Showing 22 items matching "young people's fiction"
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Mont De LanceyBook, Evelyn Everett-Green et al, Lenore Annandale's Story, C1880
... ...young people's fiction...adventure romance young people's fiction fiction morals A romance adventure story with morals for young people set in heroic times or picturesque locations - written by Evelyn Everett-Green. ...A romance adventure story with morals for young people set in heroic times or picturesque locations - written by Evelyn Everett-Green.Green hardcover book - Lenore Annandale's story by Evelyn Everett-Green, with gold lettering for title on front cover and spine with author and publisher. Title is surrounded by indented gold ornate rectangular pattern. Black and white illustration opposite the title page of a woman, man and dog near a pond.fictionA romance adventure story with morals for young people set in heroic times or picturesque locations - written by Evelyn Everett-Green. adventure, romance, young people's fiction, fiction, morals -
Mont De LanceyBook, Ethel Turner ( Mrs. H.R. Curlewis) et al, Mother's Little Girl, 1904
... young people's fiction...young people's fiction australian fiction family life An Australian story of a family that has too many children and not enough money, so gave up for adoption their last baby, Sylvia to its aunt. ...An Australian story of a family that has too many children and not enough money, so gave up for adoption their last baby, Sylvia to its aunt.Dark green fabric covered novel, Mother's Little Girl by Ethel Turner (Mrs H.R. Curlewis) and illustrated by A.J. Johnson, with gold lettering on front cover for title and author with a gold illustration of two children sitting on a bank. Spine has gold title and author and floral pattern. Has black and white illustrations throughout.fictionAn Australian story of a family that has too many children and not enough money, so gave up for adoption their last baby, Sylvia to its aunt. young people's fiction, australian fiction, family life -
Mont De LanceyBook, Mrs Sophie Amelia Prosser et al, The Cheery Chime of Garth and Other Stories, C 1874
... ...young people's fiction...religion fiction morals fiction young people's fiction Three Short Stories with strong religious themes, the Cheery Chimes of Garth set in a small village in England where a new vicar has been appointed. ...Three Short Stories with strong religious themes, the Cheery Chimes of Garth set in a small village in England where a new vicar has been appointed. Mrs S. A. Prosser was known for her sentimental morality tales and fables.Red fabric hardcover book of three short stories, The Cheery Chime of Garth and Other Stories by Mrs Sophie Amelia Prosser, with a floral design in black on front cover with gold lettering for title. And Other Stories and author printed in black. Ornate Illumination style lettering for the first letter of each new chapter with some black and white illustrations throughout.fictionThree Short Stories with strong religious themes, the Cheery Chimes of Garth set in a small village in England where a new vicar has been appointed. Mrs S. A. Prosser was known for her sentimental morality tales and fables.religion fiction, morals fiction, young people's fiction -
Mont De LanceyBook, Blackie and Son Limited, The Big Budget for Boys, c1930's
... ...young people's fiction...Book read by family members, especially Lance Sebire who was awarded it from Sunday School in 1936 adventure young people's fiction children's fiction children's book Mrs Les Gaudion's Class - Methodist Sabbath School Wandin Yallock. ...Book read by family members, especially Lance Sebire who was awarded it from Sunday School in 1936Large hardcover children's book for boys with coloured picture on front cover of two boys sitting on a rock, one looking through binoculars and the other pointing into the distance. The title, The Big Budget for Boys is printed in black lettering on the front and spine with an illustration of another boy and the publisher. The back cover is also illustrated in colour with two more boys reading a map. The collection of adventure stories have black and white illustrations throughout.Mrs Les Gaudion's Class - Methodist Sabbath School Wandin Yallock. Awarded to Lance Sebire for Diligence and Attendance. Mr J H Lord Supt. Harold Blanksby Sec. May 18th 1936. The Book Depot, 288 Little Collins Street (Methodist Book Buildings)adventure, young people's fiction, children's fiction, children's book -
Mont De LanceySculpture, John F. Shaw (1928) & Co. Ltd. et al, Fireside Tales, 1928
