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Dorrington, Albert (1874 - 1953)

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    Castro's last sacrament and other stories
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    Children of the Cloven Hoof
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Born
27 September 1874
Fulham, London, England
Died
9 April 1953
Ruislip, Middlesex, England

Summary

Dorrington was born in London, and came to Australia aged 16, where he travelled widely through remote far northern and outback areas. He contributed short stories to the Bulletin in the 1890s, some of which were collected in Castro's Last Sacrament and Other Stories (1900). He co-wrote his first novel, The Lady Calphurnia Royal (1907), with Bulletin editor A G Stephens, which resulted in a rift between them. Bitter about a perceived lack of literary opportunity, Dorrington left Australia for London in 1907, and was later accuse d by Stephens and other colonial authors of inaccuracies and plagiarism. He continued publishing articles and stories in local journals and newspapers like the Bulletin, the Lone Hand, the North Queensland Register and Steele Rudd's Magazine into the mid-1930s as well as writing novels and becoming a noted contributor to the London press.

Published resources

Books

  • Dorrington, Albert, Castro's last sacrament and other stories, Bulletin Newspaper, Sydney, 1900, 347 pp. Details
  • Dorrington, Albert, Children of the Cloven Hoof, Mills & Boon, London, 1911, 316 pp. Details
  • Dorrington, Albert, The fatal call, Methuen, London, 1929, 252 pp. Details

Short Stories

  • Dorrington, Albert, 'A Blind Man's Holiday', in Castro's last sacrament and other stories, Bulletin Newspaper Co, Sydney, 1900, pp. 155-176. Details
  • Dorrington, Albert, 'Castro's Last Sacrament', in Castro's last sacrament and other stories, Bulletin Newspaper Co, Sydney, 1900, pp. 1-16. Details
  • Dorrington, Albert, 'A Bush Tanqueray', in Castro's last sacrament and other stories, Bulletin Newspaper Co, Sydney, 1900, pp. 17-35. Details
  • Dorrington, Albert, 'La Revanche', in Castro's last sacrament and other stories, Bulletin Newspaper Co, Sydney, 1900, pp. 36-44. Details
  • Dorrington, Albert, 'The Mother of Invention', in Castro's last sacrament and other stories, Bulletin Newspaper Co, Sydney, 1900, pp. 45-56. Details
  • Dorrington, Albert, 'A Bush Singer', in Castro's last sacrament and other stories, Bulletin Newspaper Co, Sydney, 1900, pp. 57-66. Details
  • Dorrington, Albert, 'Red Rafferty's Son', in Castro's last sacrament and other stories, Bulletin Newspaper Co, Sydney, 1900, pp. 67-76. Details
  • Dorrington, Albert, 'The Sign of the Cross', in Castro's last sacrament and other stories, Bulletin Newspaper Co, Sydney, 1900, pp. 77-86. Details
  • Dorrington, Albert, 'Silhouettes', in Castro's last sacrament and other stories, Bulletin Newspaper Co, Sydney, 1900, pp. 87-106. Details
  • Dorrington, Albert, 'The Return', in Castro's last sacrament and other stories, Bulletin Newspaper Co, Sydney, 1900, pp. 107-124. Details
  • Dorrington, Albert, 'The King of the Domain', in Castro's last sacrament and other stories, Bulletin Newspaper Co, Sydney, 1900, pp. 177-196. Details
  • Dorrington, Albert, 'The Hunchback of Syllogism', in Castro's last sacrament and other stories, Bulletin Newspaper Co, Sydney, 1900, pp. 197-238. Details
  • Dorrington, Albert, 'The Sneeze', in Castro's last sacrament and other stories, Bulletin Newspaper Co, Sydney, 1900, pp. 239-248. Details
  • Dorrington, Albert, 'Cardigan', in Castro's last sacrament and other stories, Bulletin Newspaper Co, Sydney, 1900, pp. 249-258. Details
  • Dorrington, Albert, 'The Coward', in Castro's last sacrament and other stories, Bulletin Newspaper Co, Sydney, 1900, pp. 259-292. Details
  • Dorrington, Albert, 'In the Grip of the Martyr', in Castro's last sacrament and other stories, Bulletin Newspaper Co, Sydney, 1900, pp. 293-332. Details
  • Dorrington, Albert, 'Quilp', in Castro's last sacrament and other stories, Bulletin Newspaper Co, Sydney, 1900, pp. 333-347. Details
  • Dorrington, Albert, 'Smoke-Ho!', in Castro's last sacrament and other stories, Bulletin Newspaper Co, Sydney, 1900, pp. 125-136. Details
  • Dorrington, Albert, 'The Curing of Little Jan Tromp', in Castro's last sacrament and other stories, Bulletin Newspaper Co, Sydney, 1900, pp. 137-154. Details
  • Dorrington, Albert, 'Sweet Nell: The Brumby's Story', in Charleton, W. R. (ed.), The Red kangaroo and other Australian short stories, John Fairfax and Sons, Sydney, 1907, pp. 51-57. Details
  • Dorrington, Albert, 'The Sacrifice: A Dingo's Story', in Charleton, W. R. (ed.), The Red kangaroo and other Australian short stories, John Fairfax and Sons, Sydney, 1907, pp. 131-137. Details
  • Dorrington, Albert, 'The Race - Little Jim's Story', in Charleton, W. R. (ed.), The Red kangaroo and other Australian short stories, John Fairfax and Sons, Sydney, 1907, pp. 150-156. Details

See also

Rachael Weaver