[Editor: This is a chapter from the novel The Australian Crisis by C.H. Kirmess.] Chapter III Dancing on a volcano Thomas Burt and his friend reached Pine Creek on April 6; exhausted and dishevelled. Their news created such an impression locally that a railway engine … [Read more...] about Part I Chapter III [The Australian Crisis, by C.H. Kirmess, 1909]
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Part I Chapter II [The Australian Crisis, by C.H. Kirmess, 1909]
[Editor: This is a chapter from the novel The Australian Crisis by C.H. Kirmess.] Chapter II An unadvertised immigration policy For several years preceding 1912 constant reports of famine in Japan had reached Europe. Travellers had vouchsafed for their accuracy, and … [Read more...] about Part I Chapter II [The Australian Crisis, by C.H. Kirmess, 1909]
Part I Chapter I [The Australian Crisis, by C.H. Kirmess, 1909]
[Editor: This is a chapter from the novel The Australian Crisis by C.H. Kirmess.] Part I The Feet of Clay Chapter I Ships that pass in the night In the evening of April 1, 1912, two white men were camping upon a sandy rise overlooking Junction Bay, Northern … [Read more...] about Part I Chapter I [The Australian Crisis, by C.H. Kirmess, 1909]
Preface [The Australian Crisis, by C.H. Kirmess, 1909]
[Editor: This is the preface from the novel The Australian Crisis by C.H. Kirmess.] Preface “The Australian Crisis” is the final result of an attempt on my part, early in 1907, to write a magazine article dealing with the dangers to which the neighbourhood of overcrowded … [Read more...] about Preface [The Australian Crisis, by C.H. Kirmess, 1909]
The Australian Crisis [novel by C. H. Kirmess, 1909]
[Editor: This novel about a Japanese invasion of Australia was written by Charles H. Kirmess. The story was originally published as a serial in The Lone Hand (Sydney) from October 1908 to August 1909, under the title of “The Commonwealth Crisis”; it was then published in book … [Read more...] about The Australian Crisis [novel by C. H. Kirmess, 1909]