... ...young people's fiction...young children. This book was awarded to Lance Sebire in 1932 for diligent Sunday School attendance. children's fiction young people's fiction children's books Kindergarten. ...A collection of nursery stories for young children. This book was awarded to Lance Sebire in 1932 for diligent Sunday School attendance.Large hardcover children's nursery book with coloured illustration on the front cover of a small boy and girl in pyjamas and nightie holding toys surrounded by fairies. The title Fireside Tales is in black lettering at the top. The spine has faded title and pubilsher, Shaw. Black and white illustrations throughout with some coloured plates.Kindergarten. Methodist Sabbath School Wandin Yallock 32 days. Awarded to Lance Sebire for 1st Prize of Mrs S. Gaudion's Class. W.J. Sebire Supt. A.J Sebire. Ada Gaudion. Sec. 27.3.1932.children's fiction, young people's fiction, children's books -
Mont De LanceyBook, Renwick of Otley, Holiday Yarns, early 1900's
... ...young people's fiction...This Book Belongs To Lance Sebire Dec 22nd Christmas 1934 children's fiction adventure stories young people's fiction De Lancey Francis Sebire Christmas 1934 is written on the front right hand endpaper in grey pencil. ...This Book Belongs To Lance Sebire Dec 22nd Christmas 1934Hardcover children's book with a coloured picture of two boys rowing at sea in a boat called Saucy Sally on the front and back covers. The title Holiday Yarns is in large red lettering at the top on the front cover. There are black and white as well as some coloured illustrations.De Lancey Francis Sebire Christmas 1934 is written on the front right hand endpaper in grey pencil. Written inside on the page that says - This Book Belongs to - Lance Sebire Dec 22nd 1934children's fiction, adventure stories, young people's fiction -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - Anthropological Travelogue/Fictional, Captain Mayne Reid, Odd People being A Popular Description of Singular Races of Man, 1860
... young Vladimir Nabokov was so obsessed with Mayne Reid's The Headless Horseman that he translated the entire book into French verse as a teenager, and Fidel Castro famously claimed that Mayne Reid’s tales of guerrilla warfare in the American West influenced his own military tactics during the Cuban Revolution. (For more information on the Pattison Collection see item 3678 Flagstaff Hill collections) https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5580c7e72162f114d8b758db Shipwrecked-coast Flagstaff-Hill Flagstaff-Hill-Maritime-Museum Warrnambool Maritime-Museum Shipwreck-coast Flagstaff-Hill-Maritime-Village Shipwrecked-artefact Book Odd People Captain Mayne Reid National School Warrnambool. Daniel B Sellers classic fiction ...Odd People: Being a Popular Description of Singular Races of Man (1860) is an interesting piece of 19th-century literature. The book was written by Captain Thomas Mayne Reid (1818–1883), a Scots-Irish American novelist and adventurer. He was immensely popular in the mid-to-late 19th century for his boys' adventure novels, tales of the American West, and travelogues. The true first edition was published in London by Routledge, Warne & Routledge in 1860. In the United States, it was published around the same time (1860/1861) by Ticknor and Fields in Boston, and later editions were retitled The Man-Eaters and Other Odd People. The book is an early work of popular ethnology and anthropology, written for a general audience and heavily marketed toward young readers and armchair travelers of the Victorian era.Book, brown covers, embossed with borders and patterns and gilt decoration and titles. The book includes illustrations. Handwritten inscription on the front paste-down page. The opposite page has a stamped and a handwritten inscription. The book was presented as a prize to a Latin student at the National School, Warrnambool in 1861. Title: Odd People being a Popular Description of Singular Races of Man. Alternate title: Odd People or Singular Races of Man Author: Captain Mayne Reid Publisher: Routledge Warne & Routledge, London Date: 1860 Further information: additional text on the spine reads 'A Proper Study of Mankind is Man'fictionOdd People: Being a Popular Description of Singular Races of Man (1860) is an interesting piece of 19th-century literature. The book was written by Captain Thomas Mayne Reid (1818–1883), a Scots-Irish American novelist and adventurer. He was immensely popular in the mid-to-late 19th century for his boys' adventure novels, tales of the American West, and travelogues. The true first edition was published in