Forever to Remain
First edition
AuthorE. V. Timms
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
SeriesGreat South Land Saga
Genrehistorical
PublisherAngus & Robertson
Publication date
1948
Pages304
Followed byThe Pathway of the Sun 

Forever to Remain is a 1948 novel by E. V. Timms, the first in his Great South Land Saga series of novels. He wrote it intending to be the first in a 12-part series of novels. It is set in West Australia, where Timms had spent some of his childhood.[1][2]

The initial print run was 20,000 copies, which was considered "colossal" in Australian publishing at the time.[3]

It was published in Britain as The Violent Years.

Plot

In 1831, a ship London Lass sails from London to Swan River settlement in Western Australia.

Radio Adaptation

The novel was adapted for radio in 1949 as a serial.[4]

It was adapted for radio again in 1952.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "NOVEL IS BASED ON EARLY PERTH". The Daily News (HOME ed.). Perth. 12 February 1948. p. 3. Retrieved 17 October 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "FROM THE BOOKSHELF". Western Mail. Perth. 6 May 1948. p. 14. Retrieved 17 October 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "Australian Pianist Was "Arrested As Vagrant"". The Sunday Times. Perth. 1 February 1948. p. 10 Section: Sporting Section. Retrieved 17 October 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ Australian Broadcasting Commission. (1939), "HISTORICAL NOVEL WILL BE NEW MORNING SERIAL", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC (Vol. 11 No. 1 (1 January 1949)), nla.obj-1342104395, retrieved 2 October 2023 – via Trove
  5. ↑ "NEW SERIAL". The Northern Standard. Darwin, NT. 16 May 1952. p. 6. Retrieved 17 October 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "John Quinn's RADIO ROUND UP". The Mail. Adelaide. 24 May 1952. p. 24. Retrieved 17 October 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
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