The Governess single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1836... 1836 The Governess
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Notes

  • First appeared in Tegg's Monthly Magazine in 1836 with the author's name indicated by the Greek letter Omega. Hand-written notes on the Mitchell Library copy of Tegg's Monthly Magazine attribute this work to 'Mr. W. Kerr'. Note that Victor Crittenden (q.v.) attributes this work to John Lang (q.v.).

  • 'Enough has been said and written in the colony on the evil effects which the present system of female emigration has entailed on its unfortunate victims, as well as on the colony generally. Yet it would ill become us to pass the subject without expressing our detestation of the system pursued, and the heartless cruelty with has been practiced on these unfortunate girls, who, deluded by false representations, have been sent unprotected among us. Since this system first began to shower its benefits on us, incidents such as those contained in the following tale have become so familiar among us, so much an affair of daily occurrence, as to create little or no surprise. As the relation of such events, however, will form a useful lesson, as well as serve to exemplify some of the evils of the system of female emigration, we have given it our insertion.' - accompanying editorial note, Tegg's Monthly Magazine, March 1836 (p.14).

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 1836
Serialised by: Tegg's Monthly Magazine 1836 periodical (5 issues)
Notes:
Appeared as a serial in two instalments in Tegg's Monthly Magazine in March 1836 and April 1836.
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Further Tales from Botany Bay John Lang , Samuel Sidney , Victor Crittenden (editor), Canberra : Mulini Press , 2005 Z1228008 2005 selected work short story extract This selection claims to brings together the uncollected Australian stories of John Lang, previously published separately in English and Indian periodicals and newspapers. Research since its publication shows that some of the stories are in fact extracts from a novel Gallops and Gossips in the Bush of Australia by Samuel Sidney Canberra : Mulini Press , 2005 pg. 11-35
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Further Tales from Botany Bay John Lang , Samuel Sidney , Victor Crittenden (editor), Canberra : Mulini Press , 2005 Z1228008 2005 selected work short story extract This selection claims to brings together the uncollected Australian stories of John Lang, previously published separately in English and Indian periodicals and newspapers. Research since its publication shows that some of the stories are in fact extracts from a novel Gallops and Gossips in the Bush of Australia by Samuel Sidney Canberra : Mulini Press , 2006
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