London by Routledge, Warne & Routledge in 1860. In the United States, it was published around the same time (1860/1861) by Ticknor and Fields in Boston, and later editions were retitled The Man-Eaters and Other Odd People. The book is an early work of popular ethnology and anthropology, written for a general audience and heavily marketed toward young readers and armchair travelers of the Victorian era.shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, warrnambool, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, odd people, captain mayne reid, national school warrnambool., daniel b sellers, classic fiction, the proper study of mankind is man, singular races of man, , routledge warne and routledge, latin student -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - Fictional Story, Eleanor Hodgman Porter, The Story of Marco, Between 1912-1937
... fiction. The story opens in the fictional mining town of Gaylordville, Pennsylvania, where a band of gypsies has decamped, leaving behind a sick woman and her nine-year-old boy, Marco Ferdinando Bonelli. After his mother dies, Marco, a gifted violinist, has to make his own way in the world, eventually setting out to find the sister who left with the gypsy band. Along the way he's helped by a series of kind people, and the book follows his growth from a homeless, penniless boy into a young ...The Story of Marco, first published in 1911, was Eleanor H. Porter's third novel, and the first in which music plays a central role in her fiction. The story opens in the fictional mining town of Gaylordville, Pennsylvania, where a band of gypsies has decamped, leaving behind a sick woman and her nine-year-old boy, Marco Ferdinando Bonelli. After his mother dies, Marco, a gifted violinist, has to make his own way in the world, eventually setting out to find the sister who left with the gypsy band. Along the way he's helped by a series of kind people, and the book follows his growth from a homeless, penniless boy into a young man who repays the kindness shown to him. It's a "rags-to-character" story typical of Porter, aimed at the same teenage readership as Pollyanna.Hard cover book. The Story of Marco Author: Eleanor Hodgman Porter Publisher: A L Burt & Co Date: 1912-1937 Further Information: Light blue Cloth hardcover with no publication lettering only hand written title in black texter to spine. The spine has a Library label with an inscription.fictionThe Story of Marco, first published in 1911, was Eleanor H. Porter's third novel, and the first in which music plays a central role in her fiction. The story opens in the fictional mining town of Gaylordville, Pennsylvania, where a band of gypsies has decamped, leaving behind a sick woman and her nine-year-old boy, Marco Ferdinando Bonelli. After his mother dies, Marco, a gifted violinist, has to make his own way in the world, eventually setting out to find the sister who left with the gypsy band. Along the way he's helped by a series of kind people, and the book follows his growth from a homeless, penniless boy into a young man who repays the kindness shown to him. It's a "rags-to-character" story typical of Porter, aimed at the same teenage readership as Pollyanna.warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, the story of marco, eleanor h porter, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, pattison collection, warrnambool library, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.Newspaper - Bound Volumes of The Junior Argus Newspaper, Richard Arthur Maddern Wellington, 1934 to 1937
... young people. The Argus newspaper was published in Melbourne from 1846 to 1957. These volumes were originally part of the library in Orana, a Uniting Church child care agency in Melbourne. These volumes are of minor interest as examples of children's literature in the 1930s and 1940s. Argus Newspaper Orana Junior Argus Bound volumes of newspapers containing fiction ...Bound volumes of newspapers containing fiction and non fiction material..1 Copies of a newspaper bound with a grey and black mottled cover with black binding on the spine which has some damage. .2 As above but with a cream and black mottled cover. and the tape missing on the spine. .3 As above but with spine binding intact .4 as above All have a library stamp inside the front cover.fictionBound volumes of newspapers containing fiction and non fiction material.argus newspaper, orana, junior argus -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Robertson, Craig, Buckley's Hope : the real life story of Australia's Robinson Crusoe, 1981
