Appendix 3: Fiction syndicates in provincial newspapers, 1877 to 1899 X – Extended fiction discovered through automatic searching and harvesting from Trove T – Extended fiction in Trove but not discovered through automatic searching1 * Years refer to when publication began; split years indicate publication began in both years, in different newspapers # Author probably Australian but not definitively proven to be so Syndicate 1 Title

Author

Nat. B

alm

ain

Obs

erve

r (N

SW)

Bat

hurs

t Fre

e Pr

ess (

NSW

)

Beg

a St

anda

rd (N

SW)

Ben

alla

Ens

ign

(VIC

)

Bor

der W

atch

(SA

)

Bro

adfo

rd C

ourie

r (V

IC)

Bur

ra R

ecor

d (S

A)

Cam

pbel

ltow

n H

eral

d (N

SW)

Cam

perd

own

Chr

onic

le (V

IC)

Dev

on H

eral

d (T

AS)

Elst

ernw

ick

Lead

er (V

IC)

Gip

psla

nd T

imes

(VIC

)

Gym

pie

Tim

es (Q

LD)

Hor

sham

Tim

es (V

IC)

Illaw

arra

Mer

cury

(NSW

)

Kap

unda

Her

ald

(SA

)

Kia

ma

Rep

orte

r (N

SW)

Loga

n W

itnes

s (Q

LD)

Mac

kay

Mer

cury

(QLD

)

Mai

tland

Mer

cury

(NSW

)

Man

aro

Mer

cury

(NSW

)

Mor

ning

ton

Stan

dard

(VIC

)

Nep

ean

Tim

es (N

SW)

Nor

ther

n A

rgus

(SA

)

Nor

ther

n St

ar (N

SW)

Nor

th A

ustra

lian

(SA

)

Oak

leig

h Le

ader

(VIC

)

Port

Ade

laid

e N

ews (

SA)

Portl

and

Gua

rdia

n (V

IC)

Que

ensl

and

Tim

es (Q

LD)

Riv

erin

a R

ecor

d (N

SW)

Riv

erin

e G

razi

er (N

SW)

Shoa

lhav

en T

eleg

raph

(NSW

)

Sing

leto

n A

rgus

(NSW

)

Sout

hern

Arg

us (P

ort E

lliot

) (SA

)

War

ragu

l Gua

rdia

n (V

IC)

War

wic

k A

rgus

(QLD

)

Wes

tern

Sta

r and

Rom

a (Q

LD)

Will

iam

stow

n C

hron

icle

(VIC

)

“A Modern Mephistopheles” (1877/8)

Louisa May Alcott Am X X X

“A Skeleton in the Closet” (1878/9) Mrs, E. D. E. N. Southworth

Am X X X X X X X X

“He Wins Who Waits” (1878/9) Grosvenor Bunster Aust X X X X X X X “The Bride of Barcelona” (1878/9) William H. Peck Am X X X X X X X “Denis Devine, the Australian Gil Blas” (1880)

Grosvenor Bunster Aust X X X X X X X

“The Haunted Grange” (1880) Mrs Chad Aust X X X X X X X X “In the Folds of the Serpent” (1880/1)

Donald Cameron Aust X X X X X X X X X X

“Married to an Actress” (1880/1) Eliza Winstanley Aust X X X X X X “A Love Race” (1881) Robert P.

Whitworth Aust X X X X X X

“An Unknown Settlement” (1881) Robert P. Whitworth

Aust X X X X X X X

“Partners: A True Story” (1881) Frank Morley Aust X X X X X X X X X “The Ferryman’s Secret” (1881) Sylvanus Cobb Am X X X X X X X X “The Mystery of Major Molineux” (1881)

Marcus Clarke Aust X X X X X X X X X

“Bella’s Hero; or The Marquis and the Freebooter: A Story of the Welsh Marches” (1881/2)

Sylvanus Cobb Am X X X X X X X X X X X X X

“By Slow Degrees: A Story of Australia” (1882)

Alexander Montgomery

Aust X X X X X X X X X X X

“Grit: A story of past and present; of Ordinary men and Ordinary things, in Ordinary language” (1882)

Donald Cameron Aust T X X X X T X T T X

“Saved by a Ring” (1882/3) Harold W. H. Stephen

Aust X X X X X X X X X X T X X

“Theodora Vail: A Story in Six Chapters” (1883)

Janet Carroll Aust X X X T X X X X

“Ettie’s Error: An Australian Story” (1883)

Harold W. H. Stephen

Aust T X X X X X X X X X X X X

“Evangeline” (1883) Donald Cameron Aust T X X X X T T T “Harry Bloomfield; or, The Adventures of an Early Australian Squatter” (1883)

Angus McLean Aust X X X X X X X X X X X

“Kitty Dunolly, My Schoolmate: A Victorian Sketch” (1883)

# G. E. C. Unk X X X X X X X T X

“Mrs Birtles’ Boarders” (1883) Robert P. Whitworth

Aust X X X X T X X X X X

“Harriette Hurst’s Christmas” (1883/4)

Janet Carroll Aust X X X X X X X

“Urbain and Isette” (1883/4) George R. Sims Brit X X X X X X X X X X X “A Witness for the Defence” (1884)

R. E. Matthews

Unk X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

“Alice. Episodes in the Life of a Millionaire” (1884)

Donald Cameron Aust X X X X X X X X X X X

“Bonshaw: A Moreton Bay King” (1884)

# Magnus Badge Unk X X X X X X X X X X

“Dan Lyons’ Doom” (1884) Waif Wander Aust X X X X X X X X T X X X “Intrigue” (1884) Brigadier General

Henry Ronald McIver

Am X X X X X X X X X X X X

“Lindigo the White Woman; or, The Highland Girl’s Captivity among Australian Blacks. A Story of the Australian Pioneers” (1884)

Angus McLean

Aust X X X X X X X X X X X X X

“Marc Grecli” (1884) Janet Carroll Aust X X X X X X X X X X X X “Philip Penfold” (1884) Frank Morley Aust X X X X X X X X X X X T “A Terrible Legacy” (1884/5) Grosvenor Bunster Aust X X X X X X X X X X X X X X “After Many Days” (1884/5) Robert P.

Whitworth Aust X X X X X X X X X X X X X

“An Australian Pilgrimage” (1884/5)

Lee L’Acton Unk X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

“Orinora, A Pacific Idyll: Episodes in the Life of a Millionaire” (1884/5)

Donald Cameron Aust X X X X X X X X X X X

“An Apostle of the Tules” (1885) Bret Harte Am X X X X X X X “Darkest Before Dawn. A Tale of Black Wednesday” (1885)

Robert P. Whitworth

Aust X X T X X T T X

“His One Mistake” (1885) Bertha M. Clay Am X X X X X X X X X X X X X “Little Count Tista” (1885) Rita Brit X X T “Poor Little Life” (1885) Sheriff Rampini Brit T X X T X T T “Royal Love” (1885) Wilkie Collins Brit X X X X X X X X X “Yvonne: A Steamer Romance” Unknown Unk T X X X X T X X

(1885) “Put Asunder; Or Lady Castlemaine’s Divorce” (1885/6)

Charlotte Brame Brit X X X T X X X X X X X X X X

“Carmeline; Or, The Convict’s Bride. A Romance of England and Australia. Founded on Fact” (1886)

Francis A. Durivage

Am X X X X X X X X X X X

“John Abberton. The Confessions of a Man of the World” (1886)

Grosvenor Bunster Aust X X X X X X T X X X X X

“A Race for Life” (1886/7) Robert P. Whitworth

Aust X X X X X X X X X X

“Alma. An Original Australian Story” (1886/7)

Harold W. H. Stephen

Aust X X X X X X X X X X X X X

“Dora Dunbar: An Australian Story” (1886/7)

Mona Aust X X X X X X X X X X X

“Fifty Lashes” (1887) Atha Westbury Aust X X X X X X X X X “Hawksnest: A Love Story” (1887) Atha Westbury Aust X X X X X X “Days of Crime and Years of Suffering” (1887/8)

Owen Suffolk Aust X X X X X X X X X X X X X

“Florabel’s Lover; Or, Rival Belles” (published as “The Rival Belles of Parramatta; A charming Love Story of Intense and Thrilling Interest”) (1888)

Laura Jean Libbey Am X X X X X X X X X

“Hunted Down; Or, The Clink of Gold” (1888)

Edmund Bury Unk X X X X X X X

“The False Knight; Or, The Robber of the Black Forest” (1888)

Sylvanus Cobb Am X X X X X X X X X X

“The Midnight Prophecy or, Heir of Strathspey Towers” (1888/9)

Emma Garrison Jones

Am X T X X X X X X T X X X X

“Caged; Or, Mrs Marchmont’s Marriage” (1889)

L. I. N. Unk T X X X X X X X

“Fairly Caught; or, He Would Marry Money” (1889)

Annie G. Hopkins Brit T T X T X T X T

“The Secret Chamber; Or, The Gipsy’s Revenge” (1889/90)

Eliza A. Dupuy Am X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

“Ruby’s Marriage; Or, The Tragedy of a Life” (1890)

G. A. W. Unk X X X X X X X X X X X X

“A Life at Stake” (1890/1) Harriet Lewis Am X X X X X X X X X X X “Nadja; Or, A Battle With Death: A Love Story Founded on the Mysteries of Theosophy and Transmigration” (1890/1)

Frederick M. Dey Am X T X X X X X X T X X X X

“The Haunted Husband; or Lady Chetwynd’s Spectre” (1890/1)

Harriet Lewis Am X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

“Jephthah’s Daughter” (1891) Julia Magruder Am X X T X X X X X X X “Ottilie Aster’s Silence” (published as “The Eventful Secret: A Story of German Home Life”) (1891)

Ida Boy-Ed Ger X X X T X X X X X X X X

“The Mount Macedon Mystery” (1891)

James J. Wright Aust X X X X X X X X X X X

“The Verdict Was --? A Story of Harold M. Aust X X X X X X X X X

North Queensland” (1891) Mackenzie “Fifty Lashes” (1891/2) Atha Westbury Aust X X X X X X “The Bottle Imp” (1891/2) Robert Lewis

Stevenson Brit X T X X X X X X

“A Dead Letter” (1892) Unknown Unk X X T X X X X “The Shadow of Hilton Fernbrook” (1892)

Atha Westbury Aust X X X X X X X X X X

“Suhrab, the Turkoman Hero” (1892)

Ferdinand Braun

Unk X X X X T X X X

Syndicate 2 Title

Author

Nat B

airn

sdal

e A

dver

tiser

(VIC

)

Beg

a G

azet

te (N

SW)

Bur

ra R

ecor

d (S

A)

Cob

urg

Lead

er (V

IC)

Col

ac H

eral

d (V

IC)

Emu

Bay

Tim

es (T

AS)

Evel

yn O

bser

ver (

VIC

)

Gip

psla

nd T

imes

(VIC

)

Maf

fra

Spec

tato

r (V

IC)

Nar

raco

orte

Her

ald

(SA

)

Nor

ther

n St

ar (N

SW)

Port

Pirie

Sta

ndar

d (S

A)

Que

ensc

liff S

entin

el (V

IC)

Scru

tinee

r and

Ber

rima

Dis

trict

Pr

ess (

NSW

)

Seym

our E

xpre

ss (V

IC)

Sout

h B

ourk

e an

d M

orni

ngto

n (V

IC)

Snow

y R

iver

Mai

l (V

IC)

Yac

kand

anda

h Ti

mes

(VIC

)

“Mrs Lorrimer’s Advertisement” (1883) # Bert Ferres Unk X X “The Bread of the Angels” (1883) E. M. Verano Ger X X “Dark Days: A Story of Light” (1884) George Manville Fenn Brit X X X X “The Bride of a Day” (1884) Charlotte Despard Brit X X X X “The Picture” (1884) Charles Reade Brit X X X X “Mr Pudster’s Return” (1884/5) W. Laird Clowes Brit X X X X X “Revised History of England” (1885) The Baron Unk X X X X X “Sylvester’s Wife” (1885) Ernest Dodson Unk X X X X X “Terror-stricken. A Narrative of the Experience of Two Persons” (1885)

