The intro is worth a read just to discover Mr Smith writing about modern Australia in that “Airlines cross Australia in one day……” and that “……….Only five days flying brings us back to Europe…” There have been marked improvements in travel to and from this island continent in the last decade!įirst let’s just say that I am glad that I did not have to read this at school, as has been said elsewhere literature of the Victorian age can be wasted on youthful readers.
My copy read is the Penguin edition 2009 with an Introduction by George Ian Smith. For the Term of His Natural Life was written between 18 and was serialised at the time in The Australian Journal that was also edited by the book's author Marcus Clarke.
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