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Adams, Francis (1862 - 1893)

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Born
27 September 1862
Malta
Died
4 September 1893
Margate, Kent, England

Summary

Adams was born in Malta and educated mostly in England and later in France. He emigrated to Australia to improve his health in 1884, and soon became a committed republican, writing for the Bulletin as well as William Lane's Left-wing paper, The Boomerang. A collection of radical poetry, Songs of the Army of the Night, was published in 1888. But he also published across a range of popular genres; his first novel was a work of crime fiction, Madeline Brown's Murderer, published in Melbourne in 1887. Adams is also remembered for his social sketches and his journalism. Living in Margate, England, Adams became increasingly ill with tuberculosis and throat cancer. He shot himself with a pistol, with his wife close by.

Published resources

Books

  • Adams, Francis, Madeline Brown's Murderer, Kemp and Boyce, Melbourne, 1887, 152 pp. Details
  • Adams, Francis, Australian Life, Chapman and Hall, London, 1892, 237 pp. Details

Short Stories

  • Adams, Francis, '"Aggy"', in Australian Life, Chapman and Hall, London, 1892, pp. 218-237. Details
  • Adams, Francis, 'A Bush Girl', in Australian Life, Chapman and Hall, London, 1892, pp. 192-209. Details
  • Adams, Francis, 'The Hut By The Tanks', in Australian Life, Chapman and Hall, London, 1892, pp. 177-191. Details
  • Adams, Francis, 'The Last of the Bushrangers', in Australian Life, Chapman and Hall, London, 1892, pp. 148-176. Details
  • Adams, Francis, '"Long Forster"', in Australian Life, Chapman and Hall, London, 1892, pp. 137-147. Details
  • Adams, Francis, 'His Trip "Home"', in Australian Life, Chapman and Hall, London, 1892, pp. 122-136. Details
  • Adams, Francis, 'Miss Jackson', in Australian Life, Chapman and Hall, London, 1892, pp. 112-121. Details
  • Adams, Francis, 'Lilly Davenant (Will Jekyll's Version)', in Australian Life, Chapman and Hall, London, 1892, pp. 103-111. Details
  • Adams, Francis, 'A Souvenir of Suakim', in Australian Life, Chapman and Hall, London, 1892, pp. 94-102. Details
  • Adams, Francis, '"Dick Ward" (Mr. Short's Reminiscences)', in Australian Life, Chapman and Hall, London, 1892, pp. 82-93. Details
  • Adams, Francis, 'Dr. Fletcher's Love-Story', in Australian Life, Chapman and Hall, London, 1892, pp. 50-81. Details
  • Adams, Francis, 'Kate Robinson', in Australian Life, Chapman and Hall, London, 1892, pp. 25-49. Details
  • Adams, Francis, 'The Red Snake', in Australian Life, Chapman and Hall, London, 1892, pp. 3-24. Details

See also

Rachael Weaver

Created: 19 July 2007, Last modified: 10 June 2015