Fern Vale ; or the Queensland squatter / by Colin Munro.
Fern Vale ; or the Queensland squatter / by Colin Munro.
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
Brisbane : Brisbane History Group, 2011.
Date
2011.
Call Numbers
Q994.305/2 , 994.3/51
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
3 v. in 1 (347 p.) : ill., facsims., maps, ports ; 23 cm.
Publication information
Publisher
Brisbane : Brisbane History Group, 2011.
Edition
Abridged ed. / by Rod Fisher.
Analytical title
Queensland Squatter.
Place of Publication
Queensland
Date Published
2011.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Australian
More information
Scope and Contents
Summary
Has anyone ever heard of Colin Munro, let alone 'Fern Vale'? Yet this was the first Queensland novel, published in London in 1862. The author, of Scottish origin, was a young mercantile clerk who, after five years in Brisbane, returned to London to seek a wife and write a book. He returned to Brisbane in 1863 to become a storekeeper, merchant and P...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Fern Vale ; or the Queensland squatter / by Colin Munro.
Variant title
Queensland Squatter.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Brisbane History Group sources ; no. 14.
"In three volumes."
Maps on end papers.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-328) and index.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
Q994.305/2 , 994.3/51
Record Identifier
74Vv7eDOQX43
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv7eDOQX43
Other Identifiers
ISBN
9781921920158 (pbk.)
DDC
994.3
MMS ID
991008926419702626