Themselves and Some Others Unk X X X

“The Miner’s Partner” (1885) Henry Tinson Brit X X X X “A Charity Child” (1885/6) Unknown Unk X X X “The Convict’s Double” (1886) # J. A. Andrews Unk X X “Paraded in Print: A Story in Six Chapters” (1886) # C. B. M. Unk X X X “The Royal Mummy: A Story in Five Cadaverous Chapters” (1886)

# V. J. Daley Unk X X

“The Jullabad Tragedy” (1888) P. L. McDermott Unk X X X “Through the Furnace” (1888) Joseph Crawford Scott Brit X X X “With a Show Around the World” (1888) Edward Andrew Glover Am X X X “Beauty and the Beasts” (1888/9) Charles Rhoades Unk X X X “Strayed from the Flock” (1890) Unknown Unk T X X “The Manager’s Favorite; or, The Tragedy of Carnleigh Shores” (1890)

Clara Augusta Jones Trask Am X X X X

“My Lady’s Revenge” (1890) Emma Garrison Jones Am X X X X X “The Crime of a Countess” (1890) Nick Carter Am X X “The Rajah’s Vengeance. A Story of India” (1890) Frederick M. Dey Am X X X X X X X “From Prison to Parliament” (1891) James J. Wright Aust X X X X X X X X

“In Love’s Crucible” (1891) Bertha M. Clay Am X X X X X X “O’Neil McDarragh, the Irish Detective; or, The Strategy of a Brave Man” (1891)

Harlan P. Halsey Am X X X X X X

“The American Detective in Russia, or Piping a Conspiracy” (published as “Barnes, the Australian Detective” (1891)

Harlan P. Halsey Am X X X X X X X

“Re-United; A Story of Love, Intrigue and Constancy” (1892) Unknown Unk X X X X X X X “Misericordia” (1892/3) A. G. R. Unk X X X X X X Syndicate 3 Title

Author

Nat. C

ampe

rdow

n C

hron

icle

(VIC

)

Maf

fra

Spec

tato

r (V

IC)

Nar

raco

orte

Her

ald

(SA

)

Nor

th A

ustra

lian

(SA

)

Nor

ther

n M

iner

(Q

LD)

Portl

and

Gua

rdia

n (V

IC)

War

ragu

l Gua

rdia

n (V

IC)

Wes

tern

Cha

mpi

on

(QLD

)

Wes

tern

Sta

r and

R

oma

(QLD

)

“Griffith Gaunt, or, Jealousy” (1885) Charles Reade Brit X X “A Wire Frame” (1886) Unknown Unk X X “The Elephant Tamer” (1886) Unknown Unk X X X “Arthur Landon, the Australian Bushman” (1887) Angus McLean Aust X X X X “Out of a Labyrinth: A Detective Story” (1887) Emma Murdoch Van Deventer Am X X X X “The Black Pearl” (1887) Victorien Sardou Fr X X X “The Maiden of Windorf: A Story of Vienna and the Wienervald in the Time of the Emperor Joseph II” (1887)

Sylvanus Cobb Am X X

“The Man From Australia” (1887) Grosvenor Bunster Aust X X X X “A Gilded Bait; or Kin But Less Than Kind” (1888) # An Old Contributor Unk X X X X “A Late Repentance; Or, The Little White Hand” (1888) Mary A. Denison Am X X X X “An Evil Reputation” (1888) Dora Russell Brit X X X X “Friends; or A Double Trial” (1888) J. L. N. Unk X X “Ionie, The Pride of the Mill” (1889) Laura Jean Libbey Am X X “Mignon; or, Playing with Fire” (1889) A. D. N. Unk X X X “The Squatter’s Daughter” (1890) Harold M. Mackenzie Aust X X X Syndicate 4 Title

Author

Nat A

lexa

ndra

and

Yea

Sta

ndar

d (V

IC)

Bac

chus

Mar

sh E

xpre

ss (V

IC)

Bai

rnsd

ale

Adv

ertis

er (V

IC)

Ben

alla

Ens

ign

(VIC

)

Ben

digo

Inde

pend

ent (

VIC

)

Cam

perd

own

Chr

onic

le (V

IC)

Col

ac H

eral

d (V

IC)

Elst

erw

ick

Lead

er (V

IC)

Euro

a A

dver

tiser

(VIC

)

Evel

yn O

bser

ver (

VIC

)

Fitz

roy

City

Pre

ss (V

IC)

Ker

ang

Tim

es (V

IC)

Kya

bram

Uni

on (V

IC)

Nar

raco

orte

Her

ald

(SA

)

New

cast

le M

orni

ng H

eral

d (N

SW)

Nor

th M

elbo

urne

Adv

ertis

er (V

IC)

Nor

ther

n St

ar (N

SW)

Oak

leig

h Le

ader

(VIC

)

Ove

ns a

nd M

urra

y A

dver

tiser

(VIC

)

Pete

rsbu

rg T

imes

(SA

)

Port

Ade

laid

e N

ews (

SA)

Portl

and

Gua

rdia

n (V

IC)

Rep

orte

r (V

IC)

Sout

hern

Arg

us (P

ort E

lliot

) (SA

)

Stan

dard

(VIC

)

Trar

algo

n R

ecor

d (V

IC)

War

ragu

l Gua

rdia

n (V

IC)

Wes

tern

Cha

mpi

on (Q

LD)

“The Golden Hope: A Romance of the Deep” (1886/7)

W. Clark Russell Brit X X X X X X X T X

“Between the Two” (1887) Unknown Unk X X X T X

“Like and Unlike” (1887) M. E. Braddon Brit X X T X X T X “Black Blood: A Peculiar Case” (1888) George Manville Fenn Brit X X X X X X X “Dead Man’s Rock: A Romance” (1888) Arthur Quiller-Couch Brit X X X X X X X T X “The Outlaws of Tunstall Forest: A Romance of the Old World” (1888)

Robert Louis Stevenson Brit X T X X X X X T X

“The Pillar House” (1890) Florence Severne Unk X X X X X “A Hardy Norseman” (1889/90) Edna Lyall Brit X X X X X X X T T X “Commodore Junk” (1888/9) George Manville Fenn Brit X X X X X X X X “My Plucky Boy Tom; or, Searching for Curiosities in India for My Show” (1888/9)

