Issue Details: First known date: 2012... 2012 A Good Prospect : The Life and Works of F. W. Ophel (Prospect Good) 1871-1912
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Notes

  • Epigraph: But of all the tales of the roaring days, the wealth and the power of gold,/The tale of a mate who could die for a mate will be the oftenest told. - Prospect Good, 'A Rhyme of the West', Kalgoorlie Sun, February, 1903.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Victoria Park, Victoria Park area, South & South East Perth, Perth, Western Australia,:Hesperian Press , 2012 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Preface : 'Just One of the Crowd', Chris Holyday , single work prose (p. p.vii)
Francis William Ophel (Prospect Good) - Autobiography, Prospect Good , single work autobiography (p. viii)
Biography by A. G. Stephens, Alfred George Stephens , single work biography (p. viii-ix)
Recollections of Francis William Ophel by His Younger Brother, Arnold Ophel, Arnold Ophel , single work biography (p. pp.ix-xi)
Francis William Ophel in His Works, Chris Holyday , single work biography (p. xi-xvi)
The Golden Mountaini"Scrub; black scrub! on our onward way", single work poetry (p. 1-2)
Makin' Tuckeri"When you're only "makin' tucker," then you get a taste of luck", Prospect Good , single work poetry (p. 3)
The Cockatoo Diggeri"He ain't a reg'lar digger, the same as me and you;", Prospect Good , single work poetry (p. 4)
McIntyre's Ridei"McIntyre went riding,", Prospect Good , single work poetry (p. 5)
The Song of the New-Found Fieldi"I sing to them that found me,", Prospect Good , single work poetry (p. 5-7)
When the Stampers Starti"Said a somewhat cynical mining man,", Prospect Good , single work poetry (p. 7)
A Mining Analogyi"What's prayin'? Prayin's wantin' things,", Prospect Good , single work poetry (p. 8)
The Gold-Feveri"We joined the rush on Forest Creek; from ship and shore we came -", Prospect Good , single work poetry (p. 9-10)
A Dead Finish Courtship, Prospect Good , single work short story (p. 10-11)
The Last Shifti"Our last romance is ended,", Francis William Ophel , single work poetry (p. 11-12)
"Hands of a people" The New Songi"Hands of people", Prospect Good , single work poetry (p. 12-13)
Note: With first line: Hands of a people
Deposedi"Last night, at tryst of yore", Prospect Good , single work poetry (p. 13)
Piratesi"The sea floats many pirates, and the land holds looting hordes;", Prospect Good , single work poetry (p. 14)
The First Shifti"With song one gang moves outward", Prospect Good , single work poetry (p. 14-15)
Where the Green Fades Into Greyi"I saw, all white and gleaming,", Francis William Ophel , single work poetry (p. 15-16)

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