Granny's Omnibus Ride single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1891... 1891 Granny's Omnibus Ride
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Grandmother's reminiscences to her Australian grandchildren of her marriages, her convict husband and their grandfather. First married in Wales to a replacement school teacher, they journey to London on the way to Canada, and there she loses her husband on one of the new omnibuses. Convinced by a landlord that her husband is dead she accompanies a married couple to Australia. On the eve of marrying the later widowed husband (her audience's grandfather) she discovers her husband a convicted forger in Australia. He dies of his privations and she, after years of persuasion, finally marries her widowed suitor as arranged. Family tale; colourful, broad stokes. (PB)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 26 no. 308 January 1891 Z1035060 1891 periodical issue 1891 pg. 261-262
Last amended 20 May 2003 11:25:15
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    Wales (UK),
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    United Kingdom (UK),
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    Western Europe, Europe,
  • London,
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    England,
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    United Kingdom (UK),
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    Western Europe, Europe,
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    Australia,
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