They Came from the Sea

They Came from the Sea
First edition
AuthorE. V. Timms
LanguageEnglish
SeriesGreat South Land Saga
PublisherAngus and Robertson
Publication date
1955
Publication placeAustralia
Pages237pp
Preceded byThe Fury 
Followed byShining Harvest 

They Came from the Sea is a 1955 Australian novel by E. V. Timms. It was the eighth in his Great South Land Saga of novels.

The Argues said "although not in the first rank of recent Australian novels, is an exciting book, full of incident."[1]

The novel was serialised for Australian radio in 1965, adapted by Colin Roderick and read by Max Meldum.[2]

Premise

Survivors of a shipwreck on the New South Wales coast in 1856 try to survive.

References

  1. ^ "NOVELS". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 24 December 1955. p. 12. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  2. ^ "FORTHCOMING A.B.C. PROGRAMMES". The South-east Kingston Leader. Vol. 3, no. 122. South Australia. 21 January 1965. p. 5. Retrieved 10 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
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