P. T. Barnum

Am X X X X X X X T X

“The Frozen Pirate” (1888/9) W. Clark Russell Brit X X X X X X X X “An Ocean Tragedy” (1890) W. Clark Russell Brit X X X X X X X X X X “A Smuggler’s Secret” (1890) Frank Barrett Brit X X X T X “By Pike and Dyke” (1890) G. A. Henty Brit X X T X X X “The Bolton Square Tragedy” (1890) John K. Leys Brit X X X X X X “The Bondman: A New Saga” (1890) Hall Caine Brit X X X X X “The Curse of Carne’s Hold, a Tale of Adventure” (1890)

G. A. Henty Brit X X X X T X

“The Only Girl At Overlook” (1890) Franklin Fyles Am X X X T X X T X X “The Sign of the Four” (1890) Arthur Conan Doyle Brit X X X X T X “Leonard Lindsay; Or, The Story of a Buccaneer” (1890/1)

Angus B. Reach Brit X X X X X X T X X X X

“Paoli, the Warrior Bishop, or, The Fall of the Christians” (1890/1)

W. C. Kitchin Am X X X X X X X X X

“The Missing Merchantman” (1890/1) Harry Collingwood Brit X X X X T X X X “A Final Reckoning. A Tale of Bush Life in Australia” (1891)

G. A. Henty Brit X X X X X T X X X X

“Charlie Ransom: Story of the Oil Country” (1891)

William Atkinson Am X X X X X X

“McDermot, the Foundling” (1891) Ampere Unk X X X X X X X “Strange Friends: A Story of the North West” (1891)

William Atkinson Am X X X X T X X X

“Written in Red; Or, The Conspiracy in the North Case. A Story of Boston” (1891)

Charles Howard Montague Am X X X

“His Angel. A Romance of the Far West” (1891/2)

Henry Herman Brit X X X X

“The House of Rimmon” (1891/2) Jeanie Gwynne Bettany Brit X X X X X X X X X “The Master of Silence” (1891/2) Irving Bacheller Am X X X X X X “The Right Sort: A Romance of the Shires” (1892)

Mrs Edward Kennard Brit X X T X X

“Brought to Book” (1893) T. W. Speight Brit X X X X X X “The Golden Caves” (1893) Charles B. Lewis Am X X X

Syndicate 5 Title

Author

Nat B

athu

rst F

ree

Pres

s (N

SW)

Bow

ral F

ree

Pres

s (N

SW)

Hay

Sta

ndar

d an

d A

dver

tiser

(NSW

)

Kat

oom

ba T

imes

(N

SW)

Nat

iona

l Adv

ocat

e (N

SW)

Pete

rsbu

rg T

imes

(S

A)

Que

anbe

yan

Age

(N

SW)

Scon

e A

dvoc

ate

(NSW

)

War

wic

k A

rgus

(Q

LD)

Wes

tern

Cha

mpi

on

(QLD

)

Win

dsor

and

R

ichm

ond

Gaz

ette

(N

SW)

“Goths, Huns, and Vandals” (1887) Harold W. H. Stephen Aust X X X “The Golden Yankee. A Tale of Life …” (1887) Harold W. H. Stephen Aust X X X “For Lack of Gold” (1888) # M. B. Simmons Unk X X X X “Margret, the Story of a Crime” (1888) Hans Blum Ger X X X T X “Bella-Demonia” (1889) Selina Dolaro Brit X X X X X “Dunraven Ranch” (1889) Charles King Am X X X X X “Hale-Weston” (1889) Molly Elliot Seawell Am X X X X X “The New Editor. An Episode in the History of Warrender’s Gulch, California” (1889/90)

Harold W. H. Stephen Aust X X X X

“That Girl From Texas” (1889/90) Jeannette H. Walworth Am X X X X X “Frances Kane’s Fortune” (1890) L. T. Meade Brit X X X X “Miss Ludington’s Sister” (1890) Edward Bellamy Am X X X X X “A Cast for Fortune” (1891) Christian Reid Am X X X “A Rose of a Hundred Leaves” (1891) Amelia E. Barr Brit X X X “A Sappho of Green Springs” (1891) Bret Harte Am X X X “A Wave of Life” (1891) Clyde Fitch Am X X X “By the World Forgot” (1891) E. J. Clayden Unk X X X X X “A Fair Blockade Breaker” (1892) T. C. De Leon Am X X X “Lady Patty” (1892) Margaret Wolfe Hungerford Brit X X “The Italian Peasant” (1892) Unknown Unk X X “The House on the Marsh” (1893) Florence Warden Brit X X Syndicate 6 Title

Author

Nat B

orde

r Wat

ch (S

A)

Bra

idw

ood

Dis

patc

h (N

SW)

Bro

adfo

rd C

ourie

r (V

IC)

Cam

perd

own

Chr

onic

le (V

IC)

Chr

onic

le, S

outh

Yar

ra G

azet

te (V

IC)

Cob

urg

Lead

er (V

IC)

Dar

ling

Dow

ns G

azet

te (Q

LD)

Dub

bo L

iber

al (N

SW)

Dun

gog

Chr

onic

le (N

SW)

East

ern

Dis

trict

s Chr

onic

le (W

A)

Elst

ernw

ick

Lead

er (V

IC)

Emu

Bay

Tim

es (T

AS)

Ev

elyn

Obs

erve

r (V

IC)

Foot

scra

y In

depe

nden

t (V

IC)

Gip

psla

nd T

imes

(VIC

) G

ympi

e Ti

mes

(QLD

) K

apun

da H

eral

d (S

A)

Kya

bram

Uni

on (V

IC)

Laun

cest

on E

xam

iner

(TA

S)

Maf

fra

Spec

tato

r (V

IC)

Mol

ong

Arg

us (N

SW)

Mor

ning

ton

Stan

dard

(VIC

) M

orw

ell A

dver

tiser

(VIC

) N

orth

Aus

tralia

n (S

A)

Nor

th M

elbo

urn

Adv

ertis

er (V

IC)

Nor

th M

elbo

urne

Gaz

ette

(VIC

) N

umur

kah

Lead

er (V

IC)

