Abstract
In 1878, John Stanley James sailed to Noumea to report on the Kanak Rebellion for
the Sydney Morning Herald. Nothing was heard of him for weeks, until it was
discovered that the French colonial administration had been suppressing his
telegraphs. Writing under the pseudonym of Julian Thomas, his eye-witness accounts
of the war were sympathetic to the Kanaks and resolute in their portrayal of the
colonists‟ brutality. He rewrote them for publication in the SMH that September and
October, later collecting them in his book Cannibals and Convicts.
This chapter explores James' work as both war correspondent and literary journalist.
the Sydney Morning Herald. Nothing was heard of him for weeks, until it was
discovered that the French colonial administration had been suppressing his
telegraphs. Writing under the pseudonym of Julian Thomas, his eye-witness accounts
of the war were sympathetic to the Kanaks and resolute in their portrayal of the
colonists‟ brutality. He rewrote them for publication in the SMH that September and
October, later collecting them in his book Cannibals and Convicts.
This chapter explores James' work as both war correspondent and literary journalist.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | The Vagabond papers |
| Editors | Michael Cannon |
| Place of Publication | Clayton, Victoria |
| Publisher | Monash University Publishing |
| Pages | xli-liv |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Edition | Expanded |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781922235985 |
| Publication status | Published - 2016 |