OM90-16 E J Banfield Typescript, ca. 1925.

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OM90-16 E J Banfield Typescript, ca. 1925.

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Transcript of E J Banfield's "Last Leaves of Dunk Island", including an introduction to the book by A H Chisholm. Also includes typed excerpts from Frank Clune's "Free and Easy Land" and "Death on Escape River" and "The Crusoe of Coonanglebah".

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Banfield, E.J. (Edmund James), 1852-1923

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Edmund James Banfield, author and naturalist, worked as a reporter in North Queensland before settling on Dunk Island in 1897. His diary of nature observations became the basis of subsequent articles and books, including 'The Confessions of a Beachcomber' (1908), 'My Tropic Isle' (1911), 'Tropic Days' (1918), and 'Last Leaves from Dunk Island' (1925). An enthusiastic promoter of Australia and a passionate spokesman for the preservation of North Queensland in its natural state, Banfield died in 1...