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A 'substantial novel thought highly of by contemporary critics, deals with the influence of an Australian pastoral property on the lives of three generations of the Weldon family'. (Source: The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature, 1994)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
First known date:1936 Serialised by:The Argus1848-1957newspaper (491 issues)
Australian Literature Society [Meeting Report]M. J. (fl. 1937),
1937single work column — Appears in:
All About Books,15 Aprilvol.
9no.
41937;(p. 62-63)Notes from the meeting of 15 March. A letter from Villiers (possibly when writing Cruise of the Conrad)in the United States was read. Presentations included 'The Trend of Australian Novels' by Mrs W. M. Peacock, 'The Novel and the Screen' by Tarlton Rayment, 'Where Australia Leads' (in the creation of light verse acoording to Montague Grover) and 'The Australian market for Writers' by Alan Marshall. Jago announced a new magazine to be produced in Sydney the scope of which would include "good fiction, verse of a high standard, and the work of black and white artists".
Australian Literature Society [Meeting Report]M. J. (fl. 1937),
1937single work column — Appears in:
All About Books,15 Aprilvol.
9no.
41937;(p. 62-63)Notes from the meeting of 15 March. A letter from Villiers (possibly when writing Cruise of the Conrad)in the United States was read. Presentations included 'The Trend of Australian Novels' by Mrs W. M. Peacock, 'The Novel and the Screen' by Tarlton Rayment, 'Where Australia Leads' (in the creation of light verse acoording to Montague Grover) and 'The Australian market for Writers' by Alan Marshall. Jago announced a new magazine to be produced in Sydney the scope of which would include "good fiction, verse of a high standard, and the work of black and white artists".
