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Dyson, Edward George (1865 - 1931)

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Born
4 March 1865
Morrisons, Victoria, Australia
Died
22 August 1931
Elwood, Victoria, Australia

Summary

Dyson was born near Ballarat, Victoria, moving frequently throughout his childhood as his father pursued mining work in the surrounding areas. He contributed his first short stories to the Bulletin in the mid-1880s and in 1889 his mining tale, 'The Golden Shanty', was chosen as the title story for the Bulletin Christmas collection. He took up writing full time, earning a comfortable living as a freelancer. Dyson published countless poems and short stories in the Bulletin, the Lone Hand and Melbourne Punch, often drawing on his early experiences in gold fields and mining towns for material. His stories also appear in Below and On Top (1898), Fact'ry 'Ands (1906) and other collections, and his novels include In the Roaring Fifties (1906) and The Missing Link (1908). His literary output declined after 1919 due to illness.

Published resources

Books

  • Dyson, Edward, Below and On Top, George Robertson and Co., Melbourne, 1898, 327 pp. Details
  • Dyson, Edward, The Gold-stealers : a story of Waddy, Longmans, Green, London, 1901, 310 pp. Details
  • Dyson, Edward, The Missing Link, N.S.W. Bookstall Co., Sydney, 1908, 176 pp. Details

Short Stories

  • Dyson, Edward, 'Mr and Mrs Sin Fat', in A golden shanty : Australian stories & sketches in prose and verse, Bulletin Newspaper, Sydney, 1890, pp. 57-72. Details
  • Dyson, Edward, 'A Golden Shanty', in A golden shanty : Australian stories & sketches in prose and verse, Bulletin Newspaper, Sydney, 1890, pp. 1-15. Details
  • Dyson, Edward, 'The Washerwoman of Jacker's Flat', in A golden shanty : Australian stories & sketches in prose and verse, Bulletin Newspaper, Sydney, 1890, pp. 119-134. Details
  • Dyson, Edward, 'The Fossickers', in Below and On Top, George Robertson and Co., Melbourne, 1898, pp. 64-75. Details
  • Dyson, Edward, 'The Washerwoman of Jacker's Flat', in Below and On Top, George Robertson and Co., Melbourne, 1898, pp. 141-161. Details
  • Dyson, Edward, 'A Zealot in Labour', in Below and On Top, George Robertson and Co., Melbourne, 1898, pp. 129-140. Details
  • Dyson, Edward, 'Hebe of Grasstree', in Below and On Top, George Robertson and Co., Melbourne, 1898, pp. 118-128. Details
  • Dyson, Edward, 'A Golden Shanty', in Below and On Top, George Robertson and Co., Melbourne, 1898, pp. 98-117. Details
  • Dyson, Edward, 'Dead Man's Lode', in Below and On Top, George Robertson and Co., Melbourne, 1898, pp. 162-177. Details
  • Dyson, Edward, 'At the Yards', in Below and On Top, George Robertson and Co., Melbourne, 1898, pp. 76-82. Details
  • Dyson, Edward, 'The Trucker's Dream', in Below and On Top, George Robertson and Co., Melbourne, 1898, pp. 56-63. Details
  • Dyson, Edward, 'A Sabbath Morn at Waddy', in Below and On Top, George Robertson and Co., Melbourne, 1898, pp. 47-55. Details
  • Dyson, Edward, 'A Visit to Scrubby Gully', in Below and On Top, George Robertson and Co., Melbourne, 1898, pp. 83-97. Details
  • Dyson, Edward, 'An Incident of the Old Pioneer', in Below and On Top, George Robertson and Co., Melbourne, 1898, pp. 207-217. Details
  • Dyson, Edward, 'A Vain Sacrifice', in Below and On Top, George Robertson and Co., Melbourne, 1898, pp. 218-223. Details
  • Dyson, Edward, 'Glover's Little Joke', in Below and On Top, George Robertson and Co., Melbourne, 1898, pp. 224-232. Details
  • Dyson, Edward, 'A Child of Nature', in Below and On Top, George Robertson and Co., Melbourne, 1898, pp. 233-251. Details
  • Dyson, Edward, 'The Whim Boy', in Below and On Top, George Robertson and Co., Melbourne, 1898, pp. 252-278. Details
  • Dyson, Edward, 'Spicer's Courtship', in Below and On Top, George Robertson and Co., Melbourne, 1898, pp. 279-285. Details
  • Dyson, Edward, 'The Conquering Bush', in Below and On Top, George Robertson and Co., Melbourne, 1898, pp. 286-292. Details
  • Dyson, Edward, 'The Elopement of Mrs. Peters', in Below and On Top, George Robertson and Co., Melbourne, 1898, pp. 293-300. Details
  • Dyson, Edward, 'One Night', in Below and On Top, George Robertson and Co., Melbourne, 1898, pp. 301-316. Details
  • Dyson, Edward, 'His Bad Luck', in Below and On Top, George Robertson and Co., Melbourne, 1898, pp. 317-327. Details
  • Dyson, Edward, 'After the Accident', in Below and On Top, George Robertson and Co., Melbourne, 1898, pp. 178-185. Details
  • Dyson, Edward, 'Mr. and Mrs. Sin Fat', in Below and On Top, George Robertson and Co., Melbourne, 1898, pp. 186-206. Details

Online Resources

  • Dyson, Edward, Below and On Top, Below and On Top, George Robertson and Co., Melbourne, 1898, 1-46 pp. Details

See also

Archival resources

State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection

  • Papers - Edward Dyson, 1885 - 1960, MS 10617; State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection. Details

Rachael Weaver

Created: 21 April 2008, Last modified: 10 June 2015