Ernest Favenc

Ernest Favenc's adventure book "Marooned on Australia" takes place in the late 19th century in the Australian outback. The narrative recounts the adventure of two Englishmen named Jack and George after they are shipwrecked off the coast of Western Australia and have to make their way through a hostile and foreign environment in order to reach a place of settlement. The Australian bush, its flora and animals, and the difficulties faced by those who attempted to tame it are vividly described in Favenc's book. The book also examines the cultural conflict that existed between the Australian aborigines and the English colonizers, illuminating the intricate and frequently bloody history of European settlement on the continent. Favenc gives readers a look into a bygone age and the hardships experienced by people who tried to forge a new life in a difficult and unforgiving environment through the exploits of Jack and George.

Literary scholar James Doig has assembled a thrilling new collection of rare and previously uncollected horror and dark fantasy stories by Australian authors, all from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Here are-THE BLIGHTED MEADOW, by Mary FortuneTHE SILENT SEPULCHRE, by Charles JunorWHAT THE RATS BROUGHT, by Ernest FavencON THE ISLAND OF SHADOWS, by Ernest FavencTHE ODIC TOUCH, by Hume NisbetTOLD IN THE 'CORONA'S' CABIN ON THREE EVENINGS, by J. A. BarryTHE HOUSE OF ILL OMEN, by Rosa PraedA THING OF WAX, by Morley RobertsTHE PROPHETIC HORROR OF THE GREAT EXPERIMENT, by James EdmundTHE PRECIPITOUS DETAILS OF THE HIGH MOUNTAIN AND THE THREE SKELETONS, by James EdmundTHE STRANGE CASE OF ALAN HERIOT, by Lionel SparrowTHE BLANKET FIEND, by Beatrice GrimshawTHE PHANTOM SHIP OF DIRK VAN TROMP, by James Francis DwyerTHE DEVIL'S BALL, by Dulcie DeamerTHE PLEDGE, by Helen SimpsonTHE WATCH, by Vernon KnowlesTHE HOUSE THAT TOOK REVENGE, by Vernon KnowlesTHE UNDYING ONE, by Roger Dard

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The history of early Australian science fiction has been well chronicled by literary historians. In searching for a synthesis of colonial Australian science fiction, they generally identify three genres into which most Australian science fiction of the period can be placed: lost civilisation novels, (including Lemurian and utopian novels); historical fantasies, which re-imagined Australia's colonial past (particularly the history of Australian exploration); and future invasion or future political novels (which dramatized fears of racial invasion or social chaos resulting from political upheaval or natural disasters like plague). In the short form, early Australian science fiction is more heterogeneous. There were more outlets for the short form and more short stories were published, so we would expect a wider range of themes and subject matter, and indeed this is the case. The stories collected here indicate something of the richness and variety of science fiction written by Australian authors up the mid-1930s. We see some of the themes mentioned above, for example the lost civilisation story (Phil Collas's "The Inner Domain") and the future invasion story (Ernest Favenc's "What the Rats Brought"), but they offer something new and original, while other stories are built on the consequences of technological discoveries or advancements, for example Ernest Favenc's "The Land of the Unseen," H. B. Marriott Watson's "The Instrument," and Beatrice Grimshaw's "Lost Wings."

Excerpt from The History of Australian Exploration From 1788 to 1888: Compiled From State Documents, Private Papers, and the Most Authentic Sources of Information; Issued Under the Auspices of the Governments of the Australian Colonies A complete history of the exploration of Australia will never be written. The story of the settlement of our continent is necessarily so intermixed with the results Of private travels and adventures, that all the historian can do is to follow out the career of the public expeditions, and those of private origin which extended to such a distance, and embraced such important discoveries, as to render the results matters of national history. That private individuals have done the bulk of the detail work there is no denying; but that Work, although every whit as useful to the community as the more brilliant exploits that carried with them the publicity of Government patronage, has not found the same careful preservation. To find the material to write such a history would meces sitate the work of a lifetime, and the co-operation of hundreds of Old colonists; and, when written, it would inevitably, from the nature of the subject, prove most monotonous reading, and hi], I am afraid to think, how many volumes. The reader has but to consider the immense area of country now under pastoral occupation, and to remember that each countless subordinate river and tributary creek was the result of some extended research of the pioneer squatter, to realise this. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work By Ernest Favenc

The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 - Compiled from state documents, private papers, and the most authentic sources in information: issued under the auspices of the Government of the Australian colonies is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1888. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 - Compiled from State Documents, Private Papers and the Most Authentic Sources of Information. Issued under the Auspices of the Governments of the Australian Colonies is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1888. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Title: The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888, etc. Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND & the PACIFIC collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This collection offers titles providing historical context for modern day Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia, and the Pacific Islands (collectively, Oceania). It includes studies of their relationship to British colonial heritage, Trans-Tasman history, resistance to colonization, and histories of sailors, traders, missionaries, and adventurers. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Favenc, Ernest; 1888. 474 p.; 8 . 10491.g.34.