... Fiction. | History - Biographies - Non-Indigenous | Settlement and contacts - Penal colonies / Convicts | Settlement and contacts - Colonisation - 1788-1850 | Race relations - Attitudes | Language - Vocabulary - Word lists | Kurnai / Gunai people (S68) (Vic SJ55) | Port Phillip / Western Port area (Vic SJ55) Blurb: On Boxing Day 1803 a young English convict named William Buckley escaped from Victoria's abortive first settlement, at Sorrento.For the next thirty-two years Buckley survived in the wild, mainly because he was adopted and helped by the local tribes.In 1835 Buckley rejoined the civilization he had cast aside, emerging to meet Melbourne's founders. ...Blurb: On Boxing Day 1803 a young English convict named William Buckley escaped from Victoria's abortive first settlement, at Sorrento. For the next thirty-two years Buckley survived in the wild, mainly because he was adopted and helped by the local tribes. In 1835 Buckley rejoined the civilization he had cast aside, emerging to meet Melbourne's founders. He became an important guide and interpreter in the crucial first years of the European conquest of the Port Phillip region. Then, as the Aborigines were engulfed by the flood of white men, Buckley found himself in no-man's land, mistrusted by his former black friends and by the white society who so misunderstood them. He was reviled, so harshly that his reputation has suffered to this day. This is William Buckley's story. It is a story based on fact, about a real Robinson Crusoe who was unique in Australia's history. And it is also a story of European intruders imposing their savage will on an alien, ancient continent. Rarely has Australian history come more alive than in the pages of this remarkable first novel. Buckley's life with the Aboriginal people of Port Phillip between 1803 and 1835; subsequent life in white community ; includes glossary of Aboriginal words (p. 271-280).288 p. : 3 maps ; 22 cm.Blurb: On Boxing Day 1803 a young English convict named William Buckley escaped from Victoria's abortive first settlement, at Sorrento. For the next thirty-two years Buckley survived in the wild, mainly because he was adopted and helped by the local tribes. In 1835 Buckley rejoined the civilization he had cast aside, emerging to meet Melbourne's founders. He became an important guide and interpreter in the crucial first years of the European conquest of the Port Phillip region. Then, as the Aborigines were engulfed by the flood of white men, Buckley found himself in no-man's land, mistrusted by his former black friends and by the white society who so misunderstood them. He was reviled, so harshly that his reputation has suffered to this day. This is William Buckley's story. It is a story based on fact, about a real Robinson Crusoe who was unique in Australia's history. And it is also a story of European intruders imposing their savage will on an alien, ancient continent. Rarely has Australian history come more alive than in the pages of this remarkable first novel. Buckley's life with the Aboriginal people of Port Phillip between 1803 and 1835; subsequent life in white community ; includes glossary of Aboriginal words (p. 271-280).buckley, william, 1780-1856 -- fiction. | novels in english. australian writers, 1945-. texts | convicts -- australia -- history -- fiction. | history - biographies - non-indigenous | settlement and contacts - penal colonies / convicts | settlement and contacts - colonisation - 1788-1850 | race relations - attitudes | language - vocabulary - word lists | kurnai / gunai people (s68) (vic sj55) | port phillip / western port area (vic sj55) -
The Celtic ClubBook, The road to Vinegar Hill, 1989
... Irish fiction Novels - Ireland A novel of two young people as the struggle to shape their destinies in the face of events beyond their control p.357. ...A novel of two young people as the struggle to shape their destinies in the face of events beyond their controlp.357.fictionA novel of two young people as the struggle to shape their destinies in the face of events beyond their controlirish fiction, novels - ireland -
Mont De LanceyBook, Eileen Finlay et al, The Caravan Returns, Copyright 1949
... religious fiction family stories family saga australian fiction A third in a series - Australian family religious saga about the le Maires and Macdonalds portraying both the elderly and modern young people with tenderness and sympathy. ...A third in a series - Australian family religious saga about the le Maires and Macdonalds portraying both the elderly and modern young people with tenderness and sympathy.Fawn cloth hardcover religious family saga novel, The caravan Returns by Australian author Eileen Finlay. Has black writing of title, author and publisher on spine only.fictionA third in a series - Australian family religious saga about the le Maires and Macdonalds portraying both the elderly and modern young people with tenderness and sympathy.religious fiction, family stories, family saga, australian fiction -
