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Notes

Written as a novel; based on a diary written by the author: 'a rough diary written on an old sea log to save myself from going mad'.

Affiliation Notes

Associated with the AustLit subset Australian Literary Responses to 'Asia' as the work contains 'Asian' characters.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Notes:

This version contains a love story in the plot, which the publisher initially insisted be added to the work.

Publisher: Angus and Robertson

Sydney, New South Wales,: Angus and Robertson , 1927 .

Extent: 228p.
Description: illus.
Illustrator: Edgar A. Holloway

Publisher: Cornstalk Publishing

Sydney, New South Wales,: Cornstalk Publishing , 1927 .

Extent: 228p.
Description: illus.
Publisher: Idriess Enterprises

Uralla, Walcha - Uralla area, New England, New South Wales,: Idriess Enterprises , 2002 .

Extent: 228p.
Description: illus.

Note/s:

Facsim. of ed. originally published: Cornstalk Publishing, 1927.

ISBN: 1876726091

Notes:

This version does not contain the element of the love story.

Notes:

Pagination varies between reprints.

Illustrator: Percy Lindsay

Publisher: Angus and Robertson

Sydney, New South Wales,: Angus and Robertson , 1938 .

Extent: 253p.
Description: illus., maps on end papers.
Reprinted: 1948 , 1939 , 1944 , 1954
Publisher: Jonathan Cape

London,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,: Jonathan Cape , 1939 .

Extent: 256p.
Publisher: Angus and Robertson

Sydney, New South Wales,: Angus and Robertson , 1941 .

Note/s:

National edition, 12.

Series: Ion L. Idriess : National Edition Angus and Robertson (publisher), series - publisher Number in series: 12

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Chronicler of the Great Inland Clement Semmler , 1990 single work biography
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 29-30 September 1990; (p. rev 4)

What They're Doing Now 1939 single work column
— Appears in: Bohemia : The All-Australian Literary Magazine , October no. 7 1939; (p. 15)

Untitled H. J. Oliver , 1939 single work review
— Appears in: Australian National Review , February vol. 5 no. 26 1939; (p. 87)
— Review of Madman's Island Ion L. Idriess , 1927 single work novel

Untitled 1938 single work review
— Appears in: The Central Queensland Herald , 3 November 1938; (p. 13)
— Review of Madman's Island Ion L. Idriess , 1927 single work novel

Untitled 1938 single work review
— Appears in: The North Queensland Register , 8 October 1938; (p. 20)
— Review of Madman's Island Ion L. Idriess , 1927 single work novel

Ion L. Idriess 1927 single work review
— Appears in: The Brisbane Courier , 4 June 1927; (p. 21)
— Review of Madman's Island Ion L. Idriess , 1927 single work novel

Untitled 1927 single work review
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 9 June 1927; (p. 39)
— Review of Madman's Island Ion L. Idriess , 1927 single work novel

Untitled 1927 single work review
— Appears in: The Daily Mail , 9 July 1927; (p. 17)
— Review of Madman's Island Ion L. Idriess , 1927 single work novel

Slice of Life 1938 single work review
— Appears in: The Australasian , 1 October 1938; (p. 54)
— Review of Madman's Island Ion L. Idriess , 1927 single work novel

Untitled 1938 single work review
— Appears in: The North Queensland Register , 8 October 1938; (p. 20)
— Review of Madman's Island Ion L. Idriess , 1927 single work novel