On the Condamine single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1905... 1905 On the Condamine
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Ferguson and Merton, two aspiring unemployed artists and writers, are forced to leave their Brisbane boarding house, and end up working with an unemployment relief gang clearing prickly pear on the Condamine Plains, on the Darling Downs.

Notes

  • 'On the Condamine' was later published in Steele Rudd's selection of short stories, For Life and Other Stories (1908), where it appeared in three chapters. This story appeared as Chapter I, 'Down on Their Luck', and Chapter II, 'Prickly Pear'.
  • Appeared in Steele Rudd's Magazine with illustrations by Arthur Hingston.

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Related Works

Prickly Pear 'Steele Rudd' , 1908 single work short story
— Appears in: For Life and Other Stories 1908; (p. 217-222)
Down on Their Luck 'Steele Rudd' , 1908 single work short story
— Appears in: For Life and Other Stories 1908; (p. 209-216)
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Last amended 14 Feb 2007 10:45:48
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  • Brisbane, Queensland,
  • Condamine Plains, Condamine area, Chinchilla - Miles - Wallumbilla area, Darling Downs, Queensland,
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