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'''The Great South Land Saga''' was a series of 12 novels by [[E.V. Timms]].<ref>[http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C414170 Great South Land Saga] at [[AustLit]]</ref><ref>Anthony Barker, 'Timms, Edward Vivian (1895–1960)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/timms-edward-vivian-8818/text15467, published in hardcopy 1990, accessed online 15 October 2014.</ref> |
'''The Great South Land Saga''' was a series of 12 novels by [[E.V. Timms]] and his wife Alma.<ref>[http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C414170 Great South Land Saga] at [[AustLit]]</ref><ref>Anthony Barker, 'Timms, Edward Vivian (1895–1960)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/timms-edward-vivian-8818/text15467, published in hardcopy 1990, accessed online 15 October 2014.</ref> |
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From the beginning, Timms envisioned a 12 part series of novels. |
From the beginning, Timms envisioned a 12 part series of novels. However he died while writing the eleventh and his wife took over the completion of that. She then wrote the last novel on her own. |
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By the late 1970s it was estimated over 850,000 copies of the novels had been sold.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47808756 |title=Advertising. |newspaper=[[Australian_Women's_Weekly|The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982)]] |location=1933 - 1982 |date=25 January 1978 |accessdate=19 October 2014 |page=77 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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==Novels== |
==Novels== |
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#''[[Forever to Remain]]'' (1948) |
#''[[Forever to Remain]]'' (1948) |
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Revision as of 08:15, 19 October 2014
The Great South Land Saga was a series of 12 novels by E.V. Timms and his wife Alma.[1][2]
From the beginning, Timms envisioned a 12 part series of novels. However he died while writing the eleventh and his wife took over the completion of that. She then wrote the last novel on her own.
By the late 1970s it was estimated over 850,000 copies of the novels had been sold.[3]
Novels
- Forever to Remain (1948)
- The Pathway of the Sun (1949)
- The Beckoning Shore (1950)
- The Valleys Beyond (1951)
- The Challenge (1952)
- The Scarlet Frontier (1953)
- The Fury (1954)
- They Came from the Sea (1955)
- Shining Harvest (1956)
- Robina (1958)
- The Big Country (1962)
- Time and Chance (1971) - by Alma Timms
References
- ^ Great South Land Saga at AustLit
- ^ Anthony Barker, 'Timms, Edward Vivian (1895–1960)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/timms-edward-vivian-8818/text15467, published in hardcopy 1990, accessed online 15 October 2014.
- ^ "Advertising". The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982). 1933 - 1982: National Library of Australia. 25 January 1978. p. 77. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
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