[Editor: This is a chapter from the novel The Coloured Conquest (1904) by “Rata” (Thomas Richard Roydhouse).] Chapter XV. I tour the word, and survey the results of the Coloured Conquest. — My last view of Mabel. I left Sydney soon after being made acquainted with the … [Read more...] about Chapter 15 [The Coloured Conquest, by “Rata” (Thomas Richard Roydhouse), 1904]
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Chapter 14 [The Coloured Conquest, by “Rata” (Thomas Richard Roydhouse), 1904]
[Editor: This is a chapter from the novel The Coloured Conquest (1904) by “Rata” (Thomas Richard Roydhouse).] Chapter XIV. The fair lily colonies. — The blow that crushed me. Yoko’s vengeance! He was unable to save me from that entirely. Mabel is lost to … [Read more...] about Chapter 14 [The Coloured Conquest, by “Rata” (Thomas Richard Roydhouse), 1904]
Chapter 13 [The Coloured Conquest, by “Rata” (Thomas Richard Roydhouse), 1904]
[Editor: This is a chapter from the novel The Coloured Conquest (1904) by “Rata” (Thomas Richard Roydhouse).] Chapter XIII. The Japanese land in Sydney. — Treatment of the citizens. There would be nothing gained by dwelling on the details of what followed. Several … [Read more...] about Chapter 13 [The Coloured Conquest, by “Rata” (Thomas Richard Roydhouse), 1904]
Chapter 12 [The Coloured Conquest, by “Rata” (Thomas Richard Roydhouse), 1904]
[Editor: This is a chapter from the novel The Coloured Conquest (1904) by “Rata” (Thomas Richard Roydhouse).] Chapter XII. Bennett Burleigh’s story. — Sydney burned and pillaged by its own people. Sydney was in a ferment. The excitement was added to by the arrival of … [Read more...] about Chapter 12 [The Coloured Conquest, by “Rata” (Thomas Richard Roydhouse), 1904]
Chapter 11 [The Coloured Conquest, by “Rata” (Thomas Richard Roydhouse), 1904]
[Editor: This is a chapter from the novel The Coloured Conquest (1904) by “Rata” (Thomas Richard Roydhouse).] Chapter XI. Excited meetings in Sydney, and a run on the banks. Before the deputation had left the Premier’s room Sydney was ablaze with the news that the … [Read more...] about Chapter 11 [The Coloured Conquest, by “Rata” (Thomas Richard Roydhouse), 1904]
Chapter 10 [The Coloured Conquest, by “Rata” (Thomas Richard Roydhouse), 1904]
[Editor: This is a chapter from the novel The Coloured Conquest (1904) by “Rata” (Thomas Richard Roydhouse).] Chapter X. The blow falls. — Australia hopelessly awaits the coming of the Japanese. — And Mabel and I think of Matte Yoko. “Gentlemen,” said the Premier after … [Read more...] about Chapter 10 [The Coloured Conquest, by “Rata” (Thomas Richard Roydhouse), 1904]
Chapter 9 [The Coloured Conquest, by “Rata” (Thomas Richard Roydhouse), 1904]
[Editor: This is a chapter from the novel The Coloured Conquest (1904) by “Rata” (Thomas Richard Roydhouse).] Chapter IX. The people of Sydney become alarmed. — Approach of the Japanese announced. — The cables held. “(By Cable) — London, July 8. “The Daily Telegraph … [Read more...] about Chapter 9 [The Coloured Conquest, by “Rata” (Thomas Richard Roydhouse), 1904]
Chapter 8 [The Coloured Conquest, by “Rata” (Thomas Richard Roydhouse), 1904]
[Editor: This is a chapter from the novel The Coloured Conquest (1904) by “Rata” (Thomas Richard Roydhouse).] Chapter VIII. How the Japanese and Chinese played a game, and arranged for naval demonstrations before the deluded peoples of the Continental … [Read more...] about Chapter 8 [The Coloured Conquest, by “Rata” (Thomas Richard Roydhouse), 1904]
