George Lewis Becke
George Lewis Becke was at the turn of the nineteenth century, the most prolific, significant, and internationally renowned Australian-born writer of the South Pacific region. Having lived and worked among Pacific Islands and Islanders as a trader, ship's supercargo, and villager for some two decades, learning languages and observing natural and cultural life, Becke was prompted by J F Archibald of The Bulletin to write down his experiences, eventually becoming a popular and respected author of short stories, novellas, novels, as well as historic and ethnographic works.
"Chinkie's Flat" / 1904
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"Five-Head" Creek; and Fish Drugging in the Pacific
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"Five-Head" Creek; and Fish Drugging in the Pacific / 1901
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"Martin of Nitendi"; and The River of Dreams
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"Martin of Nitendi"; and The River of Dreams / 1901
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"Old Mary"
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"Old Mary" / 1901
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"Pig-Headed" Sailor Men
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"Pig-Headed" Sailor Men / From "The Strange Adventure of James Shervinton, and Other Stories" - 1902
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"THE GALLANT, GOOD RIOU"
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"The Gallant, Good Riou", and Jack Renton
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"The Gallant, Good Riou", and Jack Renton / 1901
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“FIVE-HEAD” CREEK
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“MARTIN OF NITENDI”
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A Memory of the Southern Seas / 1904
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Âmona; The Child; And The Beast; And Others / From "The Strange Adventure of James Shervinton, and Other Stories" - 1902
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By Reef and Palm
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By Rock and Pool on an Austral Shore, and Other Stories
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Concerning "Bully" Hayes / From "The Strange Adventure of James Shervinton, and Other Stories" - 1902
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Edward Barry / South Sea Pearler
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FISH DRUGGING IN THE PACIFIC
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Foster's Letter of Marque: A Tale of Old Sydney / 1901
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In the Far North
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In the Far North / 1901
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JACK RENTON
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John Corwell, Sailor and Miner; and, Poisonous Fish / 1901
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John Frewen, South Sea Whaler / 1904
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Officer and Man
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Officer and Man / 1901
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Pâkia
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Pâkia / 1901
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Rídan the Devil, and Other Stories / 1899
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Rodman the Boatsteerer, and Other Stories / 1898
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Sarréo / 1901
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Susâni / 1901
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Tessa / 1901
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The Adventure of Elizabeth Morey, of New York
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The Adventure of Elizabeth Morey, of New York / 1901
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The Americans in the South Seas
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The Americans in the South Seas / 1901
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The Beginning of the Sea Story of Australia
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The Beginning of the Sea Story of Australia / 1901
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The Brothers-In-Law: A Tale of the Equatorial Islands; and The Brass Gun of the Buccaneers / 1901
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The Call of the South / 1908
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The Colonial Mortuary Bard; "'Reo," The Fisherman; and The Black Bream of Australia / 1901
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The Ebbing Of The Tide / South Sea Stories - 1896
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The Flemmings and "Flash Harry" of Savait / From "The Strange Adventure of James Shervinton, and Other Stories" - 1902
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THE RIVER OF DREAMS
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The South Seaman: An Incident in the Sea Story of Australia
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The South Seaman: An Incident in the Sea Story of Australia / 1901
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The Strange Adventure of James Shervinton / 1902
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The Tapu of Banderah / 1901
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The Trader's Wife
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The Trader's Wife / 1901
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Tom Gerrard
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Tom Wallis: A Tale of the South Seas
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Yorke The Adventurer
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