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C. W. Bryde
Best known for a vivid memoir of life at sea and in the Queensland bush, this early 20th-century writer turned personal experience into adventurous, down-to-earth storytelling.
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About the author
C. W. Bryde is the author of From Chart House to Bush Hut: Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush, first published in 1920. Project Gutenberg and library records identify the author as Charles W. L. Bryde.
His best-known book follows a striking change in life direction: from seafaring work to years spent in rural Queensland. The story is remembered for its firsthand feel and its picture of hard travel, bush life, and the practical challenges of starting over in Australia.
Little biographical information about Bryde appears to be widely available online beyond his authorship of this memoir, so most of what can be said with confidence comes from the book itself and catalog records attached to it.