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1898 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1898. Books * Louis Becke – ''The Mutineer: A Romance of Pitcairn Island'', with Walter James Jeffrey * Guy Boothby ** ''Across the World for a Wife'' ** ''Pharos the Egyptian'' * Ada Cambridge – '' Materfamilias'' * Mary Gaunt – '' Deadman's: An Australian Story'' * Gertrude Hart – ''Clouds That Pass'' * Louise Mack – ''Girls Together'' * Rosa Praed – '' The Scourge-Stick'' * Douglas Sladen – ''Trincolox'' * Ethel Turner – ''The Camp at Wandinong'' Short stories * Louis Becke – ''Rodman the Boatsteerer and Other Stories'' * Rolf Boldrewood – ''A Romance of Canvas Town and Other Stories'' * Guy Boothby – ''Billy Binks, Hero, and Other Stories'' * Albert Dorrington – "Castro's Last Sacrament" * Edward Dyson ** ''Below and On Top'' ** "The Conquering Bush" * Henry Lawson – "Bill, the Ventriloquial Rooster" * Ethel Mills – "A Box of Dead Rose ... [...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] |
