Journey from Cooktown to Maytown single work   poetry  
Issue Details: First known date: 1945... 1945 Journey from Cooktown to Maytown
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Von Kotze describes a journey by train and mail coach from Cooktown to Maytown in the vicinity of the old Palmer goldfield. Struck by the harshness of the landscape, he speculates on the effects it has on the inhabitants.

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    y separately published work icon Australische Skizzen : Fern im Sud Stefan von Kotze , Berlin : Sklarek , Z1108985 1903 selected work prose travel The 1903 German version was itself a translation of the author's original writings in English for Australian newspapers (BAMW). Australian Sketches Melbourne : Pan Publishing House , 1945 pg. 11 - 24
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  • ca. 1890
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