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Busse, Wilfred C. (c. 1898 - c. 1960)

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    The Blue Beyond: A Romance of the Early Days in South Eastern Australia
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    The Golden Plague: A Romance of the Roaring Fifties
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Born
c. 1898
Died
c. 1960

Summary

Busse was born at Chiltern, Victoria, and went to school at Wesley College, going on to study law at the University of Melbourne. Time spent on a Victorian station in his early twenties as well as careful documentary research informed the writing of his historical novels of bush life: The Blue Beyond: A Romance of the Early Days in South Eastern Australia (1930) and The Golden Plague: A Romance of the Early Fifties (1930), which won the T E Role gold medal for the best historical novel published that year and went on to become a best seller.

Published resources

Books

  • Busse, Wilfred C., The golden plague : a romance of the roaring 'fifties, Hutchinson, London, 1930, 287 pp. Details
  • Busse, Wilfred C., The blue beyond : a romance of the early days in South-Eastern Australia, Hutchinson, London, 1930, 288 pp. Details

Archival resources

The University of Melbourne Archives

  • Papers - Wilfred Busse, 1938, 84/55; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

Rachael Weaver

Created: 11 February 2009, Last modified: 10 June 2015