author
G. Firth Scott
d. 1935
A Scottish-born Australian journalist and storyteller, he wrote brisk adventure tales and popular nonfiction shaped by life in the colonies. His books range from Queensland bush fiction to vivid accounts of polar exploration.
3 Audiobooks
The Rider of Waroona
by G. Firth Scott
The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the "Discovery"
by G. Firth Scott
Colonial Born: A Tale of the Queensland bush
by G. Firth Scott
About the author
Born around 1862 in Golspie, Sutherland, George Henry Firth Scott became known to readers as G. Firth Scott. He later moved to Australia, where he worked as a journalist for newspapers including The Hobart Mercury and the Sydney Daily Telegraph, while also contributing fiction to magazines.
His writing covered both novels and narrative nonfiction. He is especially associated with stories set in Australia, such as Colonial Born and The Rider of Waroona, but he also wrote adventurous historical works including From Franklin to Nansen and The Romance of Polar Exploration, bringing distant expeditions to a broad reading public.
Scott spent part of his later career in England and died on January 3, 1935. Today he is remembered as a versatile writer whose work blended reporterly energy with a strong feel for adventure, travel, and frontier life.