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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.




1.    
1870
Roland, Sarah Anne Charlotte (pseud. Gumsucker), Rosalie's Reward; or The Fairy Treasure, Wreford, Ballarat, Vic. 15 p.
2.    
1871
Desda (pseud.), The Rival Fairies, Turner, Sydney, NSW. [From Mason's The Australian Christmas Story Book] 24 p. ; 17 cm.
3.    
1871
Lockeyear, J. R, Mr. Bunyip; or Mary Somerville's Ramble: An Australian Story for Children, Henry S. Dawson, Melbourne, Vic. 16 p. ; 16 cm
4.    
1891
Marson, Charles Faery Stories,  Adelaide : Petherick, [1891] 98 p. ; 18 cm
5.    
1890 1891
Wilcken, Mrs. Beatrice Fairytales, Fables and Legends, Hobart : Calder, Bowden & Co. 24 p. : ill. ; 21 cm  1891 2nd ed 59 p., 
6.    
1892
Green, Henry Mackenzie,(eleven years of age), Clarence and the Goblins: or Under The Earth, Public Library Press, Sydney
7.    
1897
Westbury, F. Atha, Australian Fairy Tales, Ward Lock, London, UK  357 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
8.    
1898
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
9.    
1899
Pedley, Ethel, Dot and the kangaroo (illustrated Frank P. Mahoney), Angus and Robertson, Sydney pp 81 (still in print)
10.                  
1899
A.A.B. and Helumac (pseud.), Australian Wonderland: A Fairy Chain, Ward Lock, London, UK. 75 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
11.                  
1900
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. 
12.                  
1904
Ernst, Olga, Fairy Tales From The Land of the Wattle, McCarron, Bird, Melbourne, Vic. 93 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
13.                  
1904
Rentoul, Annie, Mollie's Bunyip, Robert Jolley, Melbourne, Vic [25] leaves : ill. ; 19 x 23 cm Oblong quarto, soft covers,
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