Ernest Favenc: 15 books

2 works of Ernest Favenc Explorer of Australia (1845-1908) This ebook presents a collection of 2 works of Ernest Favenc. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. Table of Contents: The Explorers of Australia and their Life The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888

Ernest Favenc (1845-1908) is a neglected master of Australian supernatural and mystery fiction. Best known for his History of Australian Exploration, 1788-1888, he was also a prolific author and journalist, writing for some of the most popular and important literary journals in colonial Australia. His...

The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 Ernest Favenc, explorer of Australia, a journalist and historian (1845-1908) This ebook presents «The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888», from Ernest Favenc. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly...

The Explorers of Australia and their Life work Ernest Favenc, explorer of Australia, a journalist and historian (1845-1908) This ebook presents «The Explorers of Australia and their Life work», from Ernest Favenc. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter...

Australia has a long tradition of weird fiction, stretching back to colonial times. The stories in this anthology showcase the richness and variety of Australia horror and supernatural stories in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Among the authors included are: Mary Fortune, Lionel Sparrow,...

This early work by Eric Ernest Favenc was originally published in 1894 and we are now republishing it as part of our Cryptofiction Classics series. 'A Haunt of the Jinkarras' is a fearsome short story set in Central Australia and is told through the eyes of a dead man. The Cryptofiction Classics series...

In these "Tales of the Austral Tropics" will be found the strange romances which write themselves, often in letters of blood, amid the half-unknown, mysterious regions of Tropical Australia. That they are not less true than terrible, I take it upon myself to affirm. That such is far...

In these "Tales of the Austral Tropics" will be found the strange romances which write themselves, often in letters of blood, amid the half-unknown, mysterious regions of Tropical Australia. That they are not less true than terrible, I take it upon myself to affirm. That such is far from...

MY name is Mervington Smythers. I was born in London, but have not had the inestimable advantage of in any way profiting by my short residence in that centre of civilisation, being only some four years old when my parents landed in Sydney. My father was a gentleman, living upon his income,...

To the following story a preface is an actual necessity. I say this by way of apology, for as a rule a preface is seldom read. I am going to touch on an aboriginal custom not generally known, in fact it is only of late years that it has been brought to light. In the heart of Australia, namely in the...

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MY name is Mervington Smythers. I was born in London, but have not had the inestimable advantage of in any way profiting by my short residence in that centre of civilisation, being only some four years old when my parents landed in Sydney. My father was a gentleman, living upon his income,...

A complete history of the exploration of Australia will never be written. The story of the settlement of our continent is necessarily so intermixed with the results of private travels and adventures, that all the historian can do is to follow out the career of the public expeditions, and those of private...

A group of New Guinea boys busily engaged in cleaning pearl-shell, chattering the while, as they wield their knives, and show their strong, even teeth in frequent laughter. Fine, strapping, copper-coloured fellows, with great mops of hair dyed yellow. A white man leans against the door post, dreamily...