Oak

leig

h Le

ader

(VIC

) Pr

ahan

Tel

egra

ph (V

IC)

Pete

rsbu

rg T

imes

(SA

) Po

rt A

dela

ide

New

s (SA

) Po

rt A

ugus

ta D

ispa

tch

(SA

) Q

ueen

sclif

f Sen

tinel

(VIC

) Q

ueen

slan

d Ti

mes

(QLD

) Fi

tzro

y C

ity P

ress

(VIC

) R

iver

ina

Gra

zier

(NSW

) R

iver

ine

Rec

orde

r (N

SW)

Scru

tinee

r and

Ber

rima

Dis

trict

Pre

ss (N

SW)

Snow

y R

iver

Mai

l (V

IC)

Tele

grap

h (Q

LD)

War

ragu

l Gua

rdia

n (V

IC)

War

wic

k Ex

amin

er (Q

LD)

Wes

tern

Sta

r and

Rom

a (Q

LD)

Will

iam

stow

n C

hron

icle

(VIC

) Y

acka

ndan

dah

Tim

es (V

IC)

“The Masterpiece of Crime” (1891/2) Jean Richepin Fre X X X X X X X

“An Eventful Night, Or the F. G. Kerr Unk X X

Captain’s Peril” (1892) “Fairy Queen, Or Love Will Find the Way” (1892/3) Bonnie Dene Unk X X

“Maoriland Ho! Nature’s Enchanting Wonder Isle: A Weird and Entrancing Romance” (1892/3)

Atha Westbury Aust X X X X X X X

“Seed-Time and Harvest” (1892) M. A. Aust X X X X T X X

“The Avenging Skeleton” (1892/3)

E. Branfill Harrison and Gustav Toudouze

Fre

X X

X

X

“The Fatal Treasure” (1892/3)

James J. Wright Aust X X X X X X X X X X X X

“The Tell-Tale Skull” (1892)

Gustave Toudouze Fre X X X X X X X

“Why Did He Love Her?” (1892)

Eliza A. Dupuy Am X X X X X X X

“A Mystery Solved” (1893) Spectrum Unk X X X X X T X X X X X X X X “Aunt Pen’s Stratagem” (1893) # Ellis Peyton Unk X X X X X X X X X

“Brier Rose: A Canadian Story” (1893/4) Lilian Bell Am X X X X X X

“Link by Link; Or, The Chain of Evidence: A Great Detective Story” (1893)

Nathan D. Urner Am X X X X

“Returned From Afar” (1893) Ogilvy Grant Unk X X X X

“Sybil Chase; or The Gambler’s Wife” (1893)

Ann S. Stephens Am X X X X

“The Doctor’s Step-Daughters” (1893/4) C. Stafford Unk X X X X X X X X X

“The Mystery of Karina Donimirska” (1893)

Mabel Wagnalls Am X X X X

“A Daughter of the King” (1894)

Beatrice Deakin Unk X X X X

“College Jack: A Remarkable Yet True Story of Penal Records of Van Dieman’s Land” (1894/5)

James J. Wright Aust X X X X X X

X

X X X X X

“In The Sweet O’ The Year” (1894/5) Unknown Unk X X X X X X X

“Talmud; A Strange Narrative of Central Australia. Founded on Natural Facts” (1894/5)

James J. Wright Aust X X X X X X X

“The Missing Hand” (1894/5)2

Aurelien Scholl Fre X X X X X X

“Who Is He? Or The Indian Mahatma in Australia. An Australian Story of the Natural and Supernatural”

# Kenneth Hamilton Unk X X X X X X X X X X X X

(1894) “A Much-Mixed Affair; Or, The Mystery of an Ebony Box”

Unknown Unk X X X

“A Passing Shadow: A Romance of the Great Coal Strike of 1893” (1895/6)3

Mortimer Mansell Unk

X

X

X

X

X

X X

X

X

“Barumba Station; Or, Amy River’s Sacrifice: A True and Eventful Narrative of the Early Days in New South Wales” (1895/6)

James J. Wright Aust

X

X

X

X X

X

X

X X X

X X

X

“Feminter; Or, The Aurora Land of the South” (1895/6) James Crozier Aust X X T X X X X X X X X

X

“Gascon Hall” (1895/6) Olive May Unk X X T X X T X X X “Hunted Down; or, The Clink of Gold” (1895) Edmund Bury Unk X X X X T T T T

“Ita’s Mystery” (1895) Ella Cheever Thayer Am X X X T X X

“John Stirling’s Lesson” (1895)

Albert E. Hooper Unk X X X X X X X T X

“Might Versus Right” (1895) Julia Hack Brit X X X X X X X

“Mignon; or, Playing with Fire” (1895) A. D. N. Unk X X X X X X

“Secrets of the London Streets” (1895) Harry Blyth Brit X T X

“The Tamar Pirates: A Sensational and True Narrative of Adventure of the Early Days in Van Diemen’s Land” (1895)

James J. Wright Aust

X

X

X

X X

“Tupo, the Pakeha. A Maori Romance” (1895)

Atha Westbury Aust X X

“A Father’s Will Or Her Own Mistress. A Romance” (1896)

Unknown Unk

X

X

“The Widow’s Surprise” (1896)

M. B. Manwell Unk X X T X X X

“A Great Wrong; Or, The Mystery of Black Hollow Grange” (1896/7)

Emma Garrison Jones Am X X X X X X X

“For Love and Fortune: A Romance of Leeds” (1896/7)

Stephen Somerset Unk

X X

X

X

“Nelly Preston; or, The Lawyer’s Conspiracy” (1896/7)

David Pae Brit

X

X

X

X

X X X

X

“On the Waikato. A Romance of Maoriland” (1896/7)

Atha Westbury Aust

X

X

X

X

X

“For Hester’s Sake” (1897) A. S. F. Unk X X X “John Stirling’s Lesson” Albert E. Unk X X X X X X X X

(1897) Hooper “The Love of Reuben Gywnne” (1897)

Andrew Pollock Unk X X X X

“The Squatter’s Daughter” (1897/8)

Harold M. Mackenzie Aust X X X

X X X

Whoso Findeth a Wife” (1897/8)

