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  • Author:agent Francis Adams http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/adams-francis
Issue Details: First known date: 1892... 1892 The Australians : A Social Sketch
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'The large bulk of this book is made up from the series of articles of mine on Australian social life which appeared recently in the Fortnightly Review.' - Verso of contents page.

Affiliation Notes

  • 19th-Century Australian Travel Writing

    Francis Adams (Francis William Lauderdale 1862-1893)—poet, novelist, commentator and radical—immigrated to Melbourne in 1884 due to illness. In Australia Adams wrote for the Brisbane Courier, for William Lane's Boomerang, and for the Bulletin, and tutored on up-country stations. A prolific writer, Adams' works include Leicester: An Autobiography (1885), republished as A Child of the Age (1894); Australian Essays (1886); Poetical Works (1887); The Australians (1893); and Essays in Modernity (1899). He is best-known for his poetry collection Songs of the Army of the Night (1888). The Australians consists of a series of articles that Adams wrote on Australian social life that were published in the Fortnightly Review. This travel narrative describes the landscape, coastline, cities, and the various types of colonists in Australia. The impetus of this work is to facilitate in England and Australia an understanding of each other: Adams notes that the English are only aware of Australian sporting heroes and attempts to remedy this by providing descriptions of the everyday Australian man. Following a detailed description of squatters, selectors and bush people, Adams concludes his work on a political note, expressing his views on "The Land Question."

Contents

* Contents derived from the London,
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T. Fisher Unwin , 1893 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Two Australian Writers, Francis Adams , single work criticism

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

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      Extent: 314p.
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      Extent: 314p.
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      • Partial contents indexed. Remainder pending.

      Holdings

      Held at: University of New South Wales Australian Defence Force Academy Australian Defence Force Academy Library
      Local Id: PR9619.2 .A319 A9 1892

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      Held at: Australian National University Australian National University Library
      Local Id: DU107.A4

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      Held at: Adelaide University Barr Smith Library
      Local Id: 919.4 A21

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      Held at: Deakin University
      Local Id: 919.4 Ada

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      Held at: Flinders University of South Australia Central Library
      Local Id: 919.4 A212a

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      Held at: State Library of Tasmania State Library of Tasmania
      Local Id: AUD 919.4 (NO

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      Held at: Macquarie University Macquarie University Library
      Local Id: DU107 .A3

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      Held at: Manning Clark House Library

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      Held at: Monash University Monash University Library
      Local Id: 919.4 A212A.u

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      Held at: Murdoch University Murdoch Campus Library
      Local Id: QX 994.03 A212 1

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      Held at: National Library of Australia
      Local Id: HHP 1176

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      Held at: Royal Historical Society of Victoria Inc. Royal Historical Society of Victoria Library
      Local Id: 919.4 ADA

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      Held at: State Library of Victoria
      Local Id: MC 919.4 AD1A

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      Held at: Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW
      Local Id: DSM/980.1/245A2

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      Held at: State Library of Queensland State Library of QLD
      Local Id: G 994 1893

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      Held at: State Library of South Australia State Library of SA
      Local Id: 994T A212

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      Held at: University of Melbourne The University Library
      Local Id: 919.4 ADAM

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      Held at: University of Queensland University of Queensland Library Fryer Library
      Local Id: DU107 .A38 1893

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      Held at: University of Sydney The University of Sydney Library
      Local Id: RB 1593.3

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      Held at: University of Tasmania Morris Miller Library
      Local Id: DU 107 .A33 1893

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      Held at: University of Western Australia Library
      Local Id: 994.03 1893 AUS

Works about this Work

The Long 1890s : Henry Lawson, Francis Adams and the Anglo-Australian Network in London. Paul Eggert , 2016 single work criticism
— Appears in: Script & Print , July vol. 40 no. 3 2016; (p. 133-143)
'The article presents an essay discussing the link between history and literature. The author highlights the influence of Ango-Australian ideologies to the formation of the culture and literature in Australia, and discusses the life of notable writers in the country including Francis Adams, and Henry Lawson including some of their noteworthy literary pieces.' (Publication abstract)
Francis Adams's Construction of the `Real Australia' in `The Australians' (1893) Meg Tasker , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: Land and Identity : Proceedings of the 1997 Conference Held at The University of New England Armidale New South Wales 27-30 September 1997 1998; (p. 19-24)
General Literature 1895 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Weekly , 8 February vol. 1 no. 19 1895; (p. 230)

— Review of The Australians : A Social Sketch Francis Adams , 1892 selected work column criticism
General Literature 1895 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Weekly , 8 February vol. 1 no. 19 1895; (p. 230)

— Review of The Australians : A Social Sketch Francis Adams , 1892 selected work column criticism
Francis Adams's Construction of the `Real Australia' in `The Australians' (1893) Meg Tasker , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: Land and Identity : Proceedings of the 1997 Conference Held at The University of New England Armidale New South Wales 27-30 September 1997 1998; (p. 19-24)
The Long 1890s : Henry Lawson, Francis Adams and the Anglo-Australian Network in London. Paul Eggert , 2016 single work criticism
— Appears in: Script & Print , July vol. 40 no. 3 2016; (p. 133-143)
'The article presents an essay discussing the link between history and literature. The author highlights the influence of Ango-Australian ideologies to the formation of the culture and literature in Australia, and discusses the life of notable writers in the country including Francis Adams, and Henry Lawson including some of their noteworthy literary pieces.' (Publication abstract)
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