Chapter 7 [The Coloured Conquest, by “Rata” (Thomas Richard Roydhouse), 1904]
[Editor: This is a chapter from the novel The Coloured Conquest (1904) by “Rata” (Thomas Richard Roydhouse).] Chapter VII. Australia and Japan. — Some talk of “a yellow whirlwind.” — Disquieting news. By Cable. — London, April 19. “The exodus of Japanese from … [Read more...] about Chapter 7 [The Coloured Conquest, by “Rata” (Thomas Richard Roydhouse), 1904]
Chapter 6 [The Coloured Conquest, by “Rata” (Thomas Richard Roydhouse), 1904]
[Editor: This is a chapter from the novel The Coloured Conquest (1904) by “Rata” (Thomas Richard Roydhouse).] Chapter VI. I endeavour to warn the people of Australia but fail. — Mabel Graham tells me something. I returned to Australia in due course. The day after I … [Read more...] about Chapter 6 [The Coloured Conquest, by “Rata” (Thomas Richard Roydhouse), 1904]
Chapter 5 [The Coloured Conquest, by “Rata” (Thomas Richard Roydhouse), 1904]
[Editor: This is a chapter from the novel The Coloured Conquest (1904) by “Rata” (Thomas Richard Roydhouse).] Chapter V. I learn of Major Matte Yoko’s threatening and brutal letter to Mabel. — “I will come for you in 1908.” “You must understand,” said Captain Sunotoko, … [Read more...] about Chapter 5 [The Coloured Conquest, by “Rata” (Thomas Richard Roydhouse), 1904]
Chapter 4 [The Coloured Conquest, by “Rata” (Thomas Richard Roydhouse), 1904]
[Editor: This is a chapter from the novel The Coloured Conquest (1904) by “Rata” (Thomas Richard Roydhouse).] Chapter IV. My strange meeting with Sunotoko. As I strolled to my hotel after my chat with the educated Kaffir, Johnson, I mused over what he had told me. I … [Read more...] about Chapter 4 [The Coloured Conquest, by “Rata” (Thomas Richard Roydhouse), 1904]
Chapter 3 [The Coloured Conquest, by “Rata” (Thomas Richard Roydhouse), 1904]
[Editor: This is a chapter from the novel The Coloured Conquest (1904) by “Rata” (Thomas Richard Roydhouse).] Chapter III. What was learned on a visit to South Africa. — “The Coloured people shall rule.” — The Kaffir and the Japanese agent. “Africa shall yet be … [Read more...] about Chapter 3 [The Coloured Conquest, by “Rata” (Thomas Richard Roydhouse), 1904]
Chapter 2 [The Coloured Conquest, by “Rata” (Thomas Richard Roydhouse), 1904]
[Editor: This is a chapter from the novel The Coloured Conquest (1904) by “Rata” (Thomas Richard Roydhouse).] Chapter II. Mabel Graham’s gift of a bunch of red rambler roses to a Japanese officer causes a fracas in the Hotel Australia. Major Matte Yoko’s threat. Even … [Read more...] about Chapter 2 [The Coloured Conquest, by “Rata” (Thomas Richard Roydhouse), 1904]
Chapter 1 [The Coloured Conquest, by “Rata” (Thomas Richard Roydhouse), 1904]
[Editor: This is a chapter from the novel The Coloured Conquest (1904) by “Rata” (Thomas Richard Roydhouse).] The Coloured Conquest. By “Rata.” Chapter I. Deals with the affairs of Mabel Graham and myself. A forecast of danger that was ridiculed. Mabel Graham and … [Read more...] about Chapter 1 [The Coloured Conquest, by “Rata” (Thomas Richard Roydhouse), 1904]
June, 1913 [preface, The Coloured Conquest, by “Rata” (Thomas Richard Roydhouse), 1904]
[Editor: This is the preface for the novel The Coloured Conquest (1904) by “Rata” (Thomas Richard Roydhouse).] June, 1913. “You are the last Britisher, practically” (a prolonged puff at the cigarette), “and you cannot expect to live for ever” (another big puff). “Why not … [Read more...] about June, 1913 [preface, The Coloured Conquest, by “Rata” (Thomas Richard Roydhouse), 1904]
