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y separately published work icon The Broad Arrow : Being Passages from the History of Maida Gwynnham, a Lifer single work   novel  
  • Author:agent Oline Keese http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/leakey-caroline-w
Issue Details: First known date: 1859... 1859 The Broad Arrow : Being Passages from the History of Maida Gwynnham, a Lifer
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    • London,
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Richard Bentley ,       1859 .
      Extent: 2v. (x, 404p.; iv, 443p.)p.
      Description: illus., ports
      Note/s:

      • Preface by the author dated 'February 9th 1859, London'.

      Holdings

      Held at: National Library of Australia
      Local Id: N 823 LEA

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      Held at: Monash University Monash University Library Sir Louis Matheson Library
      Local Id: A820.3 L435 A6/B.m

      Holdings

      Held at: State Library of Tasmania State Library of Tasmania
      Location: Hobart
      Local Id: CRO 820.A LEA

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      Held at: State Library of New South Wales
      Local Id: A823/ L435/ 1A3

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      Held at: State Library of South Australia State Library of SA
      Location: RGS Australiana Coll.
      Local Id: 829.3 K26

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      Held at: State Library of Victoria
      Local Id: RARELT A823.1 L472B

      Holdings

      Held at: University of Melbourne The University Library
      Location: UniM Bail SpC/NICH
      Local Id: A823.1 KEESE

      Holdings

      Held at: University of Sydney The University of Sydney Library
      Location: Three Decker Novel Collection
      Local Id: Triple-decker K26 J1 1
    • Hobart Town (1803-1880), Van Diemen's Land (1803-1856), Tasmania,: J. Walch , 1860 .
      Extent: 2v. in 1, [404; 443p.]p.
      Note/s:

      • At time of publication, Hobart was known as Hobart Town and appears in the latter form as place of publication.

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Sydney University Press , 2019 .
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      Extent: 444p.p.
      Description: Restores the original edition, heavily abridged for the 1886 ed., which was subsequently reprinted multiple times.
      Note/s:

      • Published January 2019.

      ISBN: 9781920899745
      Series: y separately published work icon Australian Classics Library Bruce Bennett (editor), Robert Dixon (editor), Sydney University Press (publisher), Sydney : Sydney University Press , 2009- Z1613164 2009 series - publisher novel poetry short story

      The Australian Classics Library series is intended 'to make classic texts of Australian literature more widely available for the secondary school and undergraduate university classroom, and to the general reader. The series is co-edited by Emeritus Professor Bruce Bennett of the University of New South Wales and Professor Robert Dixon, Professor of Australian Literature at the University of Sydney, in conjunction with SETIS, Sydney University Press, AustLit and the Copyright Agency Limited. Each text is accompanied by a fresh scholarly introduction and a basic editorial apparatus drawn from the resources of AustLit.'

      Source: Sydney University Press website, http://www.sup.usyd.edu.au/
      Sighted: 11/08/2009
    • London,
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      England,
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Richard Bentley ,       1886 .
      Extent: 349p.
      Edition info: New ed.
      Note/s:

      • Heavily abridged edition produced after Leakey's death, reducing the manuscript by some 40,000 words (see Jenna Mead's work on the 2019 Sydney UP restored edition).

    • Hobart, Southeast Tasmania, Tasmania,: J. Walch , 1886 .
      Extent: 349p.
    • London,
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      England,
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Richard Bentley ,       1892 .
      Extent: 349p.
      Edition info: Australian ed.
      Note/s:
      • This edition is especially issued by the Proprietors of the Copyright for circulation in the Australian Colonies only. (Publisher's note)
    • London,
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      England,
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Macmillan ,       1900 .
      Extent: 349p.
    • Hobart, Southeast Tasmania, Tasmania,: J. Walch , 1900 .
      Extent: 349p., [8] leaves of platesp.
      Note/s:
      • A publisher's note to this 1900 edition describes the novel as a 'companion to Marcus Clarke's famous novel'. The note concludes: 'The present edition ... is issued by us especially for these States [the Australian colonies], with the added attraction of views of Port Arthur and Hobart.'
    • North Ryde, Ryde - Gladesville - Hunters Hill area, Northwest Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Eden Paperbacks , 1988 .
      Alternative title: The Broad Arrow : being passages from the History of Maida Gwynnham, a Lifer in Van Diemen's Land
      Extent: [v], 349p.p.
      ISBN: 0207159386
      Series: Eden Paperbacks Angus and Robertson (publisher), 1987 series - publisher This paperback imprint of Angus and Robertson was launched in September 1987. The first titles included Upfield's Winds of Evil and Derryn Hinch's Death at Newport.
Subjects:
Settings:
  • Van Diemen's Land (1803-1856), Tasmania,
  • Hobart, Southeast Tasmania, Tasmania,
  • Port Arthur, Tasman Peninsula, Forestier Peninsula - Tasman Peninsula area, Southeast Tasmania, Tasmania,
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    Western Europe, Europe,
  • 1840s
  • 1850s
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