Below and on Top
(Paperback, First published in 1898 by George Robertson and Co.)
Publishing Details
Below and on Top
By (Author) Edward Dyson
Sydney University Press
Sydney University Press
2nd January 2006
First published in 1898 by George Robertson and Co.
Australia
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Fiction
Physical Properties
Paperback
144
Width 148mm, Height 210mm, Spine 8mm
200g
Description
First published in 1898, Below and On Top captures life in the Australian bush, focusing on a detailed portrait of mining at the turn of the century. Illustrating the shift among writers in the colony towards a consciously Australian outlook from the late 1890s, this collection also includes Dysons renowned story A Golden Shanty, which featured as the title piece in The Bulletins 1889 Christmas anthology.
Author Bio
Born in 1865 in Morrisons, Victoria, Edward Dyson had an extensive career as a journalist, editor, writer and poet, featuring in Australian publications such as the Melbourne Punch, The Bulletin and The Lone Hand. Often drawing on his early experiences in goldfields and mining towns, his lifes work included the novels In the Roaring Fifties (1906) and The Missing Link (1908), and collections of short stories such as Factry Ands (1906).
