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Aboriginal literature had not developed a system of writing atthe beginning of the colonial period owing to the aborigines upholding the oral tradition. Thus, the first written accounts of the aborigines were made by early European explorers. The first fleet landed in the shores of Australia in 1788. The slowly rising literature of that time reflected the struggle of the new settlers against the wild and natural environment of Australia.  \nEARLY WRITERS  \nWilliam Dampier (1651-1715)  \n Born in England, explorer and navigator  \n One of the first English explorers to arrive at the Australian shores  \n Dampier ’s narratives of his voyages were edited by John Masefield in 1906  \n It’s believed that Dampier ’s ship rescued Alexander Selkirk (Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe ) from the Island where he was isolated  \nTucker James (1808-1888)  \n He is a convict  \n Famous for Ralph Rashleigh, a convict memoir; A squatter ’s record of the reminiscences of a convict  \n Subtitled The Life ofan Exile  \n The protagonist is Ralph ‘Rashleigh’ because he acts rashly  \n The novel recounts the story of Ralph with picaresque elements from his descent into crime before 1820 until his death at the hands of aborigines in 1844  \nMarcus Clark (1846-1881)  \n Born in London and educated at Highgate  \n A contemporary and close friend of Gerard Manley Hopkins and his brother Cyril Hopkins  \n Emigrated to Australia in 1863 and began to write for the Australian press  \n Contributed to the Australian Monthly Magazine under the pseudonym ‘Mark Scrivener ’ and ‘Q’  \n Australian Monthly Magazine later became the Colonial Monthly and here, he serialised his first novel Long Odds (1868-69); revised for publication in book form in 1869  \n Set almost entirely in England, Long Odds recounts the tragedy of Cyril Chatteris  \n Wrote for Argus , Australasian , the Humbug , the Australian Journal etc  \n Clark’s most famous work His Natural Life was serialized in the Australian Journal in 1870-72 and revised for publication in book form in 1874  \n Alternative title For the Term of His Natural Life was used in the 1882 edition of the revised version  \n Protagonist is Richard Devine, alias Rufus Dawes  \nRolf Bolderwood (1826-1915)  \n Born in London, arrived in Australia in 1831  \n Ardent reader of Walter Scott  \n Articles published in the Cornhill Magazine  \n Contributions made in the Australian Town and Country Journal made him famous  \n Serialisation of Bolderwood’s bushranging adventure Robbery UnderArms (1882-83) in the Sydney Mail firmly established his reputation as a writer  \n The protagonist is Dick Marston, a former bushranger awaiting execution recounting the cautionary tale of his bushranger past  \nC. J. Dennis (1876-1938)  \n Poet  \n First book of verse was Backclock Ballads and Other Other Verses  \n Most famous work is the colloquial verse narrative Songs ofa Sentimental Block (1915) which earned him the title ‘Laureate of the Larrikin’  \n Protagonist is Bill, the story revolves around the courtship and marriage of Bill, a larrikin of Melbourne streets  \n Ginger Mick and Rose of the Spadgers are the other two important characters  \n They also appear in other works by C.J. Dennis  \nWilliam Charles Wentworth (1790-1872)  \n An Australian explorer educated in England  \n Most famous poem is Australasia (1823)  \n Rooted in Australian nationalistic pride, the poem begins with the exclamatory line ‘Land of my birth!’  \n A.C.V Melbourne penned his biography William Charles Wentworth in 1934  \n ‘The Patriot of Australia – An Heroic poem in Ten Cantos’ a poem by Charles Harpur has Wentworth as subject  \nHenry Savery (1791-1842)  \n Born in Somerset, England was a convict transported to Van Diemen, Australia  \n Considered as the first Australian novelist and es","cbCaiisPv80wjJBA","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiisPv80wjJBA","pdf",2088123,35,"English","# AN INTRODUCTION\n## EARLY WRITERS\n## ABORIGINAL WRITERS","[{\"question\":\"Why did Aboriginal literature not develop a written system at the start of the colonial period?\",\"answer\":\"Aboriginal communities maintained oral traditions rather than developing a system of writing during the early colonial period.\"},{\"question\":\"What historical events does the introduction connect to early Australian literature?\",\"answer\":\"It links early European exploration and the first fleet landing in 1788 to the emergence of written accounts and the literature that reflected settlers’ struggles with the Australian environment.\"},{\"question\":\"Which early writer is associated with the serialisation of a first novel titled Long Odds?\",\"answer\":\"Marcus Clark serialised his first novel Long Odds (1868–69) in the Australian Monthly Magazine, later revised for book publication in 1869.\"}]","Easy Handbook on AUSTRALIAN LITERATURE - AN INTRODUCTION - EARLY WRITERS - ABORIGINAL WRITERS | PDF",1789940505,54]