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Episode 6: Gather 'round the campfire

Show notes Bibliographer Carol Hetherington tells us her own tale of sleuthing through the To Be Continued database and Trove as she attempted to track down a mysterious author who wrote story after story…after story. How did she track down the enigmatically named Roland Quiz? And what do the stories behind the many pseudonyms found in Trove tell us about the people who wrote Australia’s fiction in the newspapers of the time? Mentioned in the episode A Bush Race Meeting [https://readallaboutit.com.au/#/chapter/435589] A Ghostly Chapter [https://readallaboutit.com.au/#/chapter/264488] A Deaf Cook [https://readallaboutit.com.au/#/chapter/435411] His Terrifying Experience [https://readallaboutit.com.au/#/chapter/435412] The Last Night of the Camp [https://readallaboutit.com.au/#/chapter/435589] Find all of Roland Quiz’s stories here [https://readallaboutit.com.au/#/author/11555] Stories by Ivan Dexter [https://trove.nla.gov.au/search/category/newspapers?keyword=Ivan%20Dexter] Author Vance Palmer [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/palmer-edward-vivian-vance-7946] The stories in this episode were read by Perform Australia [https://www.perform.edu.au/] Find the transcript of this episode here [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XET4nI_ZltJeJ8CNTE7gjp6PJQZpLdX6wo4gao0DH20/edit?usp=sharing] Main story The Story of the Three Photos [https://readallaboutit.com.au/#/chapter/435567] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

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Listen to 'The Three Photos', produced by students from Perform Australia ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Stand and deliver! The cult of the Bushranger

Show notes The scientific bushranger? Have you ever heard of such a thing? In this episode we look at the unexpected Bushranger stories Associate Professor Maggie Nolan from the University of Queensland and Professor Ronan McDonald from Melbourne University found in the To Be Continued database. Bushrangers are an iconic part of Australian post colonial history but what do we really know about them other than the iconic image of Ned Kelly? Mentioned in episode Search Trove for ‘Bushranger’ [https://trove.nla.gov.au/search/category/newspapers?keyword=bushranger] The True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey [https://www.penguin.com.au/books/true-history-of-the-kelly-gang-9781760896430] Bushranger Martin Cash [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/cash-martin-1885] Bushranger Alexander Pierce [https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/pearce-alexander-31474] Female Bushranger Jesse Hickman [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessie_Hickman] Chinese Australian Bushranger Sam Poo [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/23381448] Main stories How Ubique Robbed TheMorganville Company’s Safe [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/147661427?searchTerm=HOW%20UBIQUE%20ROBBED%20THE%20MORGANVILLE%20COMPANY%27S%20SAFE] The Helpful Bushranger [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/36645480] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

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Listen to two stories of Australian bushrangers in full  ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Whimsy, Wonder and Children's yarns (r)

This episode we dive into the extraordinary world of fiction for children with Associate Professor Kristine Moruzi from Deakin University. When did we first start publishing material for children? And what do the wild adventures involving shipwrecks, kidnapping and toast water tell us about what it meant to be a child in this time? Mentioned in the episode Mary Grant Bruce [http://www.marygrantbruce.com.au/] Princess Spinaway’s Department [https://trove.nla.gov.au/search/category/newspapers?keyword=Princess%20Spinaway%E2%80%99s%20Department] Someone else thought the concept of toast water was interesting and attempted to recreate the recipe in this YouTube video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6kz7t8VRCY] You can find a full transcript of the episode here [https://drive.google.com/file/d/15-1OHDrWNbBnJT7H-wkfFRlwLxi5up5o/view?usp=drive_link]. Main stories The Marvellous Island [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/161886432?searchTerm=The%20Marvellous%20Island] Theft of a day [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/71528129?searchTerm=theft%20of%20a%20day] The Convalescence of Taffie Farndon [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/71382424?searchTerm=The%20Convalescence%20of%20Taffie%20Farndon] A Little Bushmaid [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/198196371?searchTerm=A%20Little%20Bush%20Maid] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.