Great South Land Saga Explained

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

1. Forever to Remain (1948)
2. The Pathway of the Sun (1949)
3. The Beckoning Shore (1950)
4. The Valleys Beyond (1951)
5. The Challenge (1952)
6. The Scarlet Frontier (1953)
7. The Fury (1954)
8. They Came from the Sea (1955)
9. Shining Harvest (1956)
10. Robina (1958)
11. The Big Country (1962)
12. Time and Chance (1971) – by Alma Timms

Notes and References

1. http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C414170 Great South Land Saga
2. Anthony Barker, 'Timms, Edward Vivian (1895–1960)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, published in hardcopy 1990, accessed online 15 October 2014
3. News: Advertising. . . 25 January 1978 . 19 October 2014 . 77 . National Library of Australia.