Colin Munro

Colin Munro was an Australian novelist active in the 19th century. Reliable bibliographic sources identify him as living from 1834 to 1918, and credit him with Fern Vale; or, The Queensland Squatter, a three-volume novel published in London in 1862.

That book is the work he is most clearly associated with today. Its title and publication history suggest a strong connection to colonial Queensland, and it has remained accessible through later digitization projects, which has helped preserve his place in Australian literary history.

Little widely available biographical detail appears to survive beyond those basic facts, so he is best approached through the novel itself: an early example of Australian fiction that reflects the interests, settings, and reading tastes of the Victorian era.