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Issue Details: First known date: 1887... 1887 Gum Boughs and Wattle Bloom, Gathered on Australian Hills and Plains
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'An interesting collection of nature sketches by a very popular Victorian journalist'.-Ferguson.

Affiliation Notes

  • Nineteeth-Century Travel Writing

    Melbourne born Donald Alaster Macdonald (1859-1932) was a journalist, nature writer, war correspondent, sports writer and columnist. Macdonald wrote for the Corowa Free Press, Australasian and the Argus. Gum Boughs and Wattle Bloom was originally published in the Argus under the initials "D.M.," and in the Australasian under the nom de plume "Gnuyang" (gossip). It was poetic in its prose, with Macdonald presenting commentaries on Australian fauna, flora and the out back, including casual observations of life in the Australian colonies. Although these sketches were engaging, Macdonald was at times opinionated and the discourse hyperbolic in tone. A second, identical, edition was published in 1888. Macdonald was a prolific writer of bush books for boys in the 1900s, and as a nature writer, influenced an entire generation of Australians, with many children first seeing their country through the eyes of Macdonald. Under the pseudonym “the Observer” Macdonald wrote as a sports columnist and according to the Australian Dictionary of Biography, revolutionised cricket reporting. His other books included The Warrigal’s Well (1901); Tourists’ Handbook of Australia (1905); Bush Boys Book (1911); At the End of the Moonpath (1922); The Brooks of Morning (1933).

Contents

* Contents derived from the London,
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Cassell , 1887 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Silt Jetties of Lake King, Donald MacDonald , single work prose (p. 75-76)
From a Western Hill-Top, Donald MacDonald , single work prose

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • London,
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      Link: 21271354Full text document Sighted: 10/03/2021
      Extent: 256p.
      Note/s:
      • Ferguson 11939

      Holdings

      Held at: James Cook University of North Queensland Townsville Library
      Local Id: 919.45 MACD

      Holdings

      Held at: Monash University Monash University Library Sir Louis Matheson Library
      Location: Special Collections Reading Room
      Local Id: 919.4 M135.1G

      Holdings

      Held at: Murdoch University Murdoch Campus Library
      Local Id: QX 919.4 M135 1

      Holdings

      Held at: National Library of Australia
      Location: Main Reading Room
      Local Id: NL 919.45 M135

      Holdings

      Held at: Royal Geographical Society of South Australia Inc Royal Geographical Society of South Australia Library
      Local Id: rga 919.45 M135

      Holdings

      Held at: State Library of Victoria
      Local Id: MC 919.45 M14G

      Holdings

      Held at: State Library of Queensland State Library of QLD
      Local Id: G 994.5T 1887

      Holdings

      Held at: State Library of South Australia State Library of SA
      Local Id: 919.45 M135

      Holdings

      Held at: University of Tasmania Morris Miller Library
      Local Id: QH 197 .M2 1887

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      Held at: Adelaide University Barr Smith Library
      Local Id: 919.4 M13
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