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Issue Details: First known date: 1859... 1859 Botany Bay, or, True Stories of the Early Days of Australia
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Notes

  • Stories originally published in Household Words in 1853, then in The Welcome Guest in 1859 and in The Mofussilite in 1862.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:E. W. Cole , 1920 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Fisher's Ghost The Ghost upon the Rail, John Lang , single work short story crime
The tale of Fisher's Ghost's originally from John Lang's Botany Bay, or, True Stories of the Early Days of Australia . Penrith, NSW, was the scene of Edward Smith's murder of his neighbouring farmer John Fisher, both of them ex-convicts. Smith's plan is foiled by suspicions aroused by Fisher's apparition, the skills of a black tracker, and the sagacious magistrate, Mr Cox. Smith is hanged. (PB)
 (p. 5-26)
Note: With title: Fisher's Ghost
The Master and His Man, John Lang , single work short story (p. 26-24)
Giles! As I Live, John Lang , single work short story (p. 35-68)
Captain Ketchcalfe, John Lang , single work short story (p. 68-76)
Barrington, John Lang , single work short story
Famous pickpocket while on ticket of leave in Sydney tries out his skills on wife of an officer and charms both her and husband after confessing.
 (p. 76-83)
Three Celebrities, John Lang , single work short story (p. 83-94)
Baron Wald, John Lang , single work short story (p. 94-102)
Sir Henry Hayes, John Lang , single work short story (p. 103-108)
Kate Crawford, John Lang , single work short story (p. 108-119)
Annie St. Felix, John Lang , single work short story (p. 119-128)
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Alternative title: Fisher's Ghost and Other Stories of Early Australia
Notes:
Contains three fewer stories than other editions.
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Works about this Work

Some Early Australian Storytellers and Their Tales Bruce Bennett , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Caring Cultures : Sharing Imaginations : Australia and India 2006; (p. 6-12) Bennett's article provides a brief survey of some of the earliest Australian short stories, from the 1820s to the 1870s, giving a sense of the 'lively and engaging storytelling' of early colonial Australia (11).
John Lang (1816-1864) : First Australian-Born Novelist Colin Roderick , 1963 single work biography
— Appears in: Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Australian Historical Society , vol. 49 no. 1963; (p. 100-135) Roderick's essay provides a brief discussion of Botany Bay: True Tales of Early Australia within his larger examination of Lang's life and work.
Some Early Australian Storytellers and Their Tales Bruce Bennett , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Caring Cultures : Sharing Imaginations : Australia and India 2006; (p. 6-12) Bennett's article provides a brief survey of some of the earliest Australian short stories, from the 1820s to the 1870s, giving a sense of the 'lively and engaging storytelling' of early colonial Australia (11).
John Lang (1816-1864) : First Australian-Born Novelist Colin Roderick , 1963 single work biography
— Appears in: Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Australian Historical Society , vol. 49 no. 1963; (p. 100-135) Roderick's essay provides a brief discussion of Botany Bay: True Tales of Early Australia within his larger examination of Lang's life and work.
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