Below and on Top

Below and On Top was published in 1898 and is a collection of short stories about mining and life in the bush. It contains Dyson's most famous story the classic "The Golden Shanty" as well as the stories:

• Below and On Top
• Sabbath Morn at Waddy
• The Trucker's Dream
• The Fossickers
• At the Yards
• A Visit to Scrubby Gully
• A Golden Shanty
• Hebe of Grasstree
• A Zealot in Labour
• The Washerwoman of Jacker's Flat
• Dead Man's Load
• After the Accident
• Mr and Mrs Sin Fat
• An Incident at the Old Pioneer
• A Vain Sacrifice
• Glover's Little Joke
• A Child of Nature
• The Whim Boy
• Spicer's Courtship
• The Conquering Bush
• The Elopement of Mrs Peters
• One Night
• His Bad Luck

Edward Dyson (1865-1931) was born near Ballarat in Victoria and grew up in the bush and on the gold diggings. His experiences there enriched his later writings as a journalist and then freelance author.

Edward George Dyson (1865-1931) was a writer based in, and writing about, the Victorian goldfields. He contributed prose and poetry to the Bulletin and other publications of the time.

Preface
Of the true endeavour

1. Below and on top
   
2. A Sabbath morn at Waddy
   
3. The trucker’s dream
   
4. The fossickers
   
5. At the yards
   
6. A visit to Scrubby Gully
   
7. A golden shanty
   
8. Hebe of Grasstree
   
9. A zealot in labour
   
10. The washerwoman of Jacker’s Flat
    
11. Dead man’s load
    
12. After the accident
    
13. Mr and Mrs Sin Fat
    
14. An incident at the Old Pioneer
    
15. A vain sacrifice
    
16. Glover’s little joke
    
17. A child of nature
    
18. The whim boy
    
19. Spicer’s courtship
    
20. The conquering bush
    
21. The elopement of Mrs. Peters
    
22. One night
    
23. His bad luck