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"When for the third time, Richard Mahony set foot in Ausralia, it was to find that the fortune with which that country but some six years back had so airily invested him no longer existed. He was a ruined man; and at the age of forty-nine, with a wife and children dependent on him, must needs start life over again." Thus begins Ultima Thule, the tragic conclusion of Henry Handel Richardson's trilogy The Fortunes of Richard Mahony. ..

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The Way Home, the second volume in Henry Handel Richardson's trilogy, The Fortunes of Richard Mahony, continues to follow Mahony's life. In this volume, Mahony finds success through a medical career and financial speculation. ..

In 1800, Napoleon Bonaparte sent a French expedition commanded by Capt. Nicolas Baudin to Australia to find new lands and trading opportunities and to record any scientific discoveries. In Terre Napoleon, journalist and historian Ernest Scott chronicles the events of the expedition and examines whether Napoleon's true objective was to acquire land in Australia...

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English explorer Captain Charles Sturt led several expeditions into Australia's interior. During his final and most significant expedition, he discovered a vast desert of red soil, sand dunes, and stony plains, named the Sturt Stony Desert...

The End of a Childhood, a short story by Henry Handel Richardson, explores the demands of growing up during the Victorian era. Richardson was the pen name for Australian writer Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson, who, in addition to short stories, wrote many novels...

Australia Felix is the first novel in Henry Handel Richardson's trilogy, The Fortunes of Richard Mahony, which is considered to be one of the great works of modern Australian literature. It follows the tumultuous life of Richard Mahony, who begins as a store owner in a mining settlement. Richardson based the character Mahony on her father. Richardson effectively depicts the landscape and social attitudes in Australia during the early twentieth century...

The remarkable Catherine Helen Spence -- teacher, social reformer, novelist, and Australia's first female journalist and political candidate -- tells the story of her life in this engaging book. Spence campaigned for universal suffrage, women's access to university education, the welfare of orphans. She was known as "Australia's Greatest Woman" during her lifetime...

Originally published within the larger Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia, this account focuses on coastal exploration, agricultural interests, and the state of the colonies...

This collection of short stories by Paterson demonstrates his warm and keen sense of humor and a romantic view of life in the Australian bush. In addition to Three Elephant Power, the collection of nineteen stories includes The Cast-Iron Canvasser and The Downfall of Mulligan's. Banjo Paterson's popularity has earned him the distinction of having his image appear on the Australian $10 note...

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