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Barry, John Arthur (1850 - 1911)

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    Steve Brown's Bunyip and Other Stories
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    South Sea Shipmates : being the matter-of-fact adventures of two Australian sailormen in various seas, and on ships of varying degrees of maritime iniquity
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Born
1850
Torquay, Devon, England
Died
23 September 1911
North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Summary

Barry was born at Torquay, England and orphaned as a young child. At 13 he was apprenticed to the Orient Steam Navigation Co. and in the 1860s worked the shipping run to Australia. In 1870 he joined the gold rush in North Queensland, later working in various outback occupations. His first book, Steve Brown's Bunyip and Other Stories, was published in London in 1893, and then reprinted by McQueen's Colonial Library in 1898 and again by the NSW Bookstall in 1905. Barry travelled briefly to England in the mid-1890s, and then returned to Australia, working as a journalist for Sydney's Evening News and the Australian Town and Country Journal. He wrote numerous short stories and novels, most often with outback adventure and sea-faring themes, including The Luck of the Native Born (1898), A Son of the Sea (1899), Red Lion, Blue Star, with other Stories (1902) and South Sea Shipmates (1913).

Published resources

Books

  • Barry, John Arthur, Steve Brown's Bunyip and Other Stories, Remington & Co., London; Sydney, 1893, 297 pp. Details
  • Barry, John Arthur, South Sea Shipmates : being the matter-of-fact adventures of two Australian sailormen in various seas, and on ships of varying degrees of maritime iniquity, N.S.W. Bookstall Co., Sydney, 1914, 304 pp. Details

