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Bunster, Grosvener (1837 - 1904)

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Born
29 May 1837
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Died
1904
Prahran, Victoria, Australia

Summary

Bunster was born at Hobart, and worked as a journalist in Sydney and Melbourne, also contributing numerous crime, romance, travel and adventure stories to popular newspapers and periodicals. The Australian Journal published many of his short stories, as well as his serialised novel, Henstone's Revenge (1867). In 1872 he co-edited a collection of Christmas stories and in the 1870s also wrote a number of comedies and a musical burlesque for the theatre. Bunster is mentioned (after Marcus Clarke and B L Farjeon) as one of the notable Australian authors of his time in REN Twopenny's Town Life in Australia (1883).

Published resources

Edited Books

  • Stephen, Harold W. H. and Bunster, Grosvenor (eds), Our Christmas budget : a collection of tales, sketches, &c., in prose and verse, John Ferguson, Sydney, 1872, 96 pp. Details

Poems

  • Bunster, G., 'The Cavalier', in Stephen, Harold W. H. and Bunster, Grosvenor (eds), Our Christmas budget : a collection of tales, sketches, &c., in prose and verse, John Ferguson, Sydney, 1872, p. 96. Details
  • Bunster, G., 'Paramatta River', in Stephen, Harold W. H. and Bunster, Grosvenor (eds), Our Christmas budget : a collection of tales, sketches, &c., in prose and verse, John Ferguson, Sydney, 1872, p. 74. Details
  • Bunster, G., 'Good Advice', in Stephen, Harold W. H. and Bunster, Grosvenor (eds), Our Christmas budget : a collection of tales, sketches, &c., in prose and verse, John Ferguson, Sydney, 1872, p. 21. Details

Short Stories

  • Bunster, G., 'Annette', in Stephen, Harold W. H. and Bunster, Grosvenor (eds), Our Christmas budget : a collection of tales, sketches, &c., in prose and verse, John Ferguson, Sydney, 1872, pp. 75-96. Details
  • Bunster, G., 'Blood for Blood', in Stephen, Harold W. H. and Bunster, Grosvenor (eds), Our Christmas budget : a collection of tales, sketches, &c., in prose and verse, John Ferguson, Sydney, 1872, pp. 39-61. Details
  • Bunster, G., 'Castlemaine Joe', in Stephen, Harold W. H. and Bunster, Grosvenor (eds), Our Christmas budget : a collection of tales, sketches, &c., in prose and verse, John Ferguson, Sydney, 1872, pp. 22-25. Details

Rachael Weaver

Created: 26 November 2008, Last modified: 10 June 2015