Project Gutenberg 2004-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 188 Trollope, Anthony 1815 1882 Harry Heathcote of Gangoil: A Tale of Australian Bush-Life E-text prepared by Nicole Apostola, Charles Franks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger "Harry Heathcote of Gangoil: A Tale of Australian Bush-Life" by Anthony Trollope is a novel written during the late 19th century. This story unfolds in the vast, rugged landscape of Queensland, Australia, and centers around Harry Heathcote, a young, determined squatter managing a large sheep run. As he navigates his responsibilities and struggles with the challenges of bush life, he is also embroiled in local tensions that hint at deeper conflicts within the community, especially involving new neighbors and potential threats to his livelihood. At the start of the novel, readers meet Harry Heathcote as he returns home for dinner after a long, hot day. The narrative provides insight into his domestic life with his wife and sister-in-law, illustrating a content but laborious existence marked by the harsh realities of bush life. A looming sense of foreboding emerges from discussions of fire hazards and tensions between Harry and a newcomer, Giles Medlicot, who has settled nearby. As Heathcote grapples with the responsibilities of his vast land, the opening chapters set the stage for a conflict that intertwines personal relationships, economic pressures, and the merciless environment of the Australian bush. This combination of character development and foreshadowing invites readers to delve into a story rich with themes of ambition, isolation, and the struggles inherent in forging a life in the wilds of Australia. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 80.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Australia -- Fiction Frontier and pioneer life -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Travel & Geography Browsing: Fiction 291365 2025-06-03T05:11:55.389378 text/html 301770 2021-02-26T01:02:41 text/html 96145 2021-02-26T01:02:45 text/html application/zip 185509 2025-06-03T05:12:03.431316 application/epub+zip 189341 2025-06-03T05:11:59.230395 application/epub+zip 170746 2025-06-03T05:11:57.792356 application/epub+zip 422057 2025-06-03T05:12:06.561303 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 401698 2025-06-03T05:12:02.515350 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 270614 2022-09-03T08:13:57.789113 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 244208 2025-06-03T05:11:54.748386 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 243827 2020-12-08T11:06:40 text/plain; charset=utf-8 90472 2020-12-08T11:08:35 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 243839 2020-12-07T07:44:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 90435 2020-12-07T07:44:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20873 2025-06-03T05:12:06.701297 application/rdf+xml 22872 2025-06-03T05:11:58.381332 image/jpeg 4758 2025-06-03T05:11:58.076335 image/jpeg 182957 2025-06-03T05:11:55.413368 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia