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| Adam Lindsay Gordon | Bush Ballads and Galloping Rhymes — Adam Lindsay Gordon |
Bush Ballads and Galloping Rhymes “With short, sharp, violent lights made vivid,/ To southward far as the sight can roam,/ Only the swirl of the surges livid,/ The seas that climb and the surfs that comb./ Only the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Adam Lindsay Gordon | Ashtaroth: A Dramatic Lyric — Adam Lindsay Gordon |
Ashtaroth: A Dramatic Lyric “He who his appetite stints and curbs,/ Shut up in the northern wing,/ With his rye-bread flavoured with bitter herbs,/ And his draught from the tasteless spring,/ Good sooth, he is…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Adam Lindsay Gordon | Miscellaneous Poems — Adam Lindsay Gordon |
Miscellaneous Poems “Adieu to kindred hearts and home,/ To pleasure, joy, and mirth,/ A fitter foot than mine to roam/ Could scarcely tread the earth;/ For they are now so few indeed/ (Not more than th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Adam Lindsay Gordon | Sea Spray and Smoke Drift — Adam Lindsay Gordon |
Sea Spray and Smoke Drift “Oh! the sun rose on the lea, and the bird sang merrilie,/ And the steed stood ready harness'd in the hall,/ And he left his lady's bower, and he sought the eastern tower,/ And he l…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Banjo Paterson | Three Elephant Power and Other Stories — Banjo Paterson |
Three Elephant Power and Other Stories Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Banjo Paterson | Saltbush Bill, J.P., and Other Verses — Banjo Paterson |
Saltbush Bill, J.P., and Other Verses “And Saltbush Bill, grown old and grey,/ And worn with want of sleep,/ Received the news in camp one day/ Behind the travelling sheep…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Banjo Paterson | Rio Grande's Last Race &Other Verses — Banjo Paterson |
Rio Grande's Last Race &Other Verses “He followed up and blazed the trees, to show the safest track,/ Then drew his belt another hole and turned and started back./ His horses died -- just one pulled through with nothin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Banjo Paterson | The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses — Banjo Paterson |
The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses “And an answer came directed in a writing unexpected,/ (And I think the same was written with a thumb-nail dipped in tar)/ 'Twas his shearing mate who wrote it, and verbatim I will …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Banjo Paterson | Waltzing Matilda — Banjo Paterson |
Waltzing Matilda “Down came a jumbuck to drink at the water-hole,/ Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him in glee;/ And he sang as he put him away in his tucker-bag,/ "You'll come a-waltzing Matilda …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry Handel Richardson | Australia Felix — Henry Handel Richardson |
Australia Felix “The big canvas tent on Bakery Hill, where the meeting was to be held, was already lighted; and at the tinkle of a bell the diggers, who till then had stood cracking and hobnobbing …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry Handel Richardson | Ultima Thule — Henry Handel Richardson |
Ultima Thule “Here was Richard with his way and his name to make, a practice to build up, connections to form; and, instead of taking every hand that offered, he kept up his "Ultima Thule" habit…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry Handel Richardson | The Way Home — Henry Handel Richardson |
The Way Home “The question of what next brought them to another deadlock. Mary had got it into her head that, if he went from here, it should only be to London -- and was dumbfounded by the mood…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry Handel Richardson | Maurice Guest — Henry Handel Richardson |
Maurice Guest “Since the afternoon when he had heard from Madeleine Wade who this was, he had not advanced a step nearer making her acquaintance; though a couple of weeks had passed, though he no…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry Handel Richardson | The Getting of Wisdom — Henry Handel Richardson |
The Getting of Wisdom “From this moment on--the moment when Mary the maid's pleasant smile saluted her--Laura's opinion of life at school suffered a change. She was glad to be back--that was the first po…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Robbery Under Arms |
Robbery Under Arms “Rolf Boldrewood's Story of Life and Adventure in the Bush and in the Goldfields of Australia -- who'd've thought we still title 'em that way?…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Australian Tales and Sketches |
Australian Tales and Sketches “The first impression of Grumbler's Gully is, I confess, not a cheering one. I think it was Mr. Caxton who replied when asked what he though of his new-born infant, "it is very red,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Below And On Top and other stories |
Below And On Top and other stories “ABOUT ten years ago, not a day's tramp from Ballarat, set well back from a dusty track that started nowhere in particular and had no destination worth mentioning, stood the Shamroc…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Adventures of a Colonist; or Godfrey Arabin the Settler |
