Abstract:
Grown up from deserted Australian outback, Rosa Praed had developed a special affection for Australian aboriginal blacks, which had been exerting a deep influence on her since her childhood. Even though Rosa became a famous women writer after she grew up, she still found herself haunted by such special affection. In order to show publicly to readers her cherished affection for Australian aboriginal blacks, she wrote the novel,
Fugitive Ann,
A Romance of the Unexplored Bush. This essay mainly tentatively studies Rosa's such special affection from the perspectives of the relationship between Australian aboriginal blacks and the whites, their characters, and the myths believed by and the language spoken by them.