"The Dawn of White Australasia (Being the Remarkable Adventures of Peter Ecoores Van Bu)"

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Title	"The Dawn of White Australasia (Being the Remarkable Adventures of Peter Ecoores Van Bu)"
Year for Search	1916
Authors	Forbes, George
Secondary Title	Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW, Australia)
Volume / Edition	no. 11726 - 11751
Pagination	19, 3, 9, 5, 3, 3, 19, 3, 3, 15, 9, 3, 19, 3, 3, 2, 7, 3, 12, 2, 2, 11, 7, 3, 7, 3, 13, 7
Date Published	December 9, 1916 - January 8, 1917
Keywords	Australian author, Male author
Annotation	Includes a section (172-83 in the book) on two islands, one of men and one of women. Both islands follow the rules set down by the "wise ones" (men) who live of a mountain on the female island, sleep naked on the ground, and eat no meat, fish, or live vegetables. The men spend three months each year with the women on the women's island and the men provide their wives with all the necessities of life. Unmarried women did all the work on the women's island.
Additional Publishers	Rpt. as Adventures in Southern Seas, a Tale of the Sixteenth Century. Sydney, NSW, Australia: The Australasian Pub. Co., 1920. U.K. ed. London: Harrap, 1920.
Title Note	Rpt. as Adventures in Southern Seas, a Tale of the Sixteenth Century. Sydney, NSW, Australia: The Australasian Pub. Co., 1920.
Holding Institutions	A, ATL, Monash
Author Note	Australian author.
Full Text	1916-17 Forbes, George. “The Dawn of White Australasia (Being the Remarkable Adventures of Peter Ecoores Van Bu).” Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW, Australia), no. 11726 - 51 (December 9, 1916 - January 8, 1917): 19, 3, 9, 5, 3, 3, 19, 3, 3, 15, 9, 3, 19, 3, 3, 2, 7, 3, 12, 2, 2, 11, 7, 3, 7, 3, 13, 7. Rpt. as Adventures in Southern Seas, a Tale of the Sixteenth Century. Sydney, NSW, Australia: The Australasian Pub. Co., 1920. U.K. ed. London: Harrap, 1920. A, ATL, VMoU Includes a section (172-83 in the book) on two islands, one of men and one of women. Both islands follow the rules set down by the “wise ones” (men) who live on a mountain on the female island, sleep naked on the ground, and eat no meat, fish, or live vegetables. The men spend three months each year with the women on the women’s island, and the men provide their wives with all the necessities of life. Unmarried women did all the work on the women’s island. Australian author.