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Title of Story
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Alarm
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Story Summary
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From The Herald: Through the story runs a tangled skein of romance. The dramatic seizure of the north, air raids of Melbourne and Sydney. Invasion of Queensland, siege of Brisbane-these are dramatic incidents, graphically described, by which the writer points the moral of his visionary story. The forward to this rousing yarn has been written by Mr W. M. Hughes, former Prime Minister, who appreciates the motive of the writer - the awakening of Australia to the need for adequate defence. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/243622670
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Inventions
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List coming soon
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How this Story was Identified
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Initial key word searches on the 2023 exported 1901-1939 TBC database.
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Date Details Added to IA
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February 2023
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Additional Information
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Foreword written by former Prime Minister 'Billy' Hughes:
FOREWORD
"ALARM" is a significant forecast, in the form of
a thrilling novel, of that great Pacific war, and that
invasion of Australia, which statesmen and strategists fear may be provoked by our defenceless position. Behind the mask of "Barbour Gilbert" are the narrative skill of a novelist familiar to the British and American publics who has made a study of the Pacific
peoples and their problems; the opinions of eminent statesmen; and the calculations of the subtlest strategists of the day.
"ALARM," in which is interwoven a charming love
story, is full of exciting incident: the dramatic seizure of Northern Australia; air raids and bombardments of Australian and New Zealand cities; the destruction of Sydney's harbor bridge; the landing and warfare in Queensland; the siege of Brisbane; the naval fighting in the Tasman Sea; and finally the naval campaign in the Pacific, when for the first time in history the world at large is enabled by television to watch the actual fight-
ing.
The visit of America's mighty fleet has set you, no
doubt, reflecting on the peril of defencelessness. But you will glimpse that peril in the vividness of reality, as it flashes across the screen of scientific imagination in
"ALARM."
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Attributed Author
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Barbour Gilbert
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Author Gender
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Male
https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A134701
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Mentioned Elsewhere
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AustLit lists this title under the author, added in 2010.
https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A134701
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Graham Stone noted this title in his revised Australian Science Fiction Bibliography (2010)
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Single or Serialised
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Serialised
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First Published Date of Last Installment
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1925-09-29
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Year For Sorting
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1925
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Date Range
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1925-08-29-1925-09-29
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Number of Installments
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29 chapters
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Length
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Novel
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Links to Trove
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Chapter I
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/243626269
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Chapter XXIX
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/243626822
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Newspaper Publisher Citation
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The Herald
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Newspaper Name Location Years
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The Herald Melbourne VIC 1861-1954
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Location Town City
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Melbourne
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Location State Territory
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VIC
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Provincial or Metro
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Metropolitan
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Content Advisory
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