Adventures of a Colonist; or Godfrey Arabin the Settler “In his humble sleeping-room Arabin lived in a fictitious world; from the occasional neglect of his studies, he was regarded by his teachers as a boy of slender abilities; nay, he o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Diary of a trip to Australia |
Diary of a trip to Australia “Ink is too valuable, ,and so is time, so I must put down my impressions of Sydney University in pencil. I do so much wish it were finer, as the view from there must be lovely, but …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Convict Laundress |
The Convict Laundress “On approaching the kitchen I found one of the servants, a convict, leaning on the table -- a solitary, heart-broken creature! Hour after hour, day after day, did that woman work, a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Child in the Dark |
A Child in the Dark “The father opened the door of the next room softly, and propped that open, too. There was another boy on the sofa, younger than the first, but healthy and sturdy-looking. He had no…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Michael Howe: The Last and Worst of the Bush-Rangers of Van Diemen's Land |
Michael Howe: The Last and Worst of the Bush-Rangers of Van Diemen's Land “A party of the 46th Regt. was immediately despatched who surrounded the place of their concealment and captured both. Burne was the most aged of the gang, and was severely wounded …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Broad Arrow: Being Passages From the History of Maida Gwynnham, a Lifer |
Broad Arrow: Being Passages From the History of Maida Gwynnham, a Lifer “He had seen a woman, who was already transported for life for manslaughter, again committed amid the execration of the multitude for a similar attempt in Hobart Town; and upon this…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Box of Dead Roses |
A Box of Dead Roses “"The wife heard enough to show her that the woman had thoughts for many things besides -- enough to tell her that those kisses were not the first by any means; that the man's life …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Art of Living in Australia |
The Art of Living in Australia “The cold bath, at any rate during the summer months, should always be there before breakfast, but in the cooler part of the year the shock may be lessened, if it be desirable, by u…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Such is Life: Being Certain Extracts From the Diary of Tom Collins |
Such is Life: Being Certain Extracts From the Diary of Tom Collins “Good. If either of the two first hypotheses be correct, my enforced furlough tacitly conveys the responsibility of extending a ray of information, however narrow and feeble, across…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Silent Sea |
The Silent Sea “Her father had a sort of constitutional aversion to young men, due, doubtless, to the long years in which he considered his talents had been wasted in abortive efforts to sharpen w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Selected Lead Articles from The Dawn |
Selected Lead Articles from The Dawn “Wives suffer from long hours of work, low wages, lack of rest, and oppression, and women are citizens entitled to just such rights and prilileges are claimed by men, among these pr…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | An Outback Marriage |
An Outback Marriage “They drove through a rickety wire-and-sapling gate and across about a mile of bush, and suddenly came on a little slab house nestling under the side of a hill. At the back were the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia |
A Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia “EFORE commencing an account of our operations at the Eagle Hawk, it will be necessary to write a few words in description of our gold-digging party there; their Christian names wil…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | How Labour Governs |
How Labour Governs “THE remarks of the A.W.U. delegates, with which we concluded the last chapter, are symptomatic of the change which had come over the outlook of industrialists since the beginning o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Doctor's Drive |
The Doctor's Drive “The howling of the wind deadened all other sounds, and the thick smoke and haze made it impossible to see very far; still he looked out expectantly and delayed the coach yet anothe…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Workingman's Paradise: An Australian Labour Novel |
The Workingman's Paradise: An Australian Labour Novel “"Fifteen! But they're taking girls on at twelve. Of course there's meals. But you've got to room yourself, and then there's washing, clean aprons and caps and cuffs and collars. Yo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | For The Term of His Natural Life |
For The Term of His Natural Life “So far the appearance of the vessel differed in nowise from that of an ordinary transport. But in the waist a curious sight presented itself. It was as though one had built a cattl…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | By Reef And Palm, and Other Stories |
