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

The most agreeable glimpse obtainable of his colonial life is given in Old Melbourne Memories, a little collection of sketches published by Rolf Boldrewood twelve years ago.

From Australian Writers by Byrne, Desmond

Rolf Boldrewood, `A Colonial Reformer,' c. xviii. 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 noble brute still occupied his loose-box, and was fed and petted daily by Vixen, and was taken for gallops in the dry glades of the Forest, or among the gorse and heath of Boldrewood.

From Vixen, Volume II. by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

In his latest novels Boldrewood reverts to his familiar themes.

From Australian Writers by Byrne, Desmond

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