Fact'ry 'ands

IllustratorWill Dyson

LanguageEnglish

Genrecomedy

Fact'ry 'ands

Author	Edward Dyson
Illustrator	Will Dyson
Language	English
Genre	comedy
Publisher	George Robertson
Publication date	1906
Publication place	Australia

Fact'ry 'ands is a 1906 collection of Australian short stories by Edward Dyson about people who work in a factory.^[1]

The collection comprises 12 short stories, the bulk of which were originally published in The Bulletin magazine.

They were based on Dyson's own experiences of factory work.^[2]

"Benno's Little Boshter"
"A Question of Propriety"
" A Little Love Affair"
"The Morbid Boy"
"The Fat Girl"
"A Hot Day at Spats'"
"The Man-Eater"
"The Wooing of Minnie"
"Levi's Trousers"
"Spats' Cats"
"The Packer's 'Little Silly'"

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Fact'ry 'ands
Directed by	Charles Stanford^[7]
Date premiered	26 February 1916
Original language	English
Genre	comedy

References

↑ "Austlit — Fact'ry 'ands by Edward Dyson". Austlit. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
↑ Graeme Davison, 'Dyson, Edward George (Ted) (1865–1931)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/dyson-edward-george-ted-6073/text10397, published first in hardcopy 1981, accessed online 6 February 2024.
↑ "Fact'ry 'Ands". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 21, 560. New South Wales, Australia. 23 February 1907. p. 4. Retrieved 6 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
↑ "Australian Writers: No. 6. Edward Dyson", The Bulletin, Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 21 Nov 1912, retrieved 6 February 2024 – via Trove
↑ "Fact'ry 'Ands (Edward Dyson)". The World's News. No. 539. New South Wales, Australia. 13 April 1912. p. 31. Retrieved 6 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
↑ "An Australian Dramatist". Sunday Times. No. 1442. New South Wales, Australia. 7 September 1913. p. 22. Retrieved 6 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
↑ ""Fact'ry 'Ands."". Referee. No. 1520. New South Wales, Australia. 16 February 1916. p. 15. Retrieved 6 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
↑ "Commercial Success with". The Sun. No. 1890. New South Wales, Australia. 18 June 1939. p. 11 (Sunday Magazine). Retrieved 6 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
↑ "Factory 'Ands". The Kiama Independent, And Shoalhaven Advertiser. Vol. LIII, no. 109. New South Wales, Australia. 29 July 1916. p. 2. Retrieved 6 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
↑ "Factory 'Ands' at the Palace". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 24, 392. New South Wales, Australia. 11 March 1916. p. 20. Retrieved 6 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
↑ "" Factory 'Ands."", The Triad, Sydney, 1 May 1916, retrieved 6 February 2024 – via Trove
↑ ""Fact'ry 'Ands"". Referee. No. 1522. New South Wales, Australia. 1 March 1916. p. 15. Retrieved 6 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
↑ ""Factry 'Ands"". Sunday Times. No. 1571. New South Wales, Australia. 27 February 1916. p. 2. Retrieved 6 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
↑ ""Fact'ry 'Ands."". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 24, 381. New South Wales, Australia. 28 February 1916. p. 3. Retrieved 6 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
↑ "Gossip of the Theatres and Pictures". Referee. No. 1522. New South Wales, Australia. 1 March 1916. p. 15. Retrieved 6 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
↑ ""Fact'ry 'Ands."", The Bulletin, Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 2 March 1916, retrieved 6 February 2024 – via Trove

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