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Issue Details: First known date: 1914... 1914 Flower o' the Bush
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Story of the lovely Dora Swayle, her admirer Hugh MacNeil and their lives and adventures in the Victorian bush near Melbourne. Dora marries Robert Patrick, but he goes missing and she she relies on the assistance of the faithful Hugh. Robert is found after eighteen months away, but confusion ensues as Dora's friend, Grace Moffat, is convinced her lover, Ronald Patrick, has been unfaithful due to the discovery of an initialled handkerchief. When she discovers that Ronald has a brother with the same initials, she realises her mistake and they are reunited. Robert is of a sickly nature however, and later dies, leaving Dora and her child Grace alone. Hugh, however, has remained faithful to his love for Dora, and they eventually marry.

The menace and beauty of the Australian landscape is described in great detail.

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    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
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      Melbourne, Victoria,: Ward, Lock ,
      1914 .
      Description: illus.

Works about this Work

From Canvas Town to Marvellous Melbourne : Melbourne in Colonial Children's Novels Pam Macintyre , 1997 single work criticism
— Appears in: La Trobe Library Journal , Spring no. 60 1997; (p. 74-83)
Literary Gossip 1914 single work review
— Appears in: The Leader , 29 August 1914; (p. 30)

— Review of Flower o' the Bush Marion Downes , 1914 single work children's fiction
Australian Novels 1914 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 3 September vol. 36 no. 1803 1914; (p. 2)

— Review of Flower o' the Bush Marion Downes , 1914 single work children's fiction
Australian Novels 1914 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 3 September vol. 36 no. 1803 1914; (p. 2)

— Review of Flower o' the Bush Marion Downes , 1914 single work children's fiction
Literary Gossip 1914 single work review
— Appears in: The Leader , 29 August 1914; (p. 30)

— Review of Flower o' the Bush Marion Downes , 1914 single work children's fiction
From Canvas Town to Marvellous Melbourne : Melbourne in Colonial Children's Novels Pam Macintyre , 1997 single work criticism
— Appears in: La Trobe Library Journal , Spring no. 60 1997; (p. 74-83)
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