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'The fight was not due to start until 11 am, but by three in the morning the queues were forming up the hill from Rushcutters Bay into Paddington, and hordes of men and boys were making their way down to the bay from the city. Extra trams had been laid on - they'd been arriving since 6 am, packed tight, boys clinging to the outsides. Hansom cabs were at a premium and the old Sydney omnibuses had doubled their prices, but they too arrived bursting at the seams. The most eager had camped out on the grass near the stadium, a strange way to spend Christmas night, but it got them a better chance of a seat on one of the wooden planks inside. It had rained during the night, but everyone soon steamed dry...'

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  • Includes photographic portrait of Jack London.

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    y separately published work icon Brief Encounters : Literary Travellers in Australia 1836-1939 Susannah Fullerton , Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2009 Z1592655 2009 selected work biography travel

    'Throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, countless distinguished writers made the long and arduous voyage across the seas to Australia. They came to give lecture tours and make money, to sort out difficult children sent here to be out of the way; for health, for science, to escape demanding spouses back home, or simply to satisfy a sense of adventure.

    In 1890, for example, Robert Louis Stevenson and his wife Fanny arrived at Circular Quay after a dramatic sea voyage only to be refused entry at the Victoria, one of Sydney's most elegant hotels. Stevenson threw a tantrum, but was forced to go to a cheaper, less fussy establishment. Next day, the Victoria's manager, recognising the famous author from a picture in the paper, rushed to find Stevenson and beg him to return. He did not.

    In Brief Encounters, renowned author and speaker Susannah Fullerton examines a diverse array of writers including Charles Darwin, Rudyard Kipling, Stevenson, Anthony Trollope, Mark Twain, Arthur Conan Doyle, DH Lawrence, Joseph Conrad, HG Wells, Agatha Christie and Jack London to discover what they did when they got here, what their opinion was of Australia and Australians, how the public and media reacted to them, and how their future works were shaped or influenced by this country.' (Publisher's website)

         Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2009     pg. 231-233
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