THE first full novel published in mainland Australia was The Guardian: A Tale (by an Australian) in 1838. It also happened to be the first written by a woman, Limerick-born Anna Maria Bunn, née Murray (1808-1889). However, seven years earlier, an English convict, Henry Savery (1791-1842) wrote a serialised novel initially published in a Hobart, […]
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