"Brave Sons of the Empire" - Boys' Adventure Books
This exhibition displays a selection of boys' adventure books from the Children's Literature Research Collection held in the Special Collection, Deakin University Library.
Boys' adventure books flourished in the late 19th and early 20th century. They explore notions of masculinity based on physical fitness and courage against the background of empire.
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| Kingston, W.H.G. Twice Lost: A Story of Shipwreck and of Adventures in the Wilds of Australia London : T. Nelson and Sons, 1878 |
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Every Boy's Annual London : George Routledge and Sons, 1882 (Contains W.H.G. Kingston's "Adventure in Australia" in a complete six-part series.) |
| Favenc, Ernest Tales for Young Australia Sydney : Empson & Son, [1900] |
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Moore, Henry Charles Brave Sons of the Empire London : Religious Tract Society, [1910] |
| MacDonald, Alexander The Lost Explorers: A Story of the Trackless Desert London : Blackie & Son, 1907 |
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Fifty-two Stories of the British Empire Edited by Alfred H. Miles London : Hutchinson, [1900] |
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Timperley, W. H. Bush Luck: an Australian Story London : Religious Tract Society, 1908 |
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The Empire Annual for Boys Edited by A.R. Buckland London : Religious Tract Society, [1910] |
| Buley, E.C. A Child's History of Anzac London : Hodder and Stoughton, 1916 |
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Fraser, Alexander Daddy Crips' Waifs: a Tale of Australian Life and Adventure London : Religious Tract Society, [1903] |
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