Literary places in Bathurst

Robbery Under Arms

Rolf Boldrewood

The bushranging and gold-rush country of colonial New South Wales, and the long ride south to Melbourne. Boldrewood (Thomas Alexander Browne) drew the Turon diggings, the cattle runs, and the rugged ranges from a lifetime in the bush. The Marstons' hidden valley, "Terrible Hollow", is invented, but it is set in real country and the Turon, Bathurst, the Weddin Mountains, and Melbourne are all on the map. It brings a whole continent, Australia, into the atlas.

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