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{{Short description|A book written by John Wrathall}}
{{Primary sources|date=December 2019}}
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'''''Early Experiences of Colonial Life in South Australia'''''
After the ''Advertiser'' issue of 29 September 1877 the articles were only published in the ''Chronicle
▲'''''Early Experiences of Colonial Life in South Australia''''' was a book by [[John Wrathall Bull]] originally published as ''Early Experiences of Colonial Life'' by "An arrival of 1838" as instalments in ''[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]]'' and that paper's weekly ''[[South Australian Chronicle and Weekly Mail|Chronicle and Weekly Mail]]''.
The book is only part memoir; much of the narrative was contributed by the protagonists, whom Bull knew personally, and much of the content reflects his pragmatic view of history.
▲After the ''Advertiser'' issue of 29 September 1877 the articles were only published in the ''Chronicle and Weekly Mail'', and the last few were published a week or two late. All may accessed via [[Trove]], a service of the [[National Library of Australia]]:
==The issues==
*[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90882099 No. I. (5 May 1877)] Disembarked near present-day [[Semaphore, South Australia|Semaphore]]; a hanging; soirée at
*[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90882555 No. II. {12 May 1877)]
*[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90881692 No. III. (19 May 1877)] Assessments of Hindmarsh, [[William Pullen|Pullen]], Light, [[G. M. Stephen]], [[Edward Charles Frome|Frome]], [[James Hurtle Fisher|Fisher]] and the first City Council.
*[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90880021 No. IV. (26 May 1877)] Hindmarsh's rowdy Marines; Sturt's and Eyre's (erroneous) assessment of land for agriculture; absentee landowners and farm economics.
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*[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90946164 No. X. (7 July 1877}] History of Bull's employee Hart; suicide of Hart's successor Moorhead; more on Morgan.
*[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90944015 No. XI. (14 July 1877)] Aboriginal relationships; murder of Gilles' shepherd William Duffield.
*[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90942261 No. XII. (21 July 1877)] Deaths of Bromley, Beevor; murders by Milemnura/Milmenrura ('Big Murray') tribe: Barker, Roach and Delve (attacked while salvaging schooner ''Fanny''), ''Maria'' shipwreck survivors; Gawler's instruction to [[Thomas Shuldham O'Halloran|O'Halloran]] vindicated.
*[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90942607 No. XIII. (28 July 1877)] More on ''Maria'' investigation.
*[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90942785 No. XIV. (4 August 1877)] Rev. Longbottom family survive wreck of ''Fanny'' (Capt. James Gill) in same area, helped by (presumably) the same tribe; Gill first to enter Murray mouth.
*[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90945503 No. XV. (13 November 2019)] Farcical arrest of [[Black Forest (South Australia)|Black Forest]] cattle thieves Dick Fenton, John Gofton, Joseph Stagg. Gofton's escape from temporary jail.
*[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90944537 No. XVI. (25 August 1877)] Wesleyan Methodist ministers [[William Longbottom (minister)|Longbottom]], [[John Eggleston (minister)|Eggleston]], [[J. C. Weatherstone|Weatherstone]] and [[Daniel James Draper|Draper]], who took final service at sinking of [[SS London (1864)|SS ''London'']] 11 January 1866, and commemorated by [[Draper Memorial Church]].
*[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90944320 No. XVII. (1 September 1877)] Stagg found guilty of Gofton murder, insists he is innocent of that crime; John Benedict Lomas mystery: two conflicting stories, one confessing Gofton murder.
*[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90942422 No. XVIII. (8 September 1877)] Pastor Kavel and German settlers in [[Hahndorf, South Australia|Hahndorf]].
*[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90941685 No. XIX. (15 September 1877)] [[Port Lincoln, South Australia|Port Lincoln]]: Light's assessment; nasty cannon accident; [[Henry Cowell Hawson|Hawson]] exploration fiasco; Aboriginal murders; whalers; Lady Franklin selects spot on Stamford Hill for Flinders memorial.
*[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90945244 No. XX. (23 September 1877)] More on Foley, Stone and Stanley. Foley proves to be a consummate bushman.
*[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90943418 No. XXI. (29 September 1877)] Thoughts on land sale system; his early days in SA; incidents with drays crossing Mount Lofty Ranges.
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*[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90943630 No. XXXI. (8 December 1877)] Ingratitude of Langhorne; buried remains of Martin and three others by banks of the Rufus, site dubbed "Langhorne's Ferry".
*[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90944184 No. XXXII. (15 December 1877)] Party to Rufus River under sub-inspector Bernard Shaw and [[Matthew Moorhouse]], Protector of Aborigines, which title Bull queries, as perhaps Protector of whites, to protect drover [[William Robinson (runholder)|Robinson]]'s sheep and cattle. Around 50 killed without a spear being thrown.
*[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90943181 No. XXXIII. (22 December 1877)] Summary of conflicts leading to Rufus massacre of 27 August 1841; Eyre stationed at [[Moorundee]], juxtaposed with [[Archdeacon Hale]]'s mission at [[Poonindie]]; faint praise for sub-Protector [[George Mason (South Australia)|Mason]]; favorable mention of Point McLeay mission at [[Raukkan, South Australia]]; favors land grant to River Murray tribes; inevitable "blighting effects of civilization" on Aboriginal people; money wasted by George Gipps and Lord Stanley on protectorate system; praise for [[G. W. Hawkes]]; Aboriginal shearers.
