These are the stories I have defined as the first Australian fairytales. My choice is open to interpretation. The definition of fairytales for analytical research in my thesis is that a fairytale is usually a short and simple story that features folkloric characters such as elves, trolls, goblins, giants, fairies, witches or other magical beings and the results of their interactions with humans. Talking animals or inanimate objects that speak may also be included. A happy ending is never guaranteed and there may be a moral message.
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1870
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Roland, Sarah Anne Charlotte (pseud. Gumsucker), Rosalie's Reward; or The Fairy Treasure, Wreford, Ballarat, Vic. 15 p.
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2.
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1871
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Desda (pseud.), The Rival Fairies, Turner, Sydney, NSW. [From Mason's The Australian Christmas Story Book] 24 p. ; 17 cm.
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1871
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Lockeyear, J. R, Mr. Bunyip; or Mary Somerville's Ramble: An Australian Story for Children, Henry S. Dawson, Melbourne, Vic. 16 p. ; 16 cm
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1891
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Marson, Charles Faery Stories, Adelaide : Petherick, [1891] 98 p. ; 18 cm
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1890 1891
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Wilcken, Mrs. Beatrice Fairytales, Fables and Legends, Hobart : Calder, Bowden & Co. 24 p. : ill. ; 21 cm 1891 2nd ed 59 p.,
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1892
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Green, Henry Mackenzie,(eleven years of age), Clarence and the Goblins: or Under The Earth, Public Library Press, Sydney
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1897
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Westbury, F. Atha, Australian Fairy Tales, Ward Lock, London, UK 357 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
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1898
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Whitfield, Jessie Mary, The Spirit of the Bushfire and Other Australian Fairy Tales, (illus. by George Lambert), Angus and Robertson, Sydney, NSW. Reprinted in 1916 xii, 313, 31 p. : ill. ; 19 cm
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1899
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Pedley, Ethel, Dot and the kangaroo (illustrated Frank P. Mahoney), Angus and Robertson, Sydney pp 81 (still in print)
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1899
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A.A.B. and Helumac (pseud.), Australian Wonderland: A Fairy Chain, Ward Lock, London, UK. 75 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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1900
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Moore, H. Byron, How the cruel imp became a good fairy, and other stories, illustrated by Frederick S. Sheldon, George J. S. Ross, T. G. Moore, and H. Winkelmann, Melbourne : Melville & Mullen, 1900. 103p. : 30 ill. ; 21cm.
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1904
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Ernst, Olga, Fairy Tales From The Land of the Wattle, McCarron, Bird, Melbourne, Vic. 93 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
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1904
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Rentoul, Annie, Mollie's Bunyip, Robert Jolley, Melbourne, Vic [25] leaves : ill. ; 19 x 23 cm Oblong quarto, soft covers,
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