Mont De LanceyBook, H. Frederick Charles, Gentleman Jackson: An Outline, c late 1800's
... religious stories adventure stories family life fiction A story of a young boy Ned and his difficult life growing up in England in the late 1800's with a drunken father and mother who dies. He is a kind boy and becomes a young man who does good deeds for many people. ...A story of a young boy Ned and his difficult life growing up in England in the late 1800's with a drunken father and mother who dies. He is a kind boy and becomes a young man who does good deeds for many people. Religious themes throughout.Blue cloth covered hardcover Children's book with the title in gold lettering, Gentleman Jackson by H. Frederick Charles. A gold, black and red illustration is featured on the front cover of a man saving a young boy from a house on fire by lowering him in a knotted sheet. The spine has the title, a picture of a boy holding a book and the initials RTS in gold. Black and white illustrations are throughout with the same front cover one at the frontispiece opposite the title page. There is a tissue paper page protecting it. 255p. At the back are 16 pages of The Religious Tract Society's List of Books for Presentation. 255p.fictionA story of a young boy Ned and his difficult life growing up in England in the late 1800's with a drunken father and mother who dies. He is a kind boy and becomes a young man who does good deeds for many people. Religious themes throughout.religious stories, adventure stories, family life fiction -
Wodonga & District Historical Society IncBook - The Diggers Rest Hotel: A Charlie Berlin Mystery, Geoffrey McGeachin, 31st May 2010
... fiction wodonga post world war 2 A mystery novel set in Wodonga, Victoria after World War 2. In 1947, two years after witnessing the death of a young Jewish woman in Poland, Charlie Berlin has rejoined the police force a different man. Sent to investigate a spate of robberies in rural Victoria, he soon discovers that World War II has changed even the most ordinary of places and people ...A mystery novel set in Wodonga, Victoria after World War 2. In 1947, two years after witnessing the death of a young Jewish woman in Poland, Charlie Berlin has rejoined the police force a different man. Sent to investigate a spate of robberies in rural Victoria, he soon discovers that World War II has changed even the most ordinary of places and people. Taking a room at the Diggers Rest Hotel in Wodonga, he sets about solving a case that no one else can – with the help of feisty, ambitious journalist Rebecca Green and rookie constable Rob Roberts, the only cop in town he can trust.fictionA mystery novel set in Wodonga, Victoria after World War 2. In 1947, two years after witnessing the death of a young Jewish woman in Poland, Charlie Berlin has rejoined the police force a different man. Sent to investigate a spate of robberies in rural Victoria, he soon discovers that World War II has changed even the most ordinary of places and people. Taking a room at the Diggers Rest Hotel in Wodonga, he sets about solving a case that no one else can – with the help of feisty, ambitious journalist Rebecca Green and rookie constable Rob Roberts, the only cop in town he can trust.mystery fiction, wodonga post world war 2 -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Peter Davies, The adventures of Sajo and her beaver people, 1935
... Animals - Fiction American fiction The adventures of two young beavers after they are rescued by an Indian hunter and taken to his village. Ill, p.208. The adventures of Sajo and her beaver people ...The adventures of two young beavers after they are rescued by an Indian hunter and taken to his village.Ill, p.208.non-fictionThe adventures of two young beavers after they are rescued by an Indian hunter and taken to his village.animals - fiction, american fiction -
![Book - Novel, Parsons, Charles R, Amos Truelove : a story of the last generation, [n.d.] [1892?]](/media/collectors/641920217f0478323d8a47a8/items/66791492ea633ba0109ca90d/item-media/67b6579b3824b0197b98f91d/item-fit-380x285.jpg?cb=6)
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library CollectionBook - Novel, Parsons, Charles R, Amos Truelove : a story of the last generation, [n.d.] [1892?]