*[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/90868534 No. XXXIV] (5 January 1878) Businesses ruined and confidence lost when legitimate payments repudiated by Grey's government; relates his own difficulties and losses in real estate transactions during this period.
*[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/90867737 No. XXXV] (12 January 1878] Problems of a wheat farmer; disastrous first attempt at driving bullock team; his invention of stripper-header taken up by [[John Ridley (inventor)|Ridley]]; some harvest statistics.
*[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/90867539 No. XXXVI] (19 January 1878) Legislative Council created; stumbles upon unsold Section 295, passes to [[Osmond Gilles|Gilles]], becomes SA's first (silver–lead) mine, Wheal Gawler follows nearby; Dutton and Bagot find copper at Kapunda; Burra copper mines: "Nobs and Snobs"; praise for Grey.
*[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/90870544 No. XXXVII] (26 January 1878) Tolmer, Farrell and other police on trail of Michael Rogers, John Riley, Patrick Lynch, three of what was believed a gang of four armed Tasmanian bushrangers, who had been seen on [[Kangaroo Island]] and at Bowden's sheep station on [[Yorke's Peninsula]].
*[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/90868911 No. XXXVIII] (2 February 1878) Rogers' gang apprehended by Tolmer, Farrell and company; their obdurate defiance.
*[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/90869813 No. XXXVIV] (9 February 1878) More on the gang following their escape from Tasmania; death of their fourth member; contempt for their previous jailers; reflections on lenient sentences and secular education.
*[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/90868013 No. XL] (16 February 1878) Publican Peter Sipp receiver of stolen property; tribute to Inspector [[David Gordon (police inspector)|Gordon]]; personal incidents involving Aboriginals.
*[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/90868754 No. XLI] (23 February 1878) Story of the brig ''Punch'', returning escaped convicts to Hobart: similar to conjectured last days of ''[[Lady Denison]]'' 's but with a happier ending.
*[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/90870029 No. XLI <nowiki>[sic]</nowiki>] (2 March 1878) Inter-faith sharing of resources in first years ; Presbyterians [[Ralph Drummond]] and [[Robert Haining (minister)|Robert Haining]]; Roman Catholics [[Francis Murphy (Australian bishop)|Bishop Murphy]] and [[Edmund Mahony|Father Mahony]] (though [[William Bernard Ullathorne|Vicar-General Ullathorne]] was not so welcomed by [[David McLaren (colonial manager)|Colonial Manager McLaren]] and Governor Hindmarsh); wreck of ''Mariner'' with (Catholic) Fr. James Watkins on board, in the same area as ''Maria'', but with no hostile contact.
*[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/90869084 No. XLIII] (9 March 1878) Hostilities in [[Port Lincoln]] district: fatal attacks by Battara tribe on 12-y.o. Frank Hawson; John Brown and his hutkeeper; Rolles Biddle, James Fastins, and Mrs Stubbs. Retaliation by Charles Driver S.M., followed by Lieut. Hugonin and troopers; search for culprits by Major O'Halloran; criticism of Missionary Protector Schurman for avoiding contact with Aboriginals for fear of his life.
*[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/90869543 No. XLV <nowiki>[sic]</nowiki>
*[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/90868174 No. XLV] (Conclusion, 13 April 1878) List of Aboriginals convicted of murdering whites and executed by hanging; thoughts on future deterioration of country and climate; agricultural use of recycled water; Governor Grey in New Zealand; [[New Zealand Wars]] and comparison of Aboriginal Australian and Maori cultures; more thoughts on Grey's term in S.A.; concludes by stating he wrote ''Experiences'' to counteract (unspecified) misleading reports.
==Editions==
*{{cite book|last1=Bull|first1=John Wrathall|title=Early Experiences of Life in South Australia|date=1878|publisher=Offices of The Advertiser, Chronicle, and Express |location=Adelaide|edition=1st}}
*{{cite book|last1=Bull|first1=John Wrathall|title=Early Experiences of Life in South Australia|date=1884|publisher=E.S. Wigg & Son|location=Adelaide|edition=2nd|url=http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/b/bull/john_wrathall/early-experiences-of-life-in-south-australia/complete.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208185440/https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/b/bull/john_wrathall/early-experiences-of-life-in-south-australia/complete.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 8, 2015|access-date=3 March 2016}}
*A hardcover facsimile reprint was made available by [[Kessinger Publishing]] in September 2010.▼
*A paperback facsimile reprint was published by [[Nabu Press]] in February 2010 ({{ISBN|978-1145420939}})
==Similar
[[James Collins Hawker]] published:
* ''Early Experiences in South Australia'' (1899), Adelaide: E.S. Wigg and Son.
{{Reflist}}▼
* ''Early Experiences in South Australia, Second Series'' (1901), Adelaide: E.S. Wigg and Son.
* {{cite book|last1=Hawker|first1=J. C.|title=Early Experiences in South Australia|date=1899|location=Adelaide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tIUcAAAAMAAJ&q=corvo|access-date=3 December 2019}}
[[Alexander Tolmer]] published:
* Alexander Tolmer (1882) ''Reminiscences of an Adventurous and Chequered Career at Home and at the Antipodes'' London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington
*{{Citation | author1=Alexander Tolmer | title=Reminiscences of an adventurous and chequered career at home and at the Antipodes (facsimile edition) | date=1972 | publisher=[Adelaide Libraries Board of South Australia] | isbn=978-0-7243-0034-1 }}
▲{{Reflist}}
[[Category:19th-century history books]]
[[Category:Australian memoirs]]
[[Category:Books about Australian history]]
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