Chapter 15 [Fools’ Harvest, by Erle Cox, 1939]
[Editor: This is a chapter from Fools’ Harvest (1939) by Erle Cox.] Chapter XV. Throughout the country that day more than 40,000 men laid down their arms, and our conquest was complete. We entered on the third stage of our humiliation. The first was that three weeks of … [Read more...] about Chapter 15 [Fools’ Harvest, by Erle Cox, 1939]
Chapter 14 [Fools’ Harvest, by Erle Cox, 1939]
[Editor: This is a chapter from Fools’ Harvest (1939) by Erle Cox.] Chapter XIV. We five little thought when we cut across from Donnybrook to Whittlesea that afternoon of the strange wild life for which we were headed. It was dark when we reached Yea, and strange, after … [Read more...] about Chapter 14 [Fools’ Harvest, by Erle Cox, 1939]
Chapter 13 [Fools’ Harvest, by Erle Cox, 1939]
[Editor: This is a chapter from Fools’ Harvest (1939) by Erle Cox.] Chapter XIII. Although we did not know it then, that decision we five made that afternoon on the empty highway at Donnybrook, was typical of the disintegration of a nation. On Thursday, October 13, the … [Read more...] about Chapter 13 [Fools’ Harvest, by Erle Cox, 1939]
Chapter 12 [Fools’ Harvest, by Erle Cox, 1939]
[Editor: This is a chapter from Fools’ Harvest (1939) by Erle Cox.] Chapter XII. Looking back on that tragic week from September 23, its every hour brought its own irreparable disaster. In the seven days, Australia had been torn from its apparently unassailable pedestal … [Read more...] about Chapter 12 [Fools’ Harvest, by Erle Cox, 1939]
Chapter 11 [Fools’ Harvest, by Erle Cox, 1939]
[Editor: This is a chapter from Fools’ Harvest (1939) by Erle Cox.] Chapter XI. There was a refugee bureau at the South Melbourne cricket ground where information could be obtained. Here our story that we had come from Sydney by the South Coast attracted immediate … [Read more...] about Chapter 11 [Fools’ Harvest, by Erle Cox, 1939]
Chapter 10 [Fools’ Harvest, by Erle Cox, 1939]
[Editor: This is a chapter from Fools’ Harvest (1939) by Erle Cox.] Chapter X. It was on Tuesday, while Fergus and I were engaged in the appalling work of gathering the remains of the victims of Saturday, that the patients in the hospital were evacuated to emergency … [Read more...] about Chapter 10 [Fools’ Harvest, by Erle Cox, 1939]
Chapter 9 [Fools’ Harvest, by Erle Cox, 1939]
[Editor: This is a chapter from Fools’ Harvest (1939) by Erle Cox.] Chapter IX. In making this digression on the fate of the lost State, my desire has been to set out fully the situation that the Federal Government was called upon to face during the three first days from … [Read more...] about Chapter 9 [Fools’ Harvest, by Erle Cox, 1939]
Chapter 8 [Fools’ Harvest, by Erle Cox, 1939]
[Editor: This is a chapter from Fools’ Harvest (1939) by Erle Cox.] Chapter VIII. This story of the occupation of Western Australia demonstrates fully the diabolic thoroughness of the preliminary staff work that put the State into the enemy’s hands almost without a blow … [Read more...] about Chapter 8 [Fools’ Harvest, by Erle Cox, 1939]
Chapter 7 [Fools’ Harvest, by Erle Cox, 1939]
[Editor: This is a chapter from Fools’ Harvest (1939) by Erle Cox.] Chapter VII. As we absorbed this mass of ill tidings, Fergus rubbed a chin that bore three days’ growth of bristles — we were an insanitary pair — and said thoughtfully, “Mon, if that yarn about the … [Read more...] about Chapter 7 [Fools’ Harvest, by Erle Cox, 1939]