... Parsons Children's fiction Fiction for young people, with religious themes. Handwritten inscription inside front cover: 'Linton Methodist / Sunday School / Library No 304'. 240 p. : ill. ...Fiction for young people, with religious themes.240 p. : ill. Textured green cover, embossed in goldfictionFiction for young people, with religious themes.charles r. parsons, children's fiction -
![Book - Moral precepts, Copley, Esther (nee Esther Beuzeville), The young women of the factory, [1845]](/media/collectors/641920217f0478323d8a47a8/items/66825ff7a109ec342390acbe/item-media/67b659713824b0197b9938d4/item-fit-380x285.jpg?cb=6)
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library CollectionBook - Moral precepts, Copley, Esther (nee Esther Beuzeville), The young women of the factory, [1845]
... Esther Copley (1786-1851) was a prolific writer of tracts and fiction for young people, often targeted at those of working class background....Esther Copley (1786-1851) was a prolific writer of tracts and fiction for young people, often targeted at those of working class background. ...Examines ways in which young working women can conduct their lives in ways that are true to Christian values. Numerous biblical quotes.176 p. : small volume, embossed brown cover. Title page, Table of Contents, and first two pages of text missing.non-fictionExamines ways in which young working women can conduct their lives in ways that are true to Christian values. Numerous biblical quotes.christian life, esther copley nee beuzeville -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Gibbs, George, Youth triumphant, [n.d.] [USA edition 1921; date of Hodder & Stoughton edition not known]
... George Gibbs Romance Fiction Romance fiction Stamps indicating that the book was previously in other collections: 'Dispatch Newsagency, Mortlake'; 'J. A. & S. C. Blayney'. 327 p. : blue cover, with image from original dust jacket pasted to front. Image depicts faces of three young people ...Romance fiction327 p. : blue cover, with image from original dust jacket pasted to front. Image depicts faces of three young people.fictionRomance fictiongeorge gibbs, romance, fiction -
![Book - Novel, Ellis, Edward S, The three arrows by Edward S. Ellis, with a colour frontispiece and four black-and-white illustrations, [n.d.] [1915?]](/media/collectors/641920217f0478323d8a47a8/items/670ed98c685dc78963b94918/item-media/6716cf1cba05366ddbf8116e/item-fit-380x285.jpg?cb=6)
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library CollectionBook - Novel, Ellis, Edward S, The three arrows by Edward S. Ellis, with a colour frontispiece and four black-and-white illustrations, [n.d.] [1915?]
... Ellis was a prolific writer of stories for young people, which he published under his own name and a number of pseudonyms. Children's fiction Westerns American frontier Adventure story for boys set in the American frontier. ...Adventure story for boys set in the American frontier.317 p. : ill. ; pale blue cover, images of native Americans holding guns on front cover, frontiersman holding gun on spine.fictionAdventure story for boys set in the American frontier.children's fiction, westerns, american frontier -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Lynn Linton, Eliza, The second youth of Theodora Desanges, 1900
... Fiction Mrs Lynn Linton Eliza Lynn Linton George Somes Layard The story follows the life of Theodora Desanges, a middle-aged woman who has recently become a widow. After years of living a dull and unfulfilling life, Theodora decides to embark on a journey of self-discovery and adventure. She travels to Paris, where she meets a group of young artists and intellectuals who introduce her to a world of passion, creativity, and freedom. Through her experiences with these young people ...The story follows the life of Theodora Desanges, a middle-aged woman who has recently become a widow. After years of living a dull and unfulfilling life, Theodora decides to embark on a journey of self-discovery and adventure. She travels to Paris, where she meets a group of young artists and intellectuals who introduce her to a world of passion, creativity, and freedom. Through her experiences with these young people, Theodora discovers a new sense of purpose and joy in life.335p : burgundy cover with gold embossed printing on the cover and spinefictionThe story follows the life of Theodora Desanges, a middle-aged woman who has recently become a widow. After years of living a dull and unfulfilling life, Theodora decides to embark on a journey of self-discovery and adventure. She travels to Paris, where she meets a group of young artists and intellectuals who introduce her to a world of passion, creativity, and freedom. Through her experiences with these young people, Theodora discovers a new sense of purpose and joy in life.fiction, mrs lynn linton, eliza lynn linton, george somes layard -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - A Fictional Story, Edward Daniel Oakley, Jimmy of Murrumbar, 1938
