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Lang, John (1816 - 1864)

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    Botany Bay; or, True tales of early Australia
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    Too clever by half
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    Assigned to his wife
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Born
19 December 1816
Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
Died
20 August 1864
Mussoorie, India

Summary

Lang was born in Parramatta, New South Wales and educated in Sydney at Cape's School and Sydney College. He travelled to England in 1837 and studied law at Cambridge, returning to Sydney where he was admitted to the Supreme Court as a barrister. In 1842 he left for India, where he practised at the Calcutta Bar and founded the influential newspaper, The Mofussilite. Some of his novels were serialised in its pages. Lang later spent a few years in England in the 1850s where he contributed to Charles Dickens' Household Words, All the Year Round, Fraser's Magazine and various newspapers. Lang is best known in Australia for his novels Lucy Cooper: an Australian Tale (1846) and The Forger's Wife (1855) and his collection of short sketches and stories called Botany Bay or True Tales of Early Australia (1859). He died and was buried in Mussoorie in northern India.

Published resources

Books

  • Lang, John, Assigned to his wife or, The adventures of George Flower, the celebrated detective officer, N.S.W. Bookstall Co., Sydney, 128 pp. Details
  • Lang, John, Too clever by half, or, The Harroways, E.W. Cole, Melbourne, 1853, 126 pp. Details
  • Lang, John, Botany Bay; or, True tales of early Australia, E.W. Cole, Melbourne, 188?, 188 pp. Details

Short Stories

  • Lang, John, 'Baron Wald ', in Botany Bay; or, True tales of early Australia, E.W. Cole, Melbourne, 188?, pp. 118-122. Details
  • Lang, John, 'The Ghost upon the Rail ', in Botany Bay; or, True tales of early Australia, E.W. Cole, Melbourne, 188?, pp. 5-29. Details
  • Lang, John, 'The Master and His Man ', in Botany Bay; or, True tales of early Australia, E.W. Cole, Melbourne, 188?, pp. 29-39. Details
  • Lang, John, 'Giles! As I Live ', in Botany Bay; or, True tales of early Australia, E.W. Cole, Melbourne, 188?, pp. 39-77. Details
  • Lang, John, 'Tracks in the Bush ', in Botany Bay; or, True tales of early Australia, E.W. Cole, Melbourne, 188?, pp. 78-88. Details
  • Lang, John, 'Captain Ketchcalfe ', in Botany Bay; or, True tales of early Australia, E.W. Cole, Melbourne, 188?, pp. 88-97. Details
  • Lang, John, 'Three Celebrities ', in Botany Bay; or, True tales of early Australia, E.W. Cole, Melbourne, 188?, pp. 105-118. Details
  • Lang, John, 'Sir Henry Hayes ', in Botany Bay; or, True tales of early Australia, E.W. Cole, Melbourne, 188?, pp. 123-134. Details
  • Lang, John, 'Kate Crawford ', in Botany Bay; or, True tales of early Australia, E.W. Cole, Melbourne, 188?, pp. 134-146. Details
  • Lang, John, 'Annie St. Felix ', in Botany Bay; or, True tales of early Australia, E.W. Cole, Melbourne, 188?, pp. 146-157. Details
  • Lang, John, 'A Ramble with the Blacks ', in Botany Bay; or, True tales of early Australia, E.W. Cole, Melbourne, 188?, pp. 157-178. Details
  • Lang, John, 'Music of Terror ', in Botany Bay; or, True tales of early Australia, E.W. Cole, Melbourne, 188?, pp. 178-188. Details
  • Lang, John, 'Barrington ', in Botany Bay; or, True tales of early Australia, E.W. Cole, Melbourne, 188?, pp. 97-105. Details

See also

Rachael Weaver