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1902 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1902. Books * Louis Becke – ''Breachley, Black Sheep'' * Rolf Boldrewood – ''The Ghost Camp, or, The Avengers'' * Guy Boothby ** '' The Childerbridge Mystery'' ** ''The Curse of the Snake'' ** ''The Kidnapped President'' * Louise Mack – ''An Australian Girl in London'' * Rosa Praed – ''The Insane Root: A Romance of a Strange Country'' * Ethel Turner – ''The Raft in the Bush'' Short stories * Barbara Baynton – '' Bush Studies'' * Louis Becke — ''The Strange Adventure of James Shervinton and Other Stories'' * Henry Lawson ** "A Child in the Dark, and a Foreign Father" ** ''Children of the Bush'' ** "Send Round the Hat" * A. B. Paterson — "Sitting in Judgement : A Show Ring Sketch" Poetry * E. J. Brady – '' The Earthen Floor'' * Breaker Morant and Frank Renar – ''Bushman and Buccaneer: Harry Morant: His 'Ventures and Verses'' * Breaker Morant – " But ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Becke
George Lewis Becke (or Louis Becke; 18 June 1855 – 18 February 1913) was an Australian Pacific trader, short story writer and novelist. Early life Becke was born at Port Macquarie, New South Wales, son of Frederick Becke, Clerk of Petty Sessions and his wife Caroline Matilda, née Beilby. Both parents were born in England. Becke was the ninth of twelve children and had a tendency to wander; he has stated that before he was 10 he had twice run away from home. The family moved to Hunters Hill, Sydney in 1867 and Becke was educated at Fort Street High School. In 1869, Becke travelled to San Francisco with his brother William Vernon and was away for nineteen months. At 16 years of age, Becke was a stowaway on a ship bound for Samoa. In Apia he took a job as a book-keeper in the store of Mrs Mary Mcfarlane which he held until some time after December 1872. Under orders of Mrs Mcfarlane, Becke sailed a ketch, the ''E.A. Williams'' to Mili Atoll to deliver it to William "Bully" Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
