Abstract

Introduction 1. The romance of property: Rolf Boldrewood and Walter Scott 2. Outlaws and lawmakers: Boldrewood, Praed and the ethics of adventure 3. Israel in Egypt: the significance of Australian captivity narratives 4. Imperial romance: King Solomon's Mines and Australian romance 5. The new woman and the coming man: gender and genre in the 'lost-race' romance 6. The other world: Rosa Praed's occult novels 7. The boundaries of civility: Australia, Asia and the Pacific 8. Imagined invasions: The Lone Hand and narratives of Asiatic invasion 9. The colonial city: crime fiction and empire 10. Beyond adventure: Louis Becke Conclusion.

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