekly instalments in The North Queensland Register between 20 December 1926 and 9 May 1927.
      1926-1927 .
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: N.S.W. Bookstall Company , 1927 .
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      Extent: 208, [8] leaves of platesp.
      Description: illus.
      Note/s:
      • Illustrations are reproductions of photographs taken from the film of the book, produced by Phillips Film Productions.
    • St Lucia, Indooroopilly - St Lucia area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,: University of Queensland Press , 1975 .
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      Cover image courtesy of publisher.
      Extent: 148p.
      Note/s:
      • Introduced by Eric Davis
      • Another 1975 UQP edition bound with Green Grey Homestead.
      ISBN: 0702209120
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Old Homestead 'Steele Rudd' , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1984 Z367182 1984 selected work novel short story humour Omnibus edition of six Rudd works previously republished by University of Queensland Press in the 1960s and 1970s with introductions by Eric Davis. . Illustrations of the original New South Wales Bookstall publications are reproduced. St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1984 pg. 551-704
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Works about this Work

A Satchel of Books 1934 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 26 September vol. 55 no. 2850 1934; (p. 5)
— Review of The Romance of Runnibede 'Steele Rudd' , 1926-1927 single work novel ; Green Grey Homestead 'Steele Rudd' , 1934 single work novel
A Satchel of Books 1928 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 1 February vol. 49 no. 2503 1928; (p. 5)
— Review of The Romance of Runnibede 'Steele Rudd' , 1926-1927 single work novel
A Satchel of Books 1928 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 1 February vol. 49 no. 2503 1928; (p. 5)
— Review of The Romance of Runnibede 'Steele Rudd' , 1926-1927 single work novel
A Satchel of Books 1934 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 26 September vol. 55 no. 2850 1934; (p. 5)
— Review of The Romance of Runnibede 'Steele Rudd' , 1926-1927 single work novel ; Green Grey Homestead 'Steele Rudd' , 1934 single work novel
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Subjects:
  • Bush,
  • Queensland,
Settings:
  • 1860s
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