"Australian Fairy Tales" by Atha Westbury is a gathering of captivating stories from the end of the 1800s that shines a light on the special characters and old stories of Australia, giving people a peek at different fun stories filled with adventure, magic, and lessons. The stories highlight main characters like Samson the Nugget, who goes on an amazing trip in "Golden Cloud," finding strange places and getting through problems with the support of peculiar friends. “Golden Cloud,” opens the book as a Christmas story where Samson the Nugget ends up in a magical world after being called by a giant named Grapple and this start sends readers to a land full of charm and wonder. As Samson discovers this new land he finds a crystal globe holding the princess, Silverhaze, and an evil dwarf named Dusk, an adventure of mystery, friends, and the battle of good versus evil, showing Westbury's storytelling skills.
Australian fairy tales
By Atha Westbury
Venture into the heart of Australia's enchanted past, where a boy named Samson discovers a magic land, befriends a giant, and must help a princess outwit an evil dwarf.
Summary
About the AuthorFrank Atha Westbury, who wrote under the pen names of "Atha" and "Atha Westbury", was a popular and prolific author of mystery adventure novels, children's stories and poetry in late 19th century Australia and New Zealand. Most of his fiction was serialised in newspapers and journals between 1879 and 1905. His two major works were: The Shadow of Hilton Fernbrook, A Romance of Maoriland (1896) and Australian Fairy Tales (1897), which won him a place as one of the better-known writers for children in Victorian-era Australia. Many of his novels were adventure romances set in New Zealand at the time of the New Zealand Wars of the 1860s, which the author experienced as a soldier in the British Army.
Frank Atha Westbury, who wrote under the pen names of "Atha" and "Atha Westbury", was a popular and prolific author of mystery adventure novels, children's stories and poetry in late 19th century Australia and New Zealand. Most of his fiction was serialised in newspapers and journals between 1879 and 1905. His two major works were: The Shadow of Hilton Fernbrook, A Romance of Maoriland (1896) and Australian Fairy Tales (1897), which won him a place as one of the better-known writers for children in Victorian-era Australia. Many of his novels were adventure romances set in New Zealand at the time of the New Zealand Wars of the 1860s, which the author experienced as a soldier in the British Army.
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