Contents: Introduction (biography) ix. Part 1: Robbery under arms (complete facsimile reproduction of 1889 edition, 1893 issue) p1. Extracts from the serial version in 'The Sydney Mail' p415. Part 2: essays and short stories. Squattlesea Mere p423. How I began to write p429. Fallen among thieves p434. The horse you don't see now p442. Across the mountains from Manaro to Gipps Land p449. Shearing in Riverina, New South Wales p465. The mailman's yarn p485. How I wrote 'Robbery under arms' p491. Part 3: Press reports of incidents used by Boldrewood. The gold escort robbery at Eugowra Rocks 15 June 1862 p501. The siege of Dunn's Plains 24 October 1863 p506. The murder at Narandera, March 1868 p511. Select bibliography p517.