Volume 6 No. 2 — 1 October 1973

Adam Lindsay Gordon: A Small Discovery

Brian Elliott

Abstract

Elliott reports a discovery about Gordon's time in the Mounted Police.

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Published 1 October 1973 in Volume 6 No. 2. Subjects: Biographical writing, Adam Lindsay Gordon.

Cite as: Elliott, Brian. ‘Adam Lindsay Gordon: A Small Discovery.’ Australian Literary Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 1973, doi: 10.20314/als.42a056766e.

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