By Reef And Palm, and Other Stories “TIKENA the Clubfooted guided me to an open spot in the jungle-growth, and, sitting down on the butt of a twisted toa, indicated by a sweep of his tattooed arm the lower course of w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Kirkham's Find |
Kirkham's Find “Morrison and Kirkham were too anxious to talk. To Sam McAlister this was just an incident. If they found gold, well and good; he would have a jolly old spree down south; but it did…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Recollections of Geoffry Hamlyn |
The Recollections of Geoffry Hamlyn “The others all went home and grew warlike, arming them- selves against the threatened danger; but still weeks, nay months, rolled on, and winter was turning into spring, and yet th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Narrative of The Expedition to Botany Bay |
A Narrative of The Expedition to Botany Bay “The marines and convicts having been previously embarked in the River, at Portsmouth, and Plymouth, the whole fleet destined for the expedition rendezvoused at the Mother Bank, on …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson |
A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson “If it be recollected how large a body of these people are now congregated in the settlement of Port Jackson and at Norfolk Island, it will, I think, not only excite surprise but af…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Jonah |
Jonah “And suddenly, with a contraction at his heart, a fear and dread of Jonah swept through Paasch, the vague, primeval distrust and suspicion of the deformed that lurks in the normal m…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | On Our Selection |
On Our Selection “This afternoon, as Dad approached his dumb patient, he suddenly put down the bucket of water which he was carrying and ran, shouting angrily. A flock of crows flew away from Farmer…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn |
The Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn “I pause here--I rather dread to go on. Although our course has been erratic and irregular; although we have had one character disappearing for a long time (like Tom Troubridge); an…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Australian Legendary Tales — Collected By Mrs. K. Langloh Parker |
Australian Legendary Tales “Gooloo was a very old woman, and a very wicked old woman too, as this story will tell. During all the past season, when the grass was thick with seed, she had gathered much doonbur…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Joe Wilson and His Mates — Henry Lawson |
Joe Wilson and His Mates “There it stood, behind a calico screen that the coach-painters used to keep out the dust when they were varnishing. It was a first-class piece of work -- pole, shafts, cushions, wh…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Poems of Henry Kendall |
The Poems of Henry Kendall “The heart that once was rich with light,/ And happy in your grace,/ Now lieth cold beneath the scorn/ That gathers on your face;/ And every joy it knew before,/ And every templed d…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Waltzing Matilda |
Waltzing Matilda “Down came a jumbuck to drink at the water-hole,/ Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him in glee;/ And he sang as he put him away in his tucker-bag,/ "You'll come a-waltzing Matilda …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | On the Track — Henry Lawson |
On the Track “. Besides, extended time was expiring, and the contractors were in a hurry to complete the line. But the Government inspector was a reserved man who poked round on his independent …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Over the Sliprails — Henry Lawson |
Over the Sliprails “The Oracle and I were camped together. The Oracle was a bricklayer by trade, and had two or three small contracts on hand. I was "doing a bit of house-painting". There were a plast…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Euahlayi Tribe — A Study of Aboriginal Life in Australia--Langloh Parker |
The Euahlayi Tribe “But what is supposed to strengthen them more than anything, both mentally and physically, is a small piece of the flesh of a dead person, or before a body is put in a bark coffin a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Saunderson and the Dynamite — Louis Becke |
Saunderson and the Dynamite “The stone promptly fell off, but the cartridge floated gaily, and drifted along fizzing in a contented sort of way. Saunderson put his hands on his hips, and watched it nonchalantl…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Shadows of the Dead — Louis Becke |
The Shadows of the Dead “"One day it came about that a girl named Luan, who was a blood relation of Nehi, and wife to one of these white men, was walking along a mountain-path, carrying her infant child, w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | TRACES of CRIME — Mary Fortune |
TRACES of CRIME “He had hacked away at the sole with an old but sharp butcher's knife, but it almost defied his attempts to separate it into pieces, and at length he gave it up in despair, and gath…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land — Rosa Praed |
Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land “If purgatory could hold worse torture than life held on that last evening Lady Bridget spent at Moongarr, then neither she nor her husband would have been required to do any long e…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Mates at Billabong — Mary Grant Bruce |
Mates at Billabong “"If the Doctor ever gives me anything barring the length of his tongue, I'll have apoplexy!" remarked Wally. "We don't twin-soul a bit better than we did. He caught me beautifully …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Address to the Inhabitants Of The Colonies — Richard Johnson |
Address to the Inhabitants Of The Colonies “Full title: An Address to the Inhabitants Of The Colonies, established in New South Wales And Norfolk Island…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Mr. Hogarth's Will — Catherine Helen Spence |
Mr. Hogarth's Will “I do not know that the preacher brought out the particular point; but we are made such dependent beings, not only on God, but on each other, that we do indirectly profit by what we…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Life of Laperouse — Ernest Scott |
Life of Laperouse “That direction is especially important, because if Laperouse had not perished, but had lived to carry out his programme, it is evident that he would have forestalled the later disc…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Art of Living in Australia — Philip E. Muskett |
The Art of Living in Australia “It is somewhat curious that, among the many questions which pertain to the national life of Australia, little, if any, attention has been directed to the influences which the daily…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Shearing In The Riverina, New South Wales — Rolf Boldrewood |
Shearing In The Riverina, New South Wales “This is the first day. According to old-established custom, a kind of truce obtains. It is before the battle, the "salut," when no hasty word or too demonstrative action can be suf…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Sisters — Ada Cambridge |
Sisters “His thoughts went back to the days when they rode and made love together--the sunny days, before the clouds gathered. It was that past which glorified her all at once, not the pres…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | An Autobiography — Catherine Helen Spence |
An Autobiography “If South Australia was the first of the States to exhaust her agricultural soil, she was the first to restore it by means of fertilizers and the seed drill. When I see the drilled …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia — Charles Sturt |
Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia “Mr. Hume thought they intended an attack, and the horses had taken fright and galloped away. I determined, therefore, to fire at once upon them if they pressed up the bank on which…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Overland Expedition of The Messrs. Jardine |
The Overland Expedition of The Messrs. Jardine “'December' 7.--Leaving the nine horses hobbled to feed near the water the Brothers separated, one taking up and the other down the river to look for the others, in hopes that they …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | We of the Never-Never — Jeanie "Mrs. Aeneas" Gunn |
We of the Never-Never “"Stock horses all flash," the Sanguine Scot said, and then went out and apologised to an old bay horse. "We had to settle her hash somehow, Roper, old chap," he said, stroking the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Seven Little Australians — Ethel Turner |
Seven Little Australians “But now it was morning, and she could disbelieve it no longer. Esther had come to her bedside and kissed her sorrowfully, her beautiful face troubled and tender. She had begged as …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Magic Pudding — Norman Lindsay |
The Magic Pudding “The plain truth was that Bunyip and his Uncle lived in a small house in a tree, and there was no room for the whiskers. What was worse, the whiskers were red, and they blew about i…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Buln-Buln and the Brolga — Joseph Furphy |
The Buln-Buln and the Brolga “The most direct route to my sylvan destination was along one of the main streets; but, for reasons of my own, I dodged round by the back slums. Frankly, it is not a bit nice for a …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Bush Studies — Barbara Baynton |
Bush Studies “The most pronounced feature of Jyne's face was her mouth, and it seemed proud of its teeth, especially of the top row. Without any apparent effort, the last tooth there was always …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Doctor's Drive — Mary Gaunt |
The Doctor's Drive “Just in front of the little store stood the mail-coach, and the horses were being yoked up-only a small coach today, but there were four horses-four horses that were laying back th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Fiction Fields Of Australasia — Frederick Sinnett |
Fiction Fields Of Australasia “Caxton, senior; and hero Pisistratus has even to find his way out to this very country of Australia to retrieve the family fortunes. Novel heroes must not expect, in these days, to…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Journal of a Tour of Discovery — Sydney Gibbs |