William Le Queux Brit X X X X

“Days of Crime and Years of Suffering” (1898) Owen Suffolk Aust X X X

“The Devil’s Head” (1898) J. Fitzgerald Molloy Brit X X X

“Colonel Thorndyke’s Secret” (1899) G. A. Henty Brit

T X X X

Syndicate 7 Title

Author

Nat A

rmid

ale

Expr

ess

(NSW

)

Cam

perd

own

Chr

onic

le (V

IC)

Euro

a A

dver

tiser

(V

IC)

Hor

sham

Tim

es (V

IC)

McI

vor T

imes

(VIC

)

Mai

tland

Mer

cury

(N

SW)

Nar

raco

orte

Her

ald

(SA

)

Nat

iona

l Adv

ocat

e (N

SW)

New

cast

le M

orni

ng

Her

ald

(NSW

)

Portl

and

Gua

rdia

n (V

IC)

Trar

algo

n R

ecor

d (V

IC)

War

ragu

l Gua

rdia

n (V

IC)

Yac

kand

anda

h Ti

mes

(V

IC)

“Love Better Than Sacrifice. An International Conflict” (1892) Oscar Park Unk X X X X X X X “Found Guilty; Or, The Hidden Crime” (1892/3) Leon Lewis Am X X X X X X X “Her Colonial Cousin” (1893) Unknown Unk X X X X “The Mystery of the Tower: A Tale of Thrilling Interest” (1893) Helen Corwin Pierce Am X X X X X X X X “The Story of Andrew Fairfax” (1893) Joseph Hocking Brit X X X X X X X “Ishmael Pengelly. An Outcast” (1893/4) Joseph Hocking Brit X X X X X X “A Dead Man’s Step” (1894) Lawrence L. Lynch Am X X X X X “In Strange Company” (1894/5) Guy Boothby Aust X X X X X X “The King of Hearts: An Historical Romance” (1894/5) Outram Tristram Brit X X X X X X “A Mistaken Man: A Short Detective Story” (1895) Nick Carter Am X X X “All Men Are Liars” (1895) Joseph Hocking Brit X X X X X “Her Three Lovers; Or, Delauney’s Debt” (1895) Unknown Unk X X X “Kerrigan’s Quality” (1895) Jane Barlow Brit X X X X “My Gifted Young Friend: A Short Detective Story” (1895) Nick Carter Am X X X “Sealed Orders; Or, The Triple Mystery” (1895) Nick Carter Am X X X X X “The Great Hesper” (1895) Frank Barrett Brit X X X “The Menacing Eye. A Short Detective Story” (1895) Nick Carter Am X X X “The Sacred Beetle” (1895) Lamont Graeme Unk X X X “A Lady in Black” (1895/6) Florence Warden Brit X X X X X X “The Crime of the "Liza Jane"” (1896) Fergus Hume Brit X X X “The Hostess of the Griffin” (1896) Florence Warden Brit X X “The Senfrey Mystery; Or, A Brother’s Vengeance. A Detective Story” (1896)

Henry Herman Brit X X

“Travelling with Half a Million” (1896) Unknown Unk X X “Fields of Fair Renown” (1896/7) Joseph Hocking Brit X X X “His Sweetheart Eliza” (1897) Margaret Moule Brit X X X “In the Dead of Night” (1897) Ada Cambridge Aust X X X X

“The Mystery of a Name: A Present-Day Romance” (1897) Unknown Unk X X X X “Two Old Fogies” (1897) Ada Cambridge Aust X X X X “A Woman’s Witchery” (1897/8) Bertha M. Clay Am X X X X X X “The Tremaynes; or, A Dream of Love” (1898) Bertha M. Clay Am X X X X “Her Bitter Temptation; Or, A Daughter’s Sacrifice” (1898) Maurice E. Hervey Unk X X X “The Last Stroke: A Detective Story” (1898) George Manville Fenn Brit X X X X “A Bitter Bondage” (1899) Bertha M. Clay Am X X X X “Love in a Mask” (1899) Bertha M. Clay Am X X X Syndicate 8 Title

Author

Nat B

airn

sdal

e A

dver

tiser

(VIC

)

Ben

alla

Ens

ign

(VIC

)

Ben

digo

Adv

ertis

er (V

IC)

Bor

der W

atch

(SA

)

Bro

adfo

rd C

ourie

r (V

IC)

Cam

perd

own

Chr

onic

le (V

IC)

Col

ac H

eral

d (V

IC)

Elst

ernw

ick

Lead

er (V

IC)

Euro

a A

dver

tiser

(VIC

)

Hor

sham

Tim

es (V

IC)

Kad

ina

and

Wal

laro

o Ti

mes

(SA

)

Kilm

ore

Free

Pre

ss (V

IC)

Kya

bram

Uni

on (V

IC)

Mild

ura

Cul

tivat

or (V

IC)

Mou

nt A

lexa

nder

Mai

l (V

IC)

Mor

wel

l Adv

ertis

er (V

IC)

Oak

leig

h Le

ader

(VIC

)

Que

ensc

liff S

entin

el (V

IC)

Snow

y R

iver

Mai

l (V

IC)

Sunb

ury

New

s (V

IC)

Trar

algo

n R

ecor

d (V

IC)

War

ragu

l Gua

rdia

n (V

IC)

Wes

t Gip

psla

nd G

azet

te (V

IC)

“An Original Temptation” (1892) Marquise Clara Lanza

Am X X X X

“Greymere” (1892) Unknown Unk X X X “My Poor Little Story” (1892) Unknown Unk X X X “On Suspicion” (1892) Unknown Unk X X “The Doctor’s Secret” (1892) M. H. Unk X X “A Coming Possibility. A Story of Secret Poison” (1893)

Greg Edwards Am X X X

“By Accident” (1893) H. F. Abell Unk X X X “Faithful Shirley, or, A Royal Queen of Hearts” (1893)

Mrs G. Sheldon Am X X X X

“Her Life’s Desire; Or, A True Heart’s Sacrifice” (1893)

Mrs E. Burke Collins

Am X X X

“Indro; The Man of Iron! Or The Swift Shadow of the Rails” (1893)

