A Hold-Up extract   novel  
Issue Details: First known date: 1957... 1957 A Hold-Up
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Dick Marston joins Captain Starlight in the bail up of the Goulburn mail coach, then heads with the bushrangers to the goldfields.

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    y separately published work icon The Boys' Book of the Commonwealth Nicholas Monsarrat (editor), London Melbourne : Cassell , 1957 Z1547571 1957 anthology extract children's

    An anthology of extracts from literary works about the British Commonwealth.

    Monsarrat, in his 'Foreword', states that there 'is a link between us all, but it makes for a wonderful variety within the Commonwealth : different people, different customs and religions, different dangers to contend with. There are many contrasting stories in this book to illustrate these differences. You can find out what life is like in South Africa, and India, and Canada, and lots of other countries; how it was in the old days, and how it is today' (p. vii).

         London Melbourne : Cassell , 1957     pg. 19-38
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y separately published work icon Robbery Under Arms : A Story of Life and Adventure in the Bush and in the Goldfields of Australia Rolf Boldrewood , 1882 1882 single work novel

Dick Marston narrates the events of his and his brother Jim's association with notorious bushranger Captain Starlight.
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Subjects:
  • Bargo, Picton - Bargo area, Southern Highlands - Southern Tablelands, Southeastern NSW, New South Wales,
  • Goulburn area, Southern Highlands - Southern Tablelands, Southeastern NSW, New South Wales,
Settings:
  • ca. 1850
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