... people, policing and colonial identity. Its significance lies in a local and cultural-historical sense, but it is not generally regarded as a major work of Australian literature. It rests chiefly in four areas: as an example of locally produced Australian adventure fiction for young readers, while preserving a popular-period portrayal of Aboriginal bush knowledge, loyalty and police employment. ...The story is a children's adventure story in which Jimmy works as a police tracker, following criminals through the Victorian bush and mountain ranges. The emphasis is on his "amazing ability" and "fidelity" that is, his loyalty, reliability and skill in serving the police. The plot appears to belong to the tradition of Australian juvenile bush fiction with a pursuit over difficult terrain, danger, endurance and the demonstration of specialised bush knowledge. It should not automatically be treated as a documentary account of a particular historical tracker. Unless the text contains an author's note or identifiable historical references, Jimmy is best regarded as a fictional or fictionalised character. The book is therefore both an adventure narrative and a period document revealing how Aboriginal ability was represented through a predominantly settler-colonial publishing culture.Hard cover book. Jimmy of Murrumbar Author: E D Oakley (Edward Daniel Oakley) Publisher: Osboldstone & Co, Pty Ltd Date: 1938 Further Information: Pictorial paper-covered boards or wrappers over a stiff paper binding Illustrated title/contents material and a frontispiece or inserted plate. The spine has a Library label with an inscription.fictionThe story is a children's adventure story in which Jimmy works as a police tracker, following criminals through the Victorian bush and mountain ranges. The emphasis is on his "amazing ability" and "fidelity" that is, his loyalty, reliability and skill in serving the police. The plot appears to belong to the tradition of Australian juvenile bush fiction with a pursuit over difficult terrain, danger, endurance and the demonstration of specialised bush knowledge. It should not automatically be treated as a documentary account of a particular historical tracker. Unless the text contains an author's note or identifiable historical references, Jimmy is best regarded as a fictional or fictionalised character. The book is therefore both an adventure narrative and a period document revealing how Aboriginal ability was represented through a predominantly settler-colonial publishing culture.shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, warrnambool, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, jimmy of murrumbar, e d oakley, edward daniel oakley, novel, young adult novel, juvenile fiction, australian black tracker, law enforcement - police trackers, tracking and trailing in australia, australian bush, grampian ranges in victoria, warrnambool history, fletcher jones, oakbank, thomas and eliza oakley, indigenous literature, indigenous australians -
![Book - Novel, Disraeli, Benjamin, Vivian Grey, [n.d.] [First published 1826, date of this edition not known]](/media/collectors/641920217f0478323d8a47a8/items/6a913b36db7e5fc810b32981/item-media/6a9e46f3501edeb862e3a1d3/item-fit-380x285.jpg?cb=6)
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library CollectionBook - Novel, Disraeli, Benjamin, Vivian Grey, [n.d.] [First published 1826, date of this edition not known]
... Fiction English literature James Dodds Original collection Disraeli’s first novel, which brought him fame and attention. It centres on the life of a young dandy who has neither ancient name or fortune, but who has ambitions to make a life in the world of high society and politics. The book was widely read and discussed, as it was seen to satirise real people ...Disraeli’s first novel, which brought him fame and attention. It centres on the life of a young dandy who has neither ancient name or fortune, but who has ambitions to make a life in the world of high society and politics. The book was widely read and discussed, as it was seen to satirise real people under fictitious names.416 p. : dark green cover, title and author's name spine embossed in gold on spine. Front cover embossed in black. Text on cover: 'The Works of B. Disraeli'. Includes publisher's 'Advertisement' from an edition published in 1853. Title page missing.fictionDisraeli’s first novel, which brought him fame and attention. It centres on the life of a young dandy who has neither ancient name or fortune, but who has ambitions to make a life in the world of high society and politics. The book was widely read and discussed, as it was seen to satirise real people under fictitious names.benjamin disraeli, fiction, english literature, james dodds, original collection
