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Bezig met laden... Adventures in Australia (1885)door W. H. G. Kingston
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A couple of young men go to Australia to stay awhile with the uncle of one of them. While on the way up to the uncle's station they meet with various adventures.Excerpt - Some years ago two travellers, mounted on wiry yet strong looking steeds, were wending their way through a forest in Australia. They were both young and dressed much alike in broad-brimmed pith hats, loose red shirts, corduroy trousers and high boots with spurs.Each of them had stuck in his belt an axe, a brace of pistols, and a long knife; while at his back was slung a serviceable-looking rifle, showing that they were prepared to defend themselves, should they encounter any treacherous blacks, a very possible contingency at that period of the country's history. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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It's the story of 2 young men who come out to Australia to meet their uncle on his cattle station, the location of the station is not mentioned although one can assume it is set in Northern New South Wales due to the mention of an aboriginal climbing a palm tree to catch a possum. The illustration for such appears to depict an Alexandra Palm which is found in sub-tropical & tropical New South Wales (Queensland did not exist until 1859 - it was just New South Wales prior).
During the journey inland to the uncle's cattle station the men come across a man who has been robbed & tied up by bushrangers, assist him in reaching his squatter's station, almost get robbed by bushrangers themselves, befriend some aboriginals, kill & fight some other aboriginals, get attacked by bushrangers & also attack said bushrangers back to steal back their horses & guns.
It's not a bad book, certainly paints a vivid picture of colonial Australia, although those easily offended by past viewpoints may find the books reference to Aboriginal Australian's as blacks, natives, savages & poor wretches to be distasteful.
It's also interesting that there is an error in the book - one part mentions the need to bury dead bodies with haste lest the dingoes & vultures find them, however Australia is one of two continents in the world that do not have vultures (the other being Antarctica). This book was, I believe, original published in 1885, 5 years after the passing of Mr Kingston so I find myself wondering if this was a mistake on his part, or a mistake inserted posthumously by an editor cleaning up unpublished stories for publication (he was a prolific writer having written 130 stories in his 36 year writing career).
Part of the George Routledge Every Boy's Library along with Adventures in Africa, Adventures in the Far West, Adventures in India, Arctic Adventures. (