Merrii wulla (2 Ergebnisse)

hardbound. Zustand: Good. Anti-union novel based on the 1891 Shearer's Strike, written under the pseudonym Wulla Merrii, now attributed to Mary Gilmore's brother John Cameron;no publisher's details or date were given with this edition, Trove mentions two editions, 1893 and 1897 (I suspect this is the latter edition); generally good throughout, with tanned patches to some pages, foxing to endpapers, prelims and text block; boards rubbed and with some staining, corners knocked and worn. no dustwrapper. 223pp. 8vo. Good.…

[s.l.] : [s.n.], [1893]. Octavo, illustrated boards (minor rubbing), recent bookplate to front pastedown, pp. 223; a very good copy. A novel set against the 1891 Queensland Shearer's Strike. This dispute between unionised and non-unionised shearers is regarded as a direct precursor to the formation of the Australian Labor Party. The novel is written from an anti-union perspective. This work has often been attributed to John Alexander Cameron, a pastoralist and anti-unionist advocate prominent in Queensland politics of the time. Ferguson, 18915.…