A Journal of a Tour of Discovery “Full title: A Journal of a Tour of Discovery Across the Blue Mountains New South Wales in the Year 1813.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Perversity of Human Nature — Ada Cambridge |
The Perversity of Human Nature “"Now look here," she said with great solemnity, "Mabel-- is that her name?-- is never to know a word about it. She married you in good faith, and she is not to be thrown upon the w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Troubles Of Australian Federation — G. B. Barton |
The Troubles Of Australian Federation “Every country, it is said, is governed as well as it deserves to be; and since the same electors who have deliberately returned these corrupt and time-serving politicians to repres…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Customs and Traditions of the Aboriginal Natives of North Western Australia — JOHN G. WITHNELL |
The Customs and Traditions of the Aboriginal Natives of North Western Australia “The natives have enormous appetites. Many of the stronger men boast they can eat a kangaroo--usually weighing about 30 lbs.--in three meals, and from personal observation I quite b…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Aborigines of Western Australia — ALBERT F. CALVERT |
The Aborigines of Western Australia “Many of our habits, doubtless, they refuse to imitate. They will cook their food on the embers, but object to boiling or steaming; most kinds of work they rather object to, but smo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Madame Midas — Fergus Hume |
Madame Midas “Hastily waving for the men to go away, she applied remedies, and Madame soon revived. Vandeloup had gone outside with McIntosh, and was asking him about the robbery, and then told …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Spinifex and Sand — David W Carnegie |
Spinifex and Sand “Full title: Spinifex and Sand Five Years' Pioneering and Exploration in Western Australia…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Australia Twice Traversed — Ernest Giles |
Australia Twice Traversed “Full title: AUSTRALIA TWICE TRAVERSED. THE ROMANCE OF EXPLORATION, BEING A NARRATIVE COMPILED FROM THE JOURNALS OF FIVE EXPLORING EXPEDITIONS INTO AND THROUGH CENTRAL SOUTH AUSTRAL…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Expedition into Central Australia — Charles Sturt |
Expedition into Central Australia “A few days after we had settled ourselves at the Depot, Mr. Browne had a serious attack of illness, that might have proved fatal; but it pleased God to restore him to health and re…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia — Ludwig Leichhardt |
Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia “I observed on the ridges an Acacia, a small tree, from thirty to forty feet high, and from six to nine inches in diameter, and easily distinguished by its peculiar rough frizzled b…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Dr. Nikola's Experiment — Guy Boothby |
Dr. Nikola's Experiment “The work of my predecessors is known to me; I have studied their writings, and tested their experiments to the last particular. All the knowledge that modern science has accumulate…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Confessions of a Beachcomber — E J Banfield |
The Confessions of a Beachcomber “In justification of the assumption of the title of "Beachcomber," it must be said that, having made good and sufficient provision against the advent of the wet season (which begins…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE MIDDLE PARTS of FORTUNE — Frederic Manning |
THE MIDDLE PARTS of FORTUNE “The world seemed extraordinarily empty of men, though he knew the ground was alive with them. He was breathing with difficulty, his mouth and throat seemed to be cracking with dryn…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | SOUTH: THE STORY OF SHACKLETON'S LAST EXPEDITION 1914-1917 — Sir Ernest Shackleton |
SOUTH: THE STORY OF SHACKLETON'S LAST EXPEDITION 1914-1917 “Captain Mackintosh and his party left the `Aurora' on the evening of January 25. They had nine dogs and one heavily loaded sledge, and started off briskly to the accompaniment of a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Crowned Skull — Fergus Hume |
The Crowned Skull “'You don't know?' repeated the coroner. 'Yet I presume you placed the skull on the table yourself so as to add to the effect of your fortune-telling?'…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales — John Oxley |
Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales “Full title: JOURNALS OF TWO EXPEDITIONS INTO THE INTERIOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES, BY ORDER OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT IN THE YEARS 1817-18.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Harry Heathcote of Gangoil — Anthony Trollope |
Harry Heathcote of Gangoil “Full title: HARRY HEATHCOTE OF GANGOIL A Tale of Australian Bush-Life…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | In the Days When the World Was Wide — Henry Lawson |
In the Days When the World Was Wide “The night too quickly passes/ And we are growing old,/ So let us fill our glasses/ And toast the Days of Gold;/ When finds of wondrous treasure/ Set all the South ablaze,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke — C.J. Dennis |
