Dark Outlaw Explained
| Dark Outlaw |
| Author: | Frank Clune |
| Country: | Australia |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | Frank Gardiner |
| Genre: | historical novel |
| Set In: | colonial New South Wales |
| Publisher: | Angus and Robertson |
| Pub Date: | 1945 |
| Published: | Sydney |
Dark Outlaw: The Story of Gunman Gardiner is a 1945 Australian historical novel by Frank Clune about bushranger Frank Gardiner.[1] [2]
In 1948 Clune said it was his best selling book, with over 80,000 copies sold.[3] He wrote this and Ben Hall, Bushranger as historical novels while researching his large non fiction book Wild Colonial Boys.[4] [5]
Clune rewrote the material and published a new version in 1952 called Gunman Gardiner.[6] [7]
Clune then wrote a proper biography of Gardiner called King of the Road which was published in 1967.
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Notes and References
- News: Exciting New Novel By Frank Clune . Daily Mirror . 1200 . New South Wales, Australia . 29 March 1945 . 15 April 2024 . 9 (Country Edition) . National Library of Australia.
- News: Advocate Magazine . Advocate . LXXXI . 4823 . Victoria, Australia . 8 January 1948 . 15 April 2024 . 9 . National Library of Australia.
- News: AUTHOR FRANK CLUNE IN ADELAIDE . . 50 . 7,767 . South Australia . 26 June 1948 . 15 April 2024 . 8 . National Library of Australia.
- News: New Rooks Reviewed -- . The Heral] . 22,338 . Victoria, Australia . 24 December 1948 . 15 April 2024 . 6 . National Library of Australia.
- News: Back in the days of bushrangers . . 52 . 7,928 . South Australia . 1 January 1949 . 15 April 2024 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
- News: BOOK REVIEWS BY H. N. HUFFADINE . News . 58 . 8,894 . South Australia . 9 February 1952 . 15 April 2024 . 5 . National Library of Australia.
- News: Books In Brief . The West Australian . 68 . 20,449 . Western Australia . 2 February 1952 . 15 April 2024 . 17 . National Library of Australia.
