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Borlase, James Skipp (1839 - 1902)

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Born
1839
Truro, Cornwall, England
Died
1902
Alternative Names
  • Bradley, J.J.G. (pseudonym)

Summary

Borlase was born at Cornwall and came to Australia in the mid-1860s, working initially as a solicitor in Melbourne. When an unsuccessful attempt to desert his wife ruined his legal reputation, he turned to writing popular fiction, publishing his first short story in the Australian Journal in 1865 and soon becoming a regular contributor and staff member, and possibly an editor. He produced numerous historical and romance tales and serials, but was best known for his crime and adventure stories, especially the series 'Memoirs of an Australian Police Officer.' Borlase republished several stories from this series in The Night Fossickers and Other Australian Tales of Peril and Adventure (1867), a collection that is believed to include some unacknowledged stories by Mary Fortune. He returned to London under suspicion of plagiarism by the end of the 1860s, and his later writing was largely boys' adventure fiction, published under the pseudonym 'JJG Bradley.'

Published resources

Books

  • Borlase, James Skipp, Australian Tales of Peril and Adventure in Town and Bush, E.W. Cole, Melbourne, 1893, 248 pp. Details
  • Borlase, James Skipp, Stirring tales of colonial adventure : a book for boys, Frederick Warne, London, 1894, 376 pp. Details

Short Stories

  • Borlase, James Skipp, 'The Madman's Tale', in Australian Tales of Peril and Adventure in Town and Bush, E.W. Cole, Melbourne, 1893, pp. 31-43. Details
  • Borlase, James Skipp, 'The Ace of Spades', in Australian Tales of Peril and Adventure in Town and Bush, E.W. Cole, Melbourne, 1893, pp. 181-185. Details
  • Borlase, James Skipp, 'The Missing Fingers', in Australian Tales of Peril and Adventure in Town and Bush, E.W. Cole, Melbourne, 1893, pp. 16-30. Details
  • Borlase, James Skipp, 'Homeward Bound via Panama', in Australian Tales of Peril and Adventure in Town and Bush, E.W. Cole, Melbourne, 1893, pp. 240-247. Details
  • Borlase, James Skipp, 'Pursuing and Pursued', in Australian Tales of Peril and Adventure in Town and Bush, E.W. Cole, Melbourne, 1893, pp. 44-58. Details
  • Borlase, James Skipp, 'A Sticking-up-and-shooting-down Adventure', in Australian Tales of Peril and Adventure in Town and Bush, E.W. Cole, Melbourne, 1893, pp. 59-75. Details
  • Borlase, James Skipp, 'Buried Alive', in Australian Tales of Peril and Adventure in Town and Bush, E.W. Cole, Melbourne, 1893, pp. 76-93. Details
  • Borlase, James Skipp, 'The Salted Claims', in Australian Tales of Peril and Adventure in Town and Bush, E.W. Cole, Melbourne, 1893, pp. 114-133. Details
  • Borlase, James Skipp, 'Tale of a Skull', in Australian Tales of Peril and Adventure in Town and Bush, E.W. Cole, Melbourne, 1893, pp. 134-154. Details
  • Borlase, James Skipp, 'A Leap for Life', in Australian Tales of Peril and Adventure in Town and Bush, E.W. Cole, Melbourne, 1893, pp. 155-169. Details
  • Borlase, James Skipp, 'The Lubra's Revenge', in Australian Tales of Peril and Adventure in Town and Bush, E.W. Cole, Melbourne, 1893, pp. 170-180. Details
  • Borlase, James Skipp, 'Three Golden Hairs', in Australian Tales of Peril and Adventure in Town and Bush, E.W. Cole, Melbourne, 1893, pp. 186-204. Details
  • Borlase, James Skipp, 'Mystery and Murder', in Australian Tales of Peril and Adventure in Town and Bush, E.W. Cole, Melbourne, 1893, pp. 226-239. Details
  • Borlase, James Skipp, 'Night Fossickers', in Australian Tales of Peril and Adventure in Town and Bush, E.W. Cole, Melbourne, 1893, pp. 94-113. Details
  • Borlase, James Skipp, 'King Rum Tum's Ghost', in Australian Tales of Peril and Adventure in Town and Bush, E.W. Cole, Melbourne, 1893, pp. 205-225. Details
  • Borlase, James Skipp, 'The Shepherd's Hut', in Australian Tales of Peril and Adventure in Town and Bush, E.W. Cole, Melbourne, 1893, pp. 1-15. Details
  • Borlase, James Skipp, 'A Slip Between Two Oceans', in Stirring tales of colonial adventure : a book for boys, Frederick Warne, London, 1894, pp. 320-368. Details
  • Borlase, James Skipp, 'The Overseer at Cooinda', in Stirring tales of colonial adventure : a book for boys, Frederick Warne, London, 1894, pp. 1-58. Details
  • Borlase, James Skipp, 'The Black Bloodhound', in Stirring tales of colonial adventure : a book for boys, Frederick Warne, London, 1894, pp. 59-126. Details
  • Borlase, James Skipp, 'Lured to Their Doom', in Stirring tales of colonial adventure : a book for boys, Frederick Warne, London, 1894, pp. 127-179. Details
  • Borlase, James Skipp, 'The 'Blue Noses'', in Stirring tales of colonial adventure : a book for boys, Frederick Warne, London, 1894, pp. 180-221. Details
  • Borlase, James Skipp, 'Perils Amongst Papuans', in Stirring tales of colonial adventure : a book for boys, Frederick Warne, London, 1894, pp. 265-319. Details
  • Borlase, James Skipp, 'Morning Call on Zebra Wolves', in Stirring tales of colonial adventure : a book for boys, Frederick Warne, London, 1894, pp. 369-376. Details
  • Borlase, James Skipp, 'Saved By Shadows', in Stirring tales of colonial adventure : a book for boys, Frederick Warne, London, 1894, pp. 222-264. Details

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