The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke “But, 'struth, the wimmin! 'Ow they love this frill!/ Fer Auntie Liz, an' Mar, o' course, wus there;/ An' Mar's two uncles' wives, an' Cousin Lil,/ An' 'arf a dozen more to grin and…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia — William John Wills |
Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia “"The camels are come!" was the cry when these new and interesting immigrants made their first appearance in Melbourne. All the people were en the qui vive. "What was to be done nex…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | HAGAR OF THE PAWN-SHOP — Fergus Hume |
HAGAR OF THE PAWN-SHOP “Hagar hesitated. The article, notwithstanding its workmanship, its age, and its historical associations, was worth very little. Had its interest consisted of these merely, she woul…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE JOURNAL OF GREGORY BLAXLAND, 1813 |
THE JOURNAL OF GREGORY BLAXLAND, 1813 “On Wednesday, the 19th, the party moved forward along this path; bearing chiefly west, and west-south-east. They now began to ascend the second ridge [Note 18] of the mountains, an…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | At Midnight and Other Stories — Ada Cambridge |
At Midnight and Other Stories “His job! Great heavens, what a job! He did not realize the horror of it until it was too late. When the revels of the day were over--when night came, and that voiceless solitude, f…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Mystery Queen — Fergus Hume |
The Mystery Queen “"Yes. I think it's a good idea, Freddy. And the perfume? Did Durwin or the Inspector tell you anything about the perfume? No, I can see by your blank stare that they didn't. Listen…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Short Stories — Louis Becke |
Short Stories “"'Welcome, O men of Leassé,' he said. 'See, my people have covered thy canoes with mats from the sun, for now that there is no hate between us, ye shall remain here at Lêla with me…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Malcolm Sage, Detective — Herbert Jenkins |
Malcolm Sage, Detective “For the fraction of a second the girl stood just inside the door; then as the significance of Malcolm Sage's words dawned upon her, the smile froze upon her lips, the blood ebbed f…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Back to Billabong — Mary Grant Bruce |
Back to Billabong “"Rather not," Bob answered. "We raced round magnificently in your aunt's car and presented our letters, and had more invitations to sundry meals than we could possibly accept. Ever…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Children of the Bush — Henry Lawson |
Children of the Bush “The land I love above all others--not because it was kind to me, but because I was born on Australian soil, and because of the foreign father who died at his work in the ranks of A…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | While the Billy Boils — Henry Lawson |
While the Billy Boils “"That there dog," said Macquarie to the hospital staff in general, "is a better dog than I'm a man--or you too, it seems--and a better Christian. He's been a better mate to me than…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A SHORT HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA — ERNEST SCOTT |
A SHORT HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA “The first phase of warfare in which Australian military forces were occupied was in beating off a Turkish attack upon the Suez Canal in February 1915. Turkey entered the war as an …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Bushman — Edward Wilson Landor |
The Bushman “Dreadful was the scene; the furious donkeys nearing and striking with their fore-feet, and biting each other about the head and neck without the smallest feeling of compunction or …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Tropic Days — E. J. Banfield |
Tropic Days “Do not we all take upon our shoulders the burden of Empire? Here we bear our share stripped to the buff, while Canada bustles under an equally honourable but heavier load. Occasion…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders — Ernest Scott |
The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders “There never was, until Flinders applied himself to the task, any deliberately-planned, systematic, persistent exploration of any portion of the Australian coast. The continent grew…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Rising of the Court — Henry Lawson |
The Rising of the Court “Note: Note: Only the prose stories are reproduced here, not the poetry.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Terre Napoleon — Ernest Scott |
Terre Napoleon “Full title: TERRE NAPOLEON. A HISTORY OF FRENCH EXPLORATIONS AND PROJECTS IN AUSTRALIA…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson — Ida Lee |
The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson “"Tuesday, January 26th. At half-past 12 bore away for Elephant Rock. At 5 P.M. the south extreme of Three Hummock Island bore south by east distance 19 or 20 miles...At sundown ext…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |