The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Becke, George Lewis

BECKE, George Lewis , Australian novelist: b. Macquarie, N. S. W., 17 June 1857; d. Sydney, 17 Feb. 1913. He was trader, pilot, labor agent, recruiter for the Kanaka Pacific Islands labor trade, and contributor to the Australian, English and American press. Among his numerous works are &lsquo;By Reef and Palm&rsquo; (1894); &lsquo;The Ebbing of the Tide&rsquo; (1896); &lsquo;Rodman the Boat-steerer&rsquo;; &lsquo;Edward Barry&rsquo;; &lsquo;Tess, the Trader's Wife&rsquo;; &lsquo;Ridan the Devil&rsquo;; &lsquo;Breachley: Black Sheep&rsquo;; &lsquo;Sketches from Normandy&rsquo;; &lsquo;Pacific Tales&rsquo; (1897); &lsquo;Helen Adair&rsquo;; &lsquo;York the Adventurer&rsquo; (1901); &lsquo;Tom Wallis&rsquo; (1900); &lsquo;Wild Life in Southern Seas&rsquo; (1897); &lsquo;Adventures of James Shervinton&rsquo;; &lsquo;The Jalasco Brig&rsquo;; &lsquo;By Rock and Pool&rsquo;; &lsquo;Clunkie's Flat&rsquo;; &lsquo;His Native Wife&rsquo;; &lsquo;Under Tropic Skies&rsquo;; &lsquo;The Adventures of a Supercargo&rsquo;; &lsquo;The Gerards&rsquo;; &lsquo;Notes from My South-Sea Log&rsquo;; &lsquo;The Tapir of Banderah&rsquo; (1901). He also wrote in collaboration with Walter J. Jeffery, &lsquo;The Mutineer&rsquo;; &lsquo;A First Fleet Family&rsquo; (1896); &lsquo;Admiral Philip&rsquo; (1899); &lsquo;The Founder of Australia&rsquo;; &lsquo;The Mystery of the Laughlin Isles&rsquo;; and &lsquo;The Naval Pioneers of Australia.&rsquo;