Short Stories

  • Barry, John Arthur, 'The Officer in Charge', in Steve Brown's Bunyip and Other Stories, Remington & Co., London; Sydney, 1893, pp. 116-122. Details
  • Barry, John Arthur, 'The Shanghai-ing of Peter Barlow', in Steve Brown's Bunyip and Other Stories, Remington & Co., London; Sydney, 1893, pp. 20-30. Details
  • Barry, John Arthur, ''Ex Sardanapalus'', in Steve Brown's Bunyip and Other Stories, Remington & Co., London; Sydney, 1893, pp. 31-50. Details
  • Barry, John Arthur, ''Mo-Poke'', in Steve Brown's Bunyip and Other Stories, Remington & Co., London; Sydney, 1893, pp. 50-59. Details
  • Barry, John Arthur, 'Keeping School at 'Dead Finish'', in Steve Brown's Bunyip and Other Stories, Remington & Co., London; Sydney, 1893, pp. 60-70. Details
  • Barry, John Arthur, 'Steve Brown's Bunyip', in Steve Brown's Bunyip and Other Stories, Remington & Co., London; Sydney, 1893, pp. 1-10. Details
  • Barry, John Arthur, 'The Protection of the 'Sparrowhawk'', in Steve Brown's Bunyip and Other Stories, Remington & Co., London; Sydney, 1893, pp. 91-104. Details
  • Barry, John Arthur, 'The Duke of Silversheen', in Steve Brown's Bunyip and Other Stories, Remington & Co., London; Sydney, 1893, pp. 105-115. Details
  • Barry, John Arthur, ''Sojur Jim'', in Steve Brown's Bunyip and Other Stories, Remington & Co., London; Sydney, 1893, pp. 123-135. Details
  • Barry, John Arthur, 'Far Inland Football', in Steve Brown's Bunyip and Other Stories, Remington & Co., London; Sydney, 1893, pp. 136-145. Details
  • Barry, John Arthur, 'On the Grand Stand', in Steve Brown's Bunyip and Other Stories, Remington & Co., London; Sydney, 1893, pp. 146-163. Details
  • Barry, John Arthur, 'Too Far South', in Steve Brown's Bunyip and Other Stories, Remington & Co., London; Sydney, 1893, pp. 164-178. Details
  • Barry, John Arthur, ''Number One North Rainbow'', in Steve Brown's Bunyip and Other Stories, Remington & Co., London; Sydney, 1893, pp. 71-90. Details
  • Barry, John Arthur, ''Barton's Jackaroo'', in Steve Brown's Bunyip and Other Stories, Remington & Co., London; Sydney, 1893, pp. 208-228. Details
  • Barry, John Arthur, 'The Mission to Dingo Creek', in Steve Brown's Bunyip and Other Stories, Remington & Co., London; Sydney, 1893, pp. 179-191. Details
  • Barry, John Arthur, 'Told in the 'Corona's' Cabin', in Steve Brown's Bunyip and Other Stories, Remington & Co., London; Sydney, 1893, pp. 229-264. Details
  • Barry, John Arthur, ''Dot's Claim'', in Steve Brown's Bunyip and Other Stories, Remington & Co., London; Sydney, 1893, pp. 265-276. Details
  • Barry, John Arthur, 'A Cape Horn Christmas', in Steve Brown's Bunyip and Other Stories, Remington & Co., London; Sydney, 1893, pp. 277-297. Details
  • Barry, John Arthur, 'Dead Man's Camp', in Steve Brown's Bunyip and Other Stories, Remington & Co., London; Sydney, 1893, pp. 11-19. Details
  • Barry, John Arthur, 'Books at Barracaboo', in Steve Brown's Bunyip and Other Stories, Remington & Co., London; Sydney, 1893, pp. 192-207. Details
  • Barry, John Arthur, 'The Hunting of the Derelict', in South Sea Shipmates : being the matter-of-fact adventures of two Australian sailormen in various seas, and on ships of varying degrees of maritime iniquity, N.S.W. Bookstall Co., Sydney, 1914, pp. 163-186. Details
  • Barry, John Arthur, 'When Old Ocean Labours', in South Sea Shipmates : being the matter-of-fact adventures of two Australian sailormen in various seas, and on ships of varying degrees of maritime iniquity, N.S.W. Bookstall Co., Sydney, 1914, pp. 134-162. Details
  • Barry, John Arthur, '"Home" - And Back Again', in South Sea Shipmates : being the matter-of-fact adventures of two Australian sailormen in various seas, and on ships of varying degrees of maritime iniquity, N.S.W. Bookstall Co., Sydney, 1914, pp. 187-215. Details
  • Barry, John Arthur, 'In Far Eastern Waters', in South Sea Shipmates : being the matter-of-fact adventures of two Australian sailormen in various seas, and on ships of varying degrees of maritime iniquity, N.S.W. Bookstall Co., Sydney, 1914, pp. 216-247. Details
  • Barry, John Arthur, 'How the League Went to Sea', in South Sea Shipmates : being the matter-of-fact adventures of two Australian sailormen in various seas, and on ships of varying degrees of maritime iniquity, N.S.W. Bookstall Co., Sydney, 1914, pp. 24-60. Details
  • Barry, John Arthur, 'How We Took the Recruits Home', in South Sea Shipmates : being the matter-of-fact adventures of two Australian sailormen in various seas, and on ships of varying degrees of maritime iniquity, N.S.W. Bookstall Co., Sydney, 1914, pp. 11-33. Details
  • Barry, John Arthur, 'On and Off the "Oberon"', in South Sea Shipmates : being the matter-of-fact adventures of two Australian sailormen in various seas, and on ships of varying degrees of maritime iniquity, N.S.W. Bookstall Co., Sydney, 1914, pp. 248-275. Details
  • Barry, John Arthur, 'The Quest of the "Quandong"', in South Sea Shipmates : being the matter-of-fact adventures of two Australian sailormen in various seas, and on ships of varying degrees of maritime iniquity, N.S.W. Bookstall Co., Sydney, 1914, pp. 276-304. Details
  • Barry, John Arthur, 'Yachting in Deep Water', in South Sea Shipmates : being the matter-of-fact adventures of two Australian sailormen in various seas, and on ships of varying degrees of maritime iniquity, N.S.W. Bookstall Co., Sydney, 1914, pp. 61-104. Details
  • Barry, John Arthur, 'A South Sea Syndicate', in South Sea Shipmates : being the matter-of-fact adventures of two Australian sailormen in various seas, and on ships of varying degrees of maritime iniquity, N.S.W. Bookstall Co., Sydney, 1914, pp. 105-133. Details

See also

Rachael Weaver

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