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Boylan, Eustace (1869 - 1953)

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    Mrs. Thunder : and other stories
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Born
19 March 1869
Dublin, Ireland
Died
17 October 1953
Pymble, New South Wales, Australia

Summary

Boylan was born in Dublin, studying to become a Jesuit before coming to Australia for health reasons in 1888. He taught as Sydney schools before returning to Ireland where he was ordained as a priest as well as taking over the editorship of the Messenger. He returned to Australia in the first decade of the twentieth century, taking a position at Melbourne's Xavier College. He wrote a number of pamphlets for the Australian Catholic Truth Society, articles for the Australian Messenger of the Sacred Heart, one novel, The Heart of the School: An Australian School Story (1920) and a collection of short stories, Mrs Thunder and Other Stories (1923). His fiction is sometimes classed as children's literature, though he originally intended it for adults.

Published resources

Books

  • Boylan, Eustace, Mrs. Thunder : and other stories, J.R. Stevens, Melbourne, 1923, 255 pp. Details

Short Stories

  • Boylan, Eustace, 'The Bird of Destiny ', in Mrs. Thunder : and other stories, J.R. Stevens, Melbourne, 1923, pp. 221-255. Details
  • Boylan, Eustace, 'Gongolong ', in Mrs. Thunder : and other stories, J.R. Stevens, Melbourne, 1923, pp. 175-219. Details
  • Boylan, Eustace, 'Oleozuccatine ', in Mrs. Thunder : and other stories, J.R. Stevens, Melbourne, 1923, pp. 144-172. Details
  • Boylan, Eustace, 'Polar Bears ', in Mrs. Thunder : and other stories, J.R. Stevens, Melbourne, 1923, pp. 129-137. Details
  • Boylan, Eustace, 'The First of April ', in Mrs. Thunder : and other stories, J.R. Stevens, Melbourne, 1923, pp. 109-127. Details
  • Boylan, Eustace, 'Mrs. Thunder ', in Mrs. Thunder : and other stories, J.R. Stevens, Melbourne, 1923, pp. 7-105. Details

Rachael Weaver

Created: 12 February 2009, Last modified: 10 June 2015