Boldrewood

British  

/ ˈbəʊldəˌwʊd /

noun

1. Rolf , real name Thomas Alexander Browne . 1826–1915, Australian writer, born in the UK, noted for his novels of the Australian outback, esp Robbery Under Arms (1882–3)

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Example Sentences

Rolf Boldrewood, after the publication of her first three books, hailed her as the ‘Australian George Eliot,’ and the title is certainly more fitting than the praise implied by the other comparison.

From Australian Writers by Byrne, Desmond

Lady Darley was a very cultivated woman, sister to Rolf Boldrewood, author of Robbery under Arms, whose real name was Thomas Browne.

From Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life by Child-Villiers, Margaret Elizabeth Leigh

Rolf Boldrewood, `The Miner's Right,' c. iii. p.

From Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Morris, Edward Ellis

Rolf Boldrewood, `The Miner's Right,' c. vi. p.

From Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Morris, Edward Ellis

The rash daring and cleverness of these disguises furnish a combination of amusement and dramatic interest not approached in anything else that Boldrewood has written.

From Australian Writers by Byrne, Desmond