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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.