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Over the course of the 19th century a remarkable array of character types appeared - and disappeared - in Australian literature: the swagman, the larrikin, the colonial detective, the bushranger, the 'currency lass', the squatter, and more. Some had a powerful influence on the colonies' developing sense of identity, others were more ephemeral. But all had a role to play in shaping and reflecting the social and economic circumstances of life in...

From the arrival of Captain James Cook in 1770 to classic children's tale Dot and the Kangaroo, Ken Gelder and Rachael Weaver examine hunting narratives in novels, visual art and memoirs to discover how the kangaroo became a favourite quarry, a relished food source, an object of scientific fascination, and a source of violent conflict between settlers and Aboriginal people. The kangaroo hunt worked as a rite of passage and an expression of set...

Featuring ex-convicts, bushrangers, ruthless gold prospectors, forgers and impostors, thieves and murderers, this book contains stories that show how they challenged colonial law and order. It collects the best examples of colonial Australian crime fiction by authors such as Mary Fortune, James Skipp Borlase, Guy Boothby, and Francis Adams.

Collects some of the best examples of Australian gothic short stories from colonial times. Demonic bird cries, grisly corpses, ghostly women and psychotic station-owners populate a colonial landscape which is the stuff of nightmare.

Marauding bushrangers, lost explorers, mad shepherds, new chums and mounted troopers: these are some of the characters who populate the often perilous world of colonial Australian adventure fiction.

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An anthology that collects the best examples of colonial Australian romance. It includes stories that show the many different outcomes of romance: happiness and marriage in some cases, loneliness and regret in others.