Donald J. McKenzie Am X X X

“John Upcraft’s Crime. A Marshland Romance” (1893)

Thomas St. E. Hake Brit X X

“The Hint o’ Hairst” (1893) Menie Muriel Dowie

Brit X X X

“The Irony of Fate” (1893) T. E. Southee Unk X X X X “The Sacred Beetle” (1893) Lamont Graeme Unk X X “The Street of Peace” (1893) Oscar Fay Adams Am X X “The Squire’s Dilemma” (1893/4) J. MacLaren

Cobban Brit X X X X

“A Broken Past” (1894) Henrietta Stannard Brit X X X X “Grazia’s Mistake” (1894) Mrs Georgie

Sheldon Am X X X

“Pomona” (1894) Evelyn Whitaker Brit X X X “The Dead Gallant” (1894) Outram Tristram Brit X X X

“The Masterpiece of Crime” (1894) Jean Richepin Fre X X “Winning a Wife in Australia. A Romance of To-Day” (1894)

A. Donnison Aust X X X X

“At Market Value” (1894/5) Grant Allen Can X X X X X X X “Elsie” (1894/5) John Stafford Unk X X X “That Mysterious Sovereign” (1895) Unknown Unk X X X “A Fair Spiritualist; Or, A Woman’s Victory” (1895)

Erica Unk X X X

“Dora Deene; Or, Neither Wife Nor Widow” (1895)

Bertha M. Clay Am X X X

“The Angel of the Four Corners” (1895)

Gilbert Parker Can X X X X

“The Dance at the Four Corners” (1895)

G. B. Burgin Brit X X X X X

“The Disappearance of Mr. Derwent: A Mystery” (1895)

Thomas Cobb Brit X X X

“A Romance of the Law” (1895) Sidney Lanan Blanchard

Brit X X X

“Dora Deene; Or, Neither Wife Nor Widow” (1895)

Bertha M. Clay Am X X X

“Jack of Hearts” (1895) H. T. Johnson Brit X X X “Lady Turpin” (1895) Henry Herman Brit X X X X “Love or Honor” (1895) Unknown Unk X X X “That Mysterious Sovereign” (1895) Unknown Unk X X X “A Life for a Life” (1896) Unknown Unk X X X X “A Theatrical Marriage” (1896) # Elder Bruce Unk X X “After Many Years” (1896) # Lillie Harris Unk X X X “False Evidence” (1896) E. Phillips

Oppenheim Brit X X X X

“From Dark to Dawn: A Back Block Romance” (1896)

Goodwin Baker Aust X X X

“Love in a Mask” (1896) Bertha M. Clay Am X X X X “Marcus Lingard’s Crime” (1896) Unknown Unk X X X “The Master of Old Court Place, or, Martin Barron’s Treachery” (1896)

Hedley Richards Brit X X

“The Queen of Night” (1896) Headon Hill Brit X X X “Half-Mast High! The Story of a Mother’s Sin” (1896)

Charles Girdwood Unk X X X X

“A Spray of Heliotrope” (1896) A. T. Rycroft Unk X X X X “Her Revenge; or Edith Earl’s Husband” (1896)

Pearl Roberts Powell

Unk X X

“The Dis-Honorable” (1896) J. D. Hennessey Aust X X “A Wonderful Woman; Or, The Dangerfield Mystery” (1897)

May Agnes Fleming Can X X X X X

“At Cross Purposes” (1897) Unknown Unk X X “Dorothy’s Jewels; Or, the Story of a Mysterious Monogram” (1897)

Mrs Georgie Sheldon

Am X X X

“Repentance at Leisure” (1897) Unknown Unk X X X “The Eye of the Sun” (1897) Edward S. Ellis Am X X “The Squire of Kildermay” (1897/8) Frederick Burdon Unk X X X X X “A Matter of Love and Business” (1898)

Nick Carter Am X X

“Sir Tristram” (1898) Mary Bradford Whiting

Brit X X

“Squire John” (1898) St. George Rathborne

Am X X

“The Blake Family” (1898) # Beta Unk X X X “The Haunted Mountains” (1898) Colonel Prentiss

Ingraham Am X X X X

“The Masked Bridal” (1898) Mrs Georgie Sheldon

Am X X X

“The Rainbow Feather” (1898) Fergus Hume Brit X X X X “The Voyage of the Pulo Way” (1898)

Carlton Dawe Aust X X

“The Missing Heir of Callonby” (1898/9)

Mrs Georgie Sheldon

Am X X X

“A Garden Tragedy” (1899) Dora Langlois Unk X X “Monica. A Sea-Shore Idyll” (1899) Marion Downes Aust X X “Shaddeck Light” (1899) May Agnes Fleming Can X X X X

“The Little Marplot; or, How Ruth Won Her Heritage” (1899)

Mrs Georgie Sheldon

Am X X X X

“The Magic Cameo; Or, Clifford Faxton’s Mascot” (1899)

Mrs Georgie Sheldon

Am X X

“The Two Choices” (1899) Charles M. Sheldon Am X X “Willow the King; Or, The Girl in Brown Holland” (1899)

J. C. Snaith Brit X X X

Syndicate 9 Title

Author

Nat B

unbu

ry H

eral

d (W

A)

Cum

berla

nd A

rgus

(N

SW)

Dub

bo L

iber

al (N

SW)

Hay

Sta

ndar

d an

d A

dver

tiser

(NSW

)

Inve

rell

Arg

us (N

SW)

Live

rpoo

l Her

ald

(NSW

)

Mou

ntai

neer

(NSW

)

Pete

rsbu

rg T

imes

(S

A)

Scon

e A

dvoc

ate

(NSW

)

Scru

tinee

r and

B

errim

a D

istri

ct P

ress

(N

SW)

Tum

ut a

nd A

delo

ng

Tim

es (N

SW)

Win

gham

Chr

onic

le

(NSW

)

Wya

long

Sta

r (N

SW)

“John Gray” (1893) James Lane Allen Am X X “The Bondswoman” (1893) Gertrude Atherton Am X X X “The Golden Fleece” (1893) Julian Hawthorne Am X X X “Mrs Romney” (1893/4) Rosa Carey Brit X X X “A Pacific Encounter” (1894) Mary E. Stickney Am X X X “Curlew, or in Days Gone By” (1894) Harold Brees Aust X X X X “Sergeant Croesus” (1894) Charles King Am X X “The Autobiography of a Professional Beauty” (1894) Elizabeth Train Am X X X “The Duke and the Commoner” (1894) Poultney Bigelow Am X X X “The Colonel” (1894) Harry Willard French Am X X X “Mrs Hallam’s Companion” (1895) Mrs. Mary J. Holmes Am X X X X “Picotin: A Clown’s Love Story” (1895) Alethea Phillips Unk X X X “Sweetheart Manette” (1895) Maurice Thompson Am X X X “An Unsatisfactory Lover” (1895/6) Margaret Wolfe Hungerford Brit X X X X X “Waring’s Peril” (1895/6) Charles King Am X X X X “Dora’s Defiance” (1896) Lady Lindsay Brit X X X

“The Troublesome Lady” (1896) Patience Stapleton Am X X “A Bachelor’s Bridal” (1896/7) Mrs H. Lovett Cameron Brit X X X “A Whim and a Chance” (1897) William T. Nichols Am X X “A Question of Courage” (1898) Francis Lynde Am X X X X “Flotsam” (1898) Owen Hall Brit X X X “The Bon Marche” (1898) Unknown Unk X X “The Chapel of Ease” (1898) Harriet Riddle Davis Am X X X X X “The Daughters of Eve; A Tale of the Maori War” (1898) Edwin Doidge Aust X X X X X X “Marian Gonisby” (1899) Edwin Doidge Aust X X X X X X X X X “The Martlet Seal” (1899) Jeanette Walworth Am X X X X X X X “The Wonder-Witch” (1899) Mary Greenway McClelland Am X X X X X X X “The Yellow Domino” (1899) M. Morris Unk X X X X X X Syndicate 10 Title

Author

Nat A

rmid

ale

Chr

onic

le (N

SW)

Bow

ral F

ree

Pres

s (N

SW)

Brig

hton

Sou

ther

n C

ross

(VIC

)

Cla

renc

e R

iver

Adv

ocat

e (N

SW)

Cob

ar H

eral

d (N

SW)

Dun

gog

Chr

onic

le (N

SW)

Emu

Bay

Tim

es (T

AS)

Gip

psla

nd T

imes

(VIC

)

Gre

nfel

l Rec

ord

(NSW

)

Gun

daga

i Ind

epen

dent

(NSW

)

Gw

ydir

Exam

iner

(NSW

)

Haw

kesb

ury

Adv

odat

e (N

SW)

Inve

rell

Arg

us (N

SW)

Jeril

derie

Her

ald

(NSW

)

Kia

ma

Rep

orte

r (N

SW)

Mac

leay

Chr

onic

le (N

SW)

Man

ning

Riv

er T

imes

(NSW

)

Mol

ong

Arg

us (N

SW)

Mor

ee E

xam

iner

(NSW

)

Ulla

dulla

and

Milt

on T

imes

(NSW

)

Wel

lingt

on T

imes

(NSW

)

“Back to Life: A Most Wonderful Story” (1897) Unknown Unk X X X X “John Horton’s Ward” (1897) Grosvenor Bunster Aust X X X X X X “Right Wins” (1897) Unknown Unk X X X “A Precious Villain” (1898) Grosvenor Bunster Aust X X X X X X X “Fortune’s Freaks: An Original Australian Story” (1898) # Captain East Gray Unk X X X X X X X “Lost and Won” (1898/9) Unknown Unk X X X X X X X X “Davies the Bushranger. An Australian Story” (1899) James J. Wright Aust X X X X X X X X X X X X “The Fatal Lilies” (1899) Charlotte Brame Brit X X X X X X X X X X X X X “The Last of the Pirates; Or, Doom Driven: A Romance of the End of Ocean Outlawry” (1899)

Colonel Prentiss Ingraham Am X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

Syndicate 11 Title

Author

Nat A

lban

y A

dver

tiser

(WA

)

Bla

yney

Adv

ocat

e (N

SW)

Bra

idw

ood

Dis

patc

h (N

SW)

Cam

perd

own

Chr

onic

le (V

IC)

Cob

urg

Lead

er (V

IC)

Emu

Bay

Tim

es (T

AS)

Evel

yn O

bser

ver (

VIC

)

Gip

psla

nd T

imes

(VIC

)

Gun

daga

i Ind

epen

dent

(NSW

)

Inve

rell

Tim

es (N

SW)

Mor

wel

l Adv

ertis

er (V

IC)

Mur

ruru

ndi T

imes

(NSW

)

Mus

wel

lbro

ok C

hron

icle

(N

SW)

Nar

rom

ine

New

s (N

SW)

Nor

th M

elbo

urne

Gaz

ette

(V

IC)

Nor

ther

n A

rgus

(SA

)

Pete

rsbu

rg T

imes

(SA

)

Que

anbe

yan

Age

(NSW

)

Riv

erin

a R

ecor

der (

NSW

)

Yac

kand

anda

h Ti

mes

(VIC

)

“The Chevalier de Maison Rouge” (1897/8)

Alexander Dumas Fre X X X X X X X

“More than a Friend” (1898) Maggie Robertson Brit X T X X “Parting of the Veil” (1898) Everett W. Fish Am X X X X X X X X X X “The Storm” (1898) Armand Sylvestre Fre X X X “The Testimony of Esther Sandys” (1898)

Roma White Brit X X X X X X X X

“Lost and Found: A Romance of the Desolate Region” (1899)

Robert P. Whitworth Aust X X X X X X

“What Gold Cannot Buy” (1899) Mrs Alexander Brit T X X X X “In the Wake of Fortune: An Australian Story” (1899)

James J. Wright Aust X X X X

“Polly the Tea-Room Girl” (1899) David Pae Brit X X X T X X X X “Without a Home” (1899) Mrs B. F. Baer Am X X X X 1 Not comprehensive. 2 Appeared in 1892 (not 1894/5) in North Melbourne Advertiser and North Melbourne Gazette. 3 Appeared in 1898 (not 1895/6) in Gippsland Times and North Melbourne Gazette.