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The basis of the tale is about a young aristocrat convicted of murdering his father-in-law and transported to Botany Bay. He was not innocent although his wife believed that he was. She sets out for Sydney in an attempt to find him. There was a trip by mail coach to Bong Bong driven by a typical John Lang character, a convict, who had captured the doctor on the convict ship and held him prisoner, a very funny episode. She found her husband who was assigned to her - for life.

This is a lively and enjoyable tale of early Australia. written by someone who was there. There are characters like convicts and bushrangers, mounted police and a currency lad or two. The story runs at a fast pace with no moralising or dull long descriptive passages. It is surprisingly modern in its storytelling.

It is in fact the foundation novel of Australian literature with all the later aspects like bushrangers, convicts, currency lads, grazing life and mounted police. The only things missing are a flood and a bush fire .

Legends of Australia No.1 Frederick Charles Howard was first published by James Tegg in Sydney in 1842. It was reprinted by Mulini Press, Canberra, in 1989

A new edition is availble from Mulini Press

John Lang
Legends of Australia No.1 Frederick Charles Howard
Mulini Press Canberra, 1989
ISBN 0949910-18-X
144 pp., paperback
Price: $10.00 plus postage and packing

To be obtained from:
The Mulini Press
PO Box 82
Jamison Centre ACT 2614, Australia
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