Overseer Franke's Pegging-Out single work   short story   historical fiction  
Issue Details: First known date: 1892... 1892 Overseer Franke's Pegging-Out
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A story about a disagreement about authority between a group of workers in the bush. 

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Bulletin vol. 12 no. 626 13 February 1892 Z619820 1892 periodical issue 1892 pg. 21-23
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Tales of the Early Days 'Price Warung' , 1892 selected work short story London Melbourne : George Robertson , 1894 pg. 248-272
    Note: With title: The Pegging-Out of Overseer Franke II. The Completion of the Deed
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Anthology of Colonial Australian Gothic Fiction Ken Gelder (editor), Rachael Weaver (editor), Carlton : Melbourne University Press , 2007 Z1415120 2007 anthology short story extract horror mystery science fiction historical fiction children's (taught in 7 units)

    'This anthology collects the best examples of Australian gothic short stories from colonial times. Demonic bird cries, grisly corpses, ghostly women and psychotic station-owners populate a colonial landscape which is the stuff of nightmares.

    'In stories by Marcus Clarke, Mary Fortune and Henry Lawson, the colonial homestead is wracked by haunted images of murder and revenge. Settlers are disoriented and traumatised as they stumble into forbidden places and explorers disappear, only to return as ghostly figures with terrible tales to tell. These compelling stories are the dark underside to the usual story of colonial progress, promise and nation-building, and reveal just how vivid the gothic imagination is at the heart of Australian fiction.' (Publication summary)

         Carlton : Melbourne University Press , 2007     pg. 147-172
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Subjects:
  • Urban,
  • Sydney, New South Wales,
Settings:
  • Darlinghurst, Kings Cross area, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,
  • New South Wales,
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