The Antipodean
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The Antipodean was an annual Australian illustrated literary periodical first published in 1892. It was edited by George Essex Evans
in 1892, 1893 and 1897, with co-editors John Tighe Ryan (1892-3) and Banjo Paterson
(1897). The publisher was George Robertson & Co..
In its early years, the periodical published works such as:
George Essex Evans
-Biography:Evans was born in London on 18 June 1863. Both his parents were Welsh. Evans's father, John Evans, Q.C., died in 1864 when Evans was only a few months old. John Evans, who was the Treasurer of the Inner Temple and a member of the House of Commons, left his family a fortune of 60 000...
in 1892, 1893 and 1897, with co-editors John Tighe Ryan (1892-3) and Banjo Paterson
Banjo Paterson
Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, OBE was an Australian bush poet, journalist and author. He wrote many ballads and poems about Australian life, focusing particularly on the rural and outback areas, including the district around Binalong, New South Wales where he spent much of his childhood...
(1897). The publisher was George Robertson & Co..
In its early years, the periodical published works such as:
- The Bush UndertakerThe Bush Undertaker"The Bush Undertaker" is a popular short story by Australian writer and poet Henry Lawson. Along with "The Drover's Wife", "The Bush Undertaker" is one of Lawson's first sketches, and is among the stories for which he first gained attention as an accommplished writer...
(1892), by Henry LawsonHenry LawsonHenry Lawson was an Australian writer and poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial period and is often called Australia's "greatest writer"... - The Geebung Polo Club (1893), by Banjo Paterson
- My Gulf Helmet, by George Essex Evans under the pseudonym "Christophus"
- A Daughter of Maoriland, by Henry Lawson
External links
- The Antipodean, Trove, National Library of AustraliaNational Library of AustraliaThe National Library of Australia is the largest reference library of Australia, responsible under the terms of the National Library Act for "maintaining and developing a national collection of library material, including a comprehensive collection of library material relating to Australia and the...
- Volume 3
- Reprint: In the '90s. When Stevenson Came to Sydney by W. Farmer Whyte
- PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED., Otago Daily TimesOtago Daily TimesThe Otago Daily Times is a newspaper published by Allied Press Ltd in Dunedin, New Zealand.-History:Originally styled The Otago Daily Times, the ODT was first published on November 15, 1861. It is New Zealand's oldest surviving daily newspaper - Christchurch's The Press, six months older, was a...
, Issue 9929, 23 December 1893, Page 4 - LOCAL AND GENERAL., Evening PostThe Evening Post (New Zealand)The Evening Post was a daily newspaper based in Wellington, New Zealand. It was founded in 1865 by Henry Blundell , an Irish immigrant to New Zealand. It continued under Blundell family control until the 1960s, when it was purchased by Independent Newspapers Ltd.In 2002 it merged with The...
, Volume LIV, Issue 114, 10 November 1897, Page 4 - The Antipodean, The QueenslanderThe QueenslanderThe Queenslander was the weekly summary and literary edition of the 'Brisbane Courier' , since the 1850s the leading journal in the colony later federal state of Queensland...
, 17 December 1892