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Robbery Under Arms

Rolf Boldrewood (1826–1915)

Novel · first published 1888 · London: Remington (serialised 1882–83)

Dick Marston, awaiting the gallows, tells of cattle duffing, gold escorts and life with the bushranger Captain Starlight.

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About 235,880 words · roughly 16.5 hours of reading (long) · 50 sections online · In: Convict and goldfields era

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Rolf Boldrewood (author) died in 1915. Australian copyright then lasted 50 years after the author's death, so it ended on 31 December 1965. The 2005 extension to 70 years did not revive copyright that had already expired.

In the United States

First published in 1888. In the United States, works published before 1 January 1931 are in the public domain.

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rights.json, checked 2026-10-19. Death dates: Rolf Boldrewood (Wikidata, catalogue). First publication: reference.

Contents

  1. Preface to New Edition 1
  2. I
  3. II
  4. III
  5. IV
  6. V
  7. VI
  8. VII
  9. VIII
  10. IX
  11. X
  12. XI
  13. XII
  14. XIII
  15. XIV
  16. XV
  17. XVI
  18. XVII
  19. XVIII
  20. XIX
  21. XX
  22. XXI
  23. XXII
  24. XXIII
  25. XXIV
  26. XXV
  27. XXVI
  28. XXVII
  29. XXVIII
  30. XXIX
  31. XXX
  32. XXXI
  33. XXXII
  34. XXXIII
  35. XXXIV
  36. XXXV
  37. XXXVI
  38. XXXVII
  39. XXXVIII
  40. XXXIX
  41. XL
  42. XLI
  43. XLII
  44. XLIII
  45. XLIV
  46. XLV
  47. XLVI
  48. XLVII
  49. XLVIII
  50. XLIX
  51. L
  52. LI
  53. LII
  54. LIII
  55. LIV
  56. LV
  57. LVI
  